Tag: society

Legislative amendments could strengthen preparedness for hybrid influencing that exploits migration

NordenBladet — A working group chaired by the Ministry of the Interior has assessed legislation falling within the purview of the Ministry and...

Restaurant restrictions to be lifted as of 1 March

NordenBladet — The Government has on repealed section 3, subsection 3 and sections 4 and 6 of the decree (1223/2021) that restricts the...

Simo Nurmi to continue as Director General of Energy Authority

NordenBladet — Simo Nurmi has served as Director General of the Energy Authority since 2015. The Government decided on 24 February 2022 to...

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry provides EUR 7.3 million in funding for 19 new...

NordenBladet — The new Catch the Carbon projects will develop and pilot regional and local climate work, carbon markets and offsetting schemes in...

President of the Republic and Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discuss military...

NordenBladet — On Thursday 24 February, the President of the Republic and Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discussed the actions taken...

New Client and Patient Safety Strategy: Finland aims to be model country for client...

NordenBladet — The new Client and Patient Safety Strategy and its Implementation Plan for 2022–2026 have been published. The vision of the Strategy...

European Commission publishes a proposal for EU corporate social responsibility legislation

NordenBladet — The EU is making progress with the preparation of corporate social responsibility legislation. Today, the Commission published a proposal for a...

Finland’s Embassy in Kyiv has reduced services

NordenBladet — On Tuesday 22 February, based on an overall assessment of the security situation in Ukraine, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs decided...

EU foreign affairs ministers to hold an informal Foreign Affairs Ministers’ meeting to discuss...

NordenBladet — EU foreign ministers will discuss, among other things, the sanctions on Russia after it recognised the independence of the separatist regions...

Transfer of responsibility for health and social services to wellbeing services counties requires legislative...

NordenBladet — The responsibility for organising healthcare and social services will be transferred to the wellbeing services counties at the beginning of next...