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8.10.2024 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment appointed a coordination group on offshore wind power. The group will maintain a situation picture for the offshore wind power sector and participate in the preparation of the timetables and selection of wind power areas, which will be tendered in territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone.

6.11.2023 | The Russian salvage vessel Spasatel KarevKarev began to repair Rostelecom’s Baltika telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland on 6 November. The company has negotiated with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment concerning the repair of the faulty cable, which is partly located in Finland’s exclusive economic zone.

26.3.2020 | On 25 March 2020, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment appointed a joint ministerial working group to assess the need for entry into the country of employees working in essential sectors in the state of emergency caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

27.4.2020 | Seasonal work is now widely marketed to different target groups. There are now 31,800 jobseekers registered with TE Offices who are seeking employment in agriculture, 17,200 of them are either unemployed or laid off. Unfortunately farms have not reported all job opportunities to TE services, which means the actual number of workers needed on farms in unknown.

6.4.2020 | On 25 March, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment appointed a group of authorities tasked with assessing the entry of workers under exceptional circumstances while Finland’s borders are mainly closed. Based on the authorities’ assessment, the Ministry has prepared a list of tasks that are essential from the point of view of security of supply or critical for the operations of the sector in question, and for which workers must be granted entry into the country.

13.9.2016 | Environmental impact assessment program for spent nuclear fuel encapsulation plant and final disposal facility INTERNATIONAL HEARING, SUMMARY August 2016 1 Organization responsible for the project and background of the project The organization res...