Press releases
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Deregulation is making headway in all branches of administration
Press release 30.6.2017The government's key project on deregulation has made good headway. The ministries and branches of administration have been working actively to promote the aim of dropping unnecessary regulation...
norminpurku Ohjaus Palvelut Verkot Tieto 2017 kärkihankkeet -
Changes to periodic inspections in 2018
Press release 28.6.2017The interval for periodic inspections of passenger cars, vans and special vehicles weighing at most 3.5 tonnes and in private use, as well as the interval for heavy four-wheel vehicles, will be...
norminpurku Palvelut 2017 katsastus Anne Berner -
Finland applies for EU financial assistance for transport projects
Press release 28.6.2017Finnish operators are applying for financial assistance for route and transport projects from the European Union's Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The application process is a so-called blending...
Verkot 2017 -
Changes to periodic inspections in 2018
Press release 27.6.2017The interval for periodic inspections of passenger cars, vans and special vehicles weighing at most 3.5 tonnes and in private use, as well as the interval for heavy four-wheel vehicles, will be...
Palvelut 2017 -
Taxi fares to be raised by around one per cent
Press release 21.6.2017Maximum consumer prices for taxi transport services will rise by an average of one per cent on 30 June 2017. The Government issued a Decree on taxi fares on 21 June.
Palvelut taksiliikenne 2017 -
Traffic control functions of the Transport Agency to be incorporated
Press release 14.6.2017As of 1 January 2019, the traffic control functions in the road, maritime and rail transport sectors that are currently the responsibility of the Transport Agency will be incorporated into a...
Ohjaus 2017 -
State ownership structure of Cinia Group to be simplified
Press release 13.6.2017Cinia Group Ltd, a subsidiary of Governia Oy, will be transferred to direct state ownership. Responsibility for ownership steering of Cinia Group Ltd will be reassigned to the Ministry of Transport...
Ohjaus 2017 -
Taina Pieski to be Director of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communications
Press release 9.6.2017Taina Pieski has been appointed Director of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Her term of office will last for three years, from 1 October 2017 to 30 September...
Ohjaus Palvelut Tieto Verkot 2017 -
Minister Berner to Transport and Telecommunications Council
Press release 7.6.2017The transport and communications ministers of the European Union will meet in Luxembourg on 8-9 June 2017. In the meeting, Finland will be represented by Minister of Transport and Communications...
Ohjaus Tieto Palvelut Verkot 2017 Anne Berner -
Minister Berner to meet ITU Secretary-General
Press release 5.6.2017Minister of Transport and Communications Anne Berner will meet with Houlin Zhao, the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Helsinki on 6 June.
Verkot 2017 Anne Berner -
Good and flexible transport services through a new act
Press release 24.5.2017The Act on Transport Services will bring together legislation on transport markets and create preconditions for digitalisation and new business models in transport. Its key aim is provision of...
liikennekaari Palvelut 2017 Anne Berner -
Minister Berner: 5G frequencies in use already in 2019
Press release 24.5.20175G frequencies could already be taken into use in Finland from the beginning of 2019.
Verkot 2017 Anne Berner -
Minister Berner to visit China
Press release 10.5.2017Minister of Transport and Communications Anne Berner will visit China from 13 to 16 May 2017. She will meet China's Minister of Transport Li Xiaopeng, Minister of Industry and Information...
Palvelut Tieto Verkot 2017 Anne Berner -
The digital business environment is making good headway
Press release 28.4.2017The government's key project on creating a digital business environment is making good headway. Finland has potential to become a digitalised society and a pioneer in the introduction and...
digitalisaatio Palvelut Ohjaus Verkot Tieto kärkihankkeet 2017 Anne Berner -
Finland aims to become leading ecosystem for intelligent transport
Press release 26.4.2017Technological development and digitalisation are the most significant factors transforming the transport and communications operating environment. Data is evolving into a critical production...
älykäs liikenne digitalisaatio Palvelut Tieto Verkot 2017 Anne Berner -
Reforms in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Transport and Communications
Press release 25.4.2017The Ministry of Transport and Communications will reform the agencies in its administrative branch. The Transport Safety Agency Trafi, the Communications Regulatory Authority and the official...
Ohjaus 2017 -
New air transport services between Finland and China
Press release 21.4.2017Finland and China have agreed on new air transport routes and signed a Memorandum of Understanding on air transport. Negotiations on air transport agreement between Finland and China were held on...
Palvelut 2017 Anne Berner -
State air navigation service company to start operations – MINTC responsible for ownership steering
Press release 30.3.2017On 30 March 2017, the Finnish Government appointed Air Navigation Services Finland Oy as the air traffic service provider responsible for Finland's air traffic control, aerodrome and approach...
lennonjohto Palvelut 2017 -
Board of Directors and CEO for the state company for air navigation services
Press release 17.3.2017Finland's air traffic control, aerodrome and approach control services will in future be the responsibility of Air Navigation Services Finland Oy. On 17 March 2017 a Board of Directors and CEO were...
digitalisaatio 2017 Anne Berner -
Autonomous Ships Research & Development Centre inspires Finnish maritime industry
Press release 8.3.2017Rolls-Royce, a dynamic international operator in the marine industry, has announced that it will centralise its remote-controlled and autonomous ships research and development centre in Finland....
älykäs liikenne digitalisaatio Tieto 2017 kärkihankkeet Anne Berner
