Press releases
Comments accepted on the EIA programme of Olkiluoto plant units until 25 March
Press release
23.1.2024 16.35
Assessment: Finnvera performs its tasks with high quality and efficiency
Press release
19.1.2024 13.26
Study on status of foreign berry pickers and its economic effects begins
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19.1.2024 8.24
Government launches work to reduce excessive regulation and administrative burden
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18.1.2024 9.00
Legislative project launched to implement the Finnish labour market model
Press release
16.1.2024 11.02
Finland proposes new horizontal EU Single Market strategy
Press release
15.1.2024 13.04
Report: ELY Centres perform well despite steering and management challenges
Press release
15.1.2024 10.10
Working group to prepare reform of security of supply legislation
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15.1.2024 9.29
Youth Mobility Agreement to enter into force in March allowing Finnish youth to travel and work in Canada for up to a year
Press release
11.1.2024 13.41
Proposed labour market model receives a large number of comments
Press release
9.1.2024 16.20
Minister Rydman attends ministerial roundtable at Future Minerals Forum in Saudi Arabia
Press release
9.1.2024 9.09
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment receives an EIA programme to extend service life of Olkiluoto nuclear power plant units OL1 and OL2 and to increase their thermal output
Press release
5.1.2024 13.44
Save electricity on Friday – spot prices are up to 20 times higher than normal
Press release
4.1.2024 19.58
Nearly EUR 31 million in RRF energy investment aid granted to clean energy projects
Press release
22.12.2023 11.40
Changes at the turn of the year in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
Press release
22.12.2023 8.47
264,300 unemployed jobseekers in November
Press release
22.12.2023 8.05
Government’s proposal on income limit for residence permits for employed persons sent out for comments
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20.12.2023 14.44
Working group appointed to prepare a national mineral strategy
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20.12.2023 9.18
Employment Minister Satonen to organise an event on Finland’s labour market model in January
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18.12.2023 11.38
Nine demonstration projects on new energy technology receive EUR 90 million in investment aid
Press release
18.12.2023 10.35
EU’s Energy Council meeting to extend emergency measures on energy
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18.12.2023 7.54
Tripartite working group to prepare changes to the Co-operation Act
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13.12.2023 10.30
Steering group to prepare an industrial policy strategy
Press release
12.12.2023 14.36
Six areas receive Ministry funding to manage structural change
Press release
12.12.2023 9.47
Maarit Merla appointed Managing Director of Finnish Drug Discovery Center Ltd
Press release
8.12.2023 13.00
News
Working group to draft action programme on employment for people in adverse labour market position
News item
23.4.2024 10.01
Työkanava Ltd to be dissolved
News item
17.4.2024 13.46
New obligations proposed for providers of private employment services in maritime sector
News item
7.3.2024 13.31
EU lawmakers agree: forced labour products no longer allowed on the EU market
News item
5.3.2024 10.40
EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence fails to receive a qualified majority of votes in Coreper
News item
28.2.2024 16.28
Ban on products made with forced labour in the EU market progressing
News item
26.1.2024 14.34
EU thresholds for public procurement to rise on 1 January 2024
News item
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
Report: Developing public procurement requires proactive and comprehensive analysis
News item
27.6.2023 14.03
Column
Nuclear energy kolumn: It is worth hopping on a plane to Brussels
11.4.2024 15.17
Nuclear energy is produced for good reasons. In the early days of January, the coldest winter conditions for decades raised electricity consumption in Finland to a maximum of 15 gigawatts, which is the biggest quantity for nearly a decade. There was indeed demand for electricity produced with nuclear energy. The more challenging energy market situation has increased support for the use of nuclear energy across Europe.