Press releases
Finland sends the EU-required National Energy and Climate Plan to the Commission
Press release
28.6.2024 14.58
Elina Björklund to prepare reform of Team Finland network of business services abroad
Press release
28.6.2024 14.43
Draft act on promoting local collective bargaining sent for a regulatory impact analysis
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28.6.2024 14.00
Consultation round on amending the Co-operation Act begins
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28.6.2024 10.31
Legislative changes to improve the status of foreign berry pickers sent out for comments
Press release
26.6.2024 14.41
266,400 unemployed jobseekers in May
Press release
26.6.2024 8.04
Minister Rydman to visit China
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24.6.2024 14.05
New National Emergency Supply Council appointed till the end of 2026
Press release
20.6.2024 14.38
EU ministers meet: agenda to cover pharmaceutical package, vaccine-preventable cancers and social dimension of the single market
Press release
19.6.2024 16.58
National implementation of EU Artificial Intelligence Regulation begins
Press release
18.6.2024 13.53
News
Information on Talent Boost compiled on two web pages
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30.5.2024 13.17
Working group to draft action programme on employment for people in adverse labour market position
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23.4.2024 10.01
Työkanava Ltd to be dissolved
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17.4.2024 13.46
New obligations proposed for providers of private employment services in maritime sector
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7.3.2024 13.31
EU lawmakers agree: forced labour products no longer allowed on the EU market
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5.3.2024 10.40
EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence fails to receive a qualified majority of votes in Coreper
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28.2.2024 16.28
Ban on products made with forced labour in the EU market progressing
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26.1.2024 14.34
EU thresholds for public procurement to rise on 1 January 2024
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21.12.2023 11.55
Amendments to the Posted Workers Act
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14.12.2023 14.03
OECD updates its Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct
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21.9.2023 11.12
Column
Phasing out Russian gas will continue – EU prepares for the coming winter
7.6.2024 7.53
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The availability and price of natural gas (methane) have been at the heart of Europe's response to Russia's aggression in connection with the war in Ukraine. A massive military invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, but the energy war started already in summer 2021 as Russia manipulated gas trade to the European Union.