Press releases
Awareness of progress of biodiversity loss has increased, climate solutions seen as opportunity for Finland
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:17.3.2025The impacts of both climate change and biodiversity loss can be seen in the daily lives of most Finns. This is the conclusion to be made from the answers to the 2025 Climate and Nature Barometers....
Keywords:Finland and Norway sign agreement on cross-border taxi transport services
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:13.3.2025On 13 March 2025, Finland’s Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne and Norway’s Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård signed an agreement in Oslo, Norway, on taxi transport services...
Keywords: Kasvun kaavaTUUTTI project to shape Finland's communication network policy until 2037
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:6.3.2025The Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched the TUUTTI project for security and growth through communications networks. This project will formulate national policies for developing a...
Keywords: Orpon hallitusohjelma Kasvun kaavaThe Government proposes legislation on micromobility to improve traffic safety
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:6.3.2025The Government submitted a legislative proposal relating to micromobility to Parliament on 6 March 2025. The aim of the proposal is to improve the safety of electric scooters and other...
Keywords: Orpon hallitusohjelma Kasvun kaavaCybersecurity on the agenda of the informal meeting of EU telecommunications ministers, Minister Ranne: Finland is a cybersecurity leader
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:4.3.2025Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne will represent Finland at the informal meeting of EU telecommunications ministers in Warsaw on 4 and 5 March 2025. The meeting was convened by...
Keywords:Permanent Secretary Kivimäki to attend Mobile World Congress and visit Madrid
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:28.2.2025Minna Kivimäki, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, will attend the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on 3 and 4 March 2025, followed by a visit to Madrid to meet...
Keywords:Consultation process: Competence to municipalities and regions to arrange passenger rail transport
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:17.2.2025The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on the draft government proposal concerning the competent authorities in rail transport. Comments can be submitted until 14 March 2025.
Keywords: Orpon hallitusohjelma Kasvun kaavaFinnish-Swedish cooperation on icebreaker procurements advances
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:14.2.2025Finland and Sweden will strengthen their cooperation in renewing their icebreaker fleets and ensuring operational coordination. This was decided when the Governments of Finland and Sweden met in...
Keywords:Permanent Secretary Kivimäki visits Brussels to influence EU processes
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:12.2.2025Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications Minna Kivimäki, together with the Ministry’s senior public officials, is visiting Brussels on 11–13 February 2025 to influence...
Keywords:Municipalities and critical infrastructure operators from all over Finland join national cyber exercise
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:10.2.2025Municipalities and operators involved in Finland's critical infrastructure took part in the first national cyber exercise of the year at Jamk University of Applied Sciences between 3 and 7 February...
Keywords:Jussi Laatikainen appointed to serve as Special Adviser to Minister Ranne
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:7.2.2025Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne has invited Jussi Laatikainen, Bachelor of Social Sciences, to serve as her Special Adviser.
Keywords:More than EUR 13 million in EU funding sought for seven Finnish digital projects
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:30.1.2025Finnish operators apply for a total of EUR 13.76 million in funding from the European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for seven communications projects. In addition, four Swedish...
Keywords:Finland is prepared for security threats against communications networks and is making sustained effort to strengthen security
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:30.1.2025Communications networks are part of the infrastructure that is essential for the functioning of society. The security of communications networks is extensively regulated in the Act on Electronic...
Keywords:Working group: Development of impact assessment capability into ongoing activity
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:28.1.2025The working group that examined impact assessment capability in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Transport and Communications and its development has completed its work. The working...
Keywords: Orpon hallitusohjelmaComments requested on amendments to rail transport regulation: Extension for rail wagon procurements
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:22.1.2025The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on a draft government proposal that would amend the regulation concerning rail transport. The legislative amendments would enhance the...
Keywords: Orpon hallitusohjelma Kasvun kaavaNew legislative project to criminalise possession of devices that deliberately interfere with radio frequencies
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:16.1.2025On 15 January 2025, the Ministry of Transport and Communications launched a legislative project to amend the legislation on equipment used to deliberately interfere with radio frequencies.
Keywords:Consultation process on implementation options for location study systems starts
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:10.1.2025The Ministry of Transport and Communications is requesting opinions on an assessment memorandum regarding regulatory and implementation options for a system to respond to location study requests....
Keywords:Minister Ranne: Making sustained effort to improve security in Baltic Sea
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:8.1.2025The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom has completed the Port State Control (PSC) inspection of the Eagle S and detained the ship.
Keywords:Comments invited: European Media Freedom Act to be supplemented with national legislation
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:2.1.2025The Ministry of Transport and Communications is requesting comments on a draft government proposal on legislation to supplement the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). The deadline for submitting...
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