Tag: Finnish Government
Finland: New project aims to reform national guidance system for rescue services
NordenBladet — The Ministry of the Interior has set up a project to reform the administration of rescue services. The project will prepare for...
Finland: Countering disinformation to defend human rights
NordenBladet — The fight against disinformation is important also from the perspective of the realisation of human rights. Disinformation is a challenging issue, because...
Working group: Placing gambling proceeds within the Budget and beneficiaries under the spending limits...
NordenBladet — A study on the effects of diminished proceeds from gambling activities has been completed. The study examines four options for developing...
Recovery of tourism after COVID-19 pandemic on the agenda of EU tourism ministers
NordenBladet — In their video conference on 1 March 2021, EU tourism ministers will discuss ways of helping the tourism sector recover from...
Government submits supplementary budget proposal to Parliament
NordenBladet — The Government submitted the first supplementary budget proposal for 2021 to Parliament on Thursday 25 February. The supplementary budget makes special...
Government proposes adoption of amendments to the Vienna agreement on periodical technical inspections
NordenBladet — The Government proposes that Finland adopt and bring into force at national level the amendments to the Vienna agreement on periodical...
Changes to value added taxation in e-commerce
NordenBladet — The proposal would remove the tax exemption of small imported online purchases. In future, value added tax would also be collected...
Government decided not to apply certain exemptions from road transport rules
NordenBladet — The Government has decided how Finland will apply the EU Regulation on the extension of derogations in view of the COVID-19...
Government decides on immediate transition to tier 2 of COVID-19 prevention and is prepared...
NordenBladet — In its meeting on 24 February, the Government decided to impose more stringent measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and to...
Significant rise in number of COVID-19 cases and increased need for hospital care
NordenBladet — A total of over 3,400 new COVID-19 cases were reported between 15 and 21 February 2021, which is clearly more than...