Press releases
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Minister Ranne to attend EU Transport Council - Minister focuses on safety on the roads and in society
Press release 4.12.2024The transport and telecommunications ministers of the European Union will meet in Brussels on 5–6 December 2024. In the transport minister meeting, Finland will be represented by Minister of...
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Minister Lulu Ranne: We take any cable damage seriously, but we stay calm
Press release 3.12.2024Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne says that, as a rule, data cable damage should always be taken seriously.
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IMO Maritime Safety Committee meets in London in the beginning of December
Press release 29.11.2024The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will meet in London from 2 to 6 December 2024. This will be the Committee’s 109th session.
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Minister Ranne to Strasbourg on EU advocacy visit
Press release 25.11.2024Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne visits Strasbourg on 25–27 November 2024 to meet key Members of the European Parliament.
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Project launched to assess impacts of European Electronic Communications Code
Press release 22.11.2024The Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched a monitoring project to assess the impacts of the legislative amendments that were needed to implement the Directive establishing the...
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Government proposes amendments to appropriations for 2025 and allocates over EUR 1 billion to promote transport projects
Press release 21.11.2024On 21 November 2024, the Government submitted to Parliament its proposal to amend the budget proposal for 2025. The Government proposes funding for the Digirail project, which involves the...
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Amendments to Aviation Act to be approved
Press release 21.11.2024The Government proposes that the President of the Republic approve on 22 November 2024 the amendments to the Aviation Act and to certain related acts.
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Work on establishing the Finnish Space Situational Awareness Centre progresses
Press release 21.11.2024The Government proposes that on 22 November 2024 the President of the Republic approve the acts for establishing the Finnish Space Situational Awareness Centre.
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Ministerial working group approves submission of updated EU Digital Decade roadmap to European Commission
Press release 21.11.2024At its meeting on 19 November 2024, the ministerial working group endorsed the submission of the updated roadmap under the EU Digital Decade 2030 programme to the European Commission. The...
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Saimaa Canal sailing season ends on 20 November
Press release 20.11.2024The Saimaa Canal delegates have decided that the sailing season in the canal will end on 20 November 2024. The season will end early, because there is no vessel traffic in the canal.
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Cyber Resilience Act sets minimum requirements for connected products, national implementation project underway
Press release 20.11.2024The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 20 November 2024. The CRA sets minimum cyber security requirements for products and software that can...
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Permanent Secretary Kivimäki to attend IMO Council meeting
Press release 18.11.2024The Council of the International Maritime Organisation, IMO, will meet for its 133rd session in London from 18 to 22 November. Permanent Secretary Minna Kivimäki will attend the meeting on 18–20...
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Fifth Gaia-X Summit brought Europe's leading data economy experts to Helsinki
Press release 15.11.2024Europe's leading data infrastructure and data economy experts met for the fifth time at the largest-ever Gaia-X Summit, held in Helsinki on 14 and 15 November 2024. Minister of Transport and...
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United States, Canada, and Finland Sign MOU to Build Arctic and Polar Icebreakers
Press release 13.11.2024New trilateral arrangement formalizes collaboration on the production of Arctic and polar icebreakers
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Distribution infrastructure programme helps transition to alternative fuels
Press release 13.11.2024On 13 November 2024, the Ministry of Transport and Communications published the national programme on the distribution infrastructure for alternative fuels. The programme, which was drawn up in...
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Government proposal to improve aviation safety circulated for comments
Press release 12.11.2024The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on a draft government proposal for amending legislative amendments to improve aviation safety. Provisions on the permission to set up...
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Finland’s Tero Jokilehto appointed as vice-chair of Civil Aviation Group of NATO’s Resilience Committee
Press release 12.11.2024Tero Jokilehto, Senior Ministerial Adviser at the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications, has been elected vice-chair of the Civil Aviation Group for the next three years. The Civil...
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Government grants radio programme licences in supplementary application round – New operator enters market
Press release 7.11.2024On 7 November 2024, the Government granted radio programme licences for a new nationwide frequency block 26, and for 20 individual frequencies in a supplementary application round. Licences were...
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Amendments to agreement on taxi services across Finnish-Swedish border to enter into force
Press release 31.10.2024On 31 October 2024, the Government issued a decree bringing into force the amendments to an agreement on taxi transport services across the Finnish-Swedish border. The government decree will also...
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Government proposes that the annual index increases to YLE’s funding be frozen for 2025–2027
Press release 31.10.2024On 31 October 2024, the Government submitted to Parliament a legislative proposal to amend the Act on the State Television and Radio Fund. The amendment would freeze the annual index increases to...
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