On 11 July 2024, Finland, the United States and Canada published a trilateral declaration concerning cooperation in the production of icebreakers (ICE). The initiative was signed by the Presidents of Finland and the United States Alexander Stubb and Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.

Master of Laws, Master of Science Lassi Noponen has been appointed as the Director General of the Innovation Funding Agency Business Finland. His five-year term will start on 1 September 2024.

The new Integration Act, which will enter into force at the beginning of 2025, will be supplemented by five decrees on integration services. The aim is to increase the immigrants’ own responsibility and strengthen the general government finances in accordance with the Government Programme.

Finland has submitted an update of its National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) to the European Commission on 28 June 2024. The plan includes the national targets and policy measures decided so far to achieve the EU’s 2030 energy and climate targets.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment submitted a draft government proposal on increasing the opportunities for local collective bargaining to the Finnish Council of Regulatory Impact Analysis on 28 June 2024.