Prime Minister Orpo’s Government will take further measures to address the income difficulties faced by international students. The Government proposes to introduce a one-year waiting period for family reunification of students, to clarify the amount of required financial resources and to add a language skill requirement to the residence permit for studies.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has granted a total of EUR 26.6 million to three industrial biogenic carbon capture projects. The decision was made on 9 September 2026. The carbon dioxide captured in the projects will be used to produce electrofuels.
Minister Sari Multala with her colleagues at Posiva’s Onkalo. Photo: TVO / Tapani Karjanlahti
On 7 September 2026, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment Sari Multala visited Posiva Oy’s spent nuclear fuel encapsulation plant and final disposal facility in Eurajoki. Multala was accompanied to the facility by the Estonian Minister of Energy and the Environment Andres Sutt and Latvia’s Minister for Climate and Energy Jānis Vitenbergs. A representative from the German federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy also participated in the visit.
Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala
Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala will attend the Nordic-Baltic 8 (NB8) meeting of energy ministers in Tallinn on 4 September 2026. In the meeting, representatives of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will discuss the energy situation in Ukraine, critical energy infrastructure and the competitiveness of the energy market.
Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto will visit China, travelling to Beijing, Shanghai and Xiamen from 5 to 11 September 2026. A Finnish business delegation will accompany him at the CIFIT investment and trade fair in Xiamen and in Shanghai. The visit aims to support the operating conditions of Finnish companies in trade and investment with China.
At the beginning of 2026, a reform entered into force where the operations of regional state administration were organised into ten Economic Development Centres with offices in each region.
The Sustainable Growth Programme boosts competitiveness, investment, research, development and innovation, as well as measures to raise skill levels. On our website you can find information on funding that the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and the government agencies under its purview provide to companies, including calls for applications.
The sectoral low-carbon roadmaps prepared in 2020 are updated in accordance with Prime Minister Orpo’s Government Programme. Roadmaps will pave the way for a low-carbon future.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment creates the conditions for economically, socially and ecologically sustainable growth. It comes from skilled people in high-quality jobs, productivity growth and increasing employment.
The administrative branch of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment comprises 18 government agencies subject to performance guidance. In addition, five companies and three off-budget State funds belong to the administrative branch.
