Press releases
Validity of driving licences and transport licences to be extended in line with EU derogations
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:28.5.2020Finland will extend the validity of driving licences in accordance with the temporary derogations provided for in the EU Regulation. If the validity of a driving licence expires between 1 February...
Keywords: Palvelut Tieto 2020Decrees supplementing the Water Traffic Act enter into force on 1 June
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:28.5.2020The Government and the Ministry of Transport and Communications have adopted two decrees that specify the new Water Traffic Act. The decrees deal with road ferries, the manning of ships and...
Keywords: Palvelut 2020Minister Harakka: Discussions on a project company for a new eastern rail connection to be started with cities
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:28.5.2020In autumn 2019, the Ministry of Transport and Communications initiated a study on the upgrading of the Savo and Karelia rail lines in eastern Finland and a comparative study on the routing of the...
Keywords: Ohjaus Verkot 2020 Timo HarakkaNew Road Traffic Act enters into force on 1 June 2020
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:27.5.2020The revised Road Traffic Act will enter into force next Monday, 1 June 2020. The new Act includes all the provisions concerning guidance of people's behaviour in transport. The purpose of the new...
Keywords: tieliikennelaki Nuorten ääni liikenneturvallisuudelle digitalisaatio Tieto 2020Return to normal driving times and rest periods in heavy transport
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:25.5.2020The exemptions to driving times and rest periods issued for heavy transport due to the coronavirus epidemic will expire. Normal driving times and rest periods will apply again as of 1 June 2020.
Keywords: Palvelut 2020Proposal to adopt EU derogations regarding driving licences and goods, bus and coach transport licences
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:20.5.2020The Ministry of Transport and Communications has invited comments on a proposal for a government decision relating to the derogation regulation of the European Commission adopted due to the...
Keywords: Palvelut Tieto 2020Amendment to the Act on Air Traffic Control Fees
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:20.5.2020The Government proposes a temporary amendment to the Act on Air Traffic Control Fees.
Keywords: Ohjaus 2020 Timo HarakkaMinister Harakka: Safe public transport services to be discussed with transport operators
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:20.5.2020The Government has started to lift the restrictions and recommendations imposed due to the corona epidemic. This means that public transport services, too, that decreased during the state of...
Keywords: Tieto 2020 Timo HarakkaTemporary amendments to transport legislation – Parliament adopts the legislative package
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:20.5.2020At its plenary session on 19 May 2020, Parliament adopted the contents of the government proposal concerning temporary amendments to legislation in the administrative branch of the Ministry of...
Keywords: Ohjaus Palvelut Tieto Verkot 2020 Timo HarakkaList of events of major importance for society reviewed
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:15.5.2020The Ministry of Transport and Communications invites comments on the review of the list of events of major importance for society that are to be broadcast on television.
Keywords: Palvelut 2020 Timo HarakkaRegulatory proposals from the Commission for the transport sector
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:14.5.2020On 29 April 2020, the European Commission issued four regulatory proposals for the transport sector with the aim of providing relief to the sector during the COVID-19 epidemic. The proposals will...
Keywords: Ohjaus Palvelut Tieto Verkot 2020 Timo HarakkaAction plan preparations for the national transport system plan well underway
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:14.5.2020Preparations for Finland's first 12-year national transport system plan are currently underway. The parliamentary group steering the work is now discussing the first version of the action plan to...
Keywords: Verkot 2020 Timo HarakkaJussi Kaurola to be interim Director General of the Finnish Meteorological Institute
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:12.5.2020Jussi Kaurola, Director of Weather, Sea and Climate Centre at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, has been appointed as Director General of the Meteorological Institute from 1 June to 31 August...
Keywords: Ohjaus 2020New road paving projects started across Finland
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:8.5.2020The number of kilometres of highways, walking and cycling paths to be paved this year is higher than planned. Transport infrastructure maintenance measures will also be brought forward, if necessary.
Keywords: Verkot 2020 Timo HarakkaParking concessions for home care workers included in the new Road Traffic Act
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:7.5.2020As of 1 June 2020, the amendment to the new Road Traffic Act will provide parking concessions for home carers and care workers who provide similar visiting care.
Keywords: tieliikennelaki Tieto 2020 Timo HarakkaWorking group to examine how to turn the steps taken during the current exceptional circumstances into a permanent digital leap forward
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:6.5.2020The Ministry of Transport and Communications has appointed a working group to assess the impacts of the digitalisation development taking place in the emergency conditions, to draw up a plan to...
Keywords: digitalisaatio Tieto 2020 Timo HarakkaTelecommunications ministers discuss the tracing apps in tackling COVID-19 crisis
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:5.5.2020The topics on the agenda of EU telecommunications ministers' video conference on Tuesday, 5 May 2020, included mobile tracing applications in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meeting, Finland...
Keywords: Palvelut Tieto Verkot 2020 Timo HarakkaMinister Harakka attends a meeting of EU telecommunications ministers
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:4.5.2020On Tuesday, 5 May 2020, Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka will attend an informal video conference of EU telecommunications ministers.
Keywords: Palvelut Tieto Verkot 2020 Timo HarakkaTemporary amendments to transport legislation
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:30.4.2020The Government proposes temporary amendments to legislation concerning the administrative branch of the Ministry of Transport and Communications due to the emergency conditions resulting from the...
Keywords: Ohjaus Palvelut 2020 Timo HarakkaPreparation of broadband construction aid proceeds - request for comments on continuing the aid scheme in 2021
Type:Press release Categories: Publication date:30.4.2020The Ministry of Transport and Communications is preparing an act concerning public aid for broadband construction. The deadline for comments on the Government proposal is 12 June 2020.
Keywords: digitalisaatio Verkot 2020 Timo Harakka
