Sixteen projects located in Finland have applied for strategic project status at the European Commission under the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act. The Commission will decide which projects will be granted the strategic project status. On 23 January 2025, the Finnish Government stated it would not use its national right to object to any of the applications.

The coronavirus support granted to businesses helped to maintain more than 40,000 jobs in Finland during the first year of the pandemic. The majority of jobs were preserved thanks to Business Finland’s COVID-19 funding programme. These are the conclusions of a study by the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) titled The Effects of Covid-19 Business Subsidies in Finland – Final Report. The study commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment was published on 23 January 2025.

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Minister of Economic Affairs Wille Rydman signed the Artemis Accords on behalf of Finland in Otaniemi, Espoo on 21 January 2025. The Artemis Accords were established by NASA and the US Department of State to boost NASA’s Artemis Program.

A report on the possible need to make amendments to board-level employee representation was submitted by rapporteur Jukka Ahtela (Master of Laws, Trained on the Bench) to Minister of Employment Arto Satonen on 21 January 2025. The report will now be discussed by a tripartite working group. The Government will assess the need for amendments in its mid-term policy review session in spring 2025.