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Persons sentenced for refusing non-military service not to be ordered back into service

NordenBladet β€” The Government proposes an amendment to the Non-Military Service Act to clarify the status of persons who have refused non-military service...

The EU Mobility Package progressing

NordenBladet β€” The Government proposes amendments to the Act on Transport Services and to the acts on overload charges and the posting of...

Changes to restrictions on food and beverage service businesses – restrictions to be introduced...

NordenBladet β€” The Government has amended the decree that restricts the activities of food and beverage service businesses due to the COVID-19 epidemic....

Defence Forces to use option for 155 mm self-propelled howitzers

NordenBladet β€” Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has approved the Defence Forces' procurement proposal and has authorised the Defence Forces Logistics Command to...

Two-dose COVID-19 vaccination rate reaches 76 per cent for people aged 12 or over...

NordenBladet β€” On 20 October, 85 per cent of the target population for COVID-19 vaccination in Finland, i.e. people who are 12 years...

Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to attend workshop on EU’s Strategic Compass

NordenBladet β€” Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will participate in the EU's Strategic Compass workshop in Brussels on Thursday 21 October 2021. The...

Baltic Sea coastal states and EU agree on new measures to protect Baltic Sea

NordenBladet β€” Today, on 20 October, the ministers of the coastal states around the Baltic Sea responsible for marine protection and the European...

Fingrid granted permission to build a transmission line between Finland and Sweden

NordenBladet β€” The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has granted Fingrid Oyj a permit to construct a transmission line of 400 kilovolts...

Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs discusses spike in energy prices and October European...

NordenBladet β€” In its meeting on Wednesday 20 October, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs discussed the rise in energy prices and...

Finland and United States announce deeper cooperation on digital empowerment in developing countries

NordenBladet β€” On 19 October, Administrator of the US Agency for International Development Samantha Power and Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade...