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25.9.2025 | On 25 September 2025, the Government submitted to Parliament a legislative proposal on supplementing the EU Data Act. The Data Act has a key role in promoting the data economy. The aim is to promote access to and use of data widely across sectoral boundaries.

27.6.2025 | The President of the Republic approved the amendments to the Cybersecurity Act on 27 June 2025. They complement the national implementation of the Directive on the resilience of critical entities (CER) and the Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS 2). The amendments will enter into force on 1 July 2025.

10.4.2025 | On 10 April 2025, the Government submitted a legislative proposal to Parliament on complementing the national implementation of the Directive on the resilience of critical entities (CER) and the Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS 2).

13.11.2024 | New trilateral arrangement formalizes collaboration on the production of Arctic and polar icebreakers

3.5.2024 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on the draft memorandum concerning the national implementation of the EU Data Act. The deadline for submitting comments is 31 May 2024. The Ministry has also published a study, which was conducted by the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, on the markets covered by the Data Act in Finland.

11.12.2023 | At its meeting of 8 December 2023, the ministerial working group on social transformation adopted the roadmap for Finland's Digital Compass. The roadmap specifies the measures for achieving the objectives set out for the Digital Compass.

14.6.2022 | For a third year in a row, Finland ranked second in international comparison of the use of digitalisation, the Digibarometer. Like last year, Denmark came first. This time Norway rose to the third place.

14.6.2022 | For a third year in a row, Finland ranked second in international comparison of the use of digitalisation, the Digibarometer. Like last year, Denmark came first. This time Norway rose to the third place.

21.10.2021 | The universal speed of the universal service broadband, which refers to appropriate internet connections, will be increased from the current speed tier of 2 Mbit per second to 5 Mbit per second.

24.11.2022 | A forum for sustainable maritime trade, convened by Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka and Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä, will take place on 24 November 2022. The forum aims to generate discussion on the challenges and opportunities of the green transition in maritime logistics for Finland.

21.10.2021 | The universal speed of the universal service broadband, which refers to appropriate internet connections, will be increased from the current speed tier of 2 Mbit per second to 5 Mbit per second.

13.10.2022 | On 13 October 2022, the Government issued a decree on the support for the development of information security, i.e. the so-called information security voucher. The decree will enter into force on 1 December 2022.

13.10.2022 | On 13 October 2022, the Government issued a decree on the support for the development of information security, i.e. the so-called information security voucher. The decree will enter into force on 1 December 2022.

21.4.2022 | At their meeting in Helsinki on 21 April 2022, Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka and Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) Juhan Lepassaar stressed the role of companies in ensuring the cyber security of society.

20.10.2022 | The Government session on 20 October discussed the report on Finland’s digital compass. Finland's digital compass is a national strategic roadmap extending to 2030 that provides an overview of Finland's digital transformation and provides the direction for national development work.

21.4.2022 | At their meeting in Helsinki on 21 April 2022, Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka and Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) Juhan Lepassaar stressed the role of companies in ensuring the cyber security of society.

16.12.2021 | According to a study commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications on information environments in logistics, the key priority in the digitalisation of logistics is to develop the existing national information environment as part of the EU-wide data space development in the transport sector. The development should be tightly linked with the data resources maintained by the authorities and with the availability and utilisation of data accumulated in dealings with the authorities.

11.6.2020 | The Digibarometer 2020 shows that since last year Finland has improved particularly in the digital capabilities of the public sector but declined in the business sector. The shortage of specialists is already beginning to show in the results.

12.5.2021 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications will start preparations for the designation of the National Cyber Security Centre operating under the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency as Finland's National Coordination Centre in the EU for cyber security matters. The new role would provide the Cyber Security Centre with more opportunities to support the information security sector in Finland.