Flag days in 2025
February
- 3.2. Alvar och Aino Aalto day, Day of Finnish Architecture and Design | a recommended flag day
- 5.2. Runeberg Day
- 6.2. Sámi National Day | a recommended flag day
- 28.2. Kalevala Day, Day of Finnish Culture
March
- 19.3. Minna Canth Day, Day of Equality
April
- 8.4. International Romani Day | a recommended flag day
- 9.4. Mikael Agricola Day, Day of the Finnish Language
- 13.4. County and municipal elections
- 27.4. National War Veterans’ Day
May
- 1.5. May Day, Labour Day
- 9.5. Europe Day
- 11.5. Mothers' Day
- 12.5. J. V. Snellman Day, Day of Finnish Heritage
- 18.5. Remembrance Day
June
- 4.6. Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces
- 21.6. Midsummer Day, Day of the Finnish Flag
July
- 6.7. Eino Leino Day, Day of Summer and Poetry
August
- 9.8. Tove Jansson Day, Day of Finnish Art | a recommended flag day
- 30.8. Finland’s Nature Day
October
- 1.10. Miina Sillanpää Day, Day of Civic Participation
- 10.10. Aleksis Kivi Day, Day of Finnish Literature
- 24.10. United Nations Day
November
- 6.11. Finnish Swedish Heritage Day, svenska dagen
- 9.11. Fathers’ Day
- 20.11. Day of Children’s Rights
December
- 6.12. Independence Day
- 8.12. Jean Sibelius Day, Day of Finnish Music
News
EU external border countries face common security challenges both on land borders and in the Baltic SeaLink to an external website
Type:Press release
Publication date:19.6.2025 14.30
New powers for Finnish Border Guard to prevent and investigate certain offences Link to an external website
Type:Press release
Publication date:18.6.2025 13.39
Validity of Border Security Act to be extended until 31 December 2026 Link to an external website
Type:Press release
Publication date:18.6.2025 13.10
Commission proposal would allow asylum applications to be processed in safe countries outside the EULink to an external website
Type:Press release
Publication date:18.6.2025 13.02
Changes to fees for passports and firearms licencesLink to an external website
Type:Press release
Publication date:18.6.2025 12.58
EU home affairs ministers expected to reach preliminary agreement on extension of temporary protection of UkrainiansLink to an external website
Type:Press release
Publication date:13.6.2025 8.55
New legislation to strengthen protection of critical infrastructure and resilience of societyLink to an external website
Type:Press release
Publication date:12.6.2025 14.21
Safe countries of origin for asylum seekers to be designated at EU levelLink to an external website
Type:Press release
Publication date:12.6.2025 13.52
Government to tighten conditions for family reunificationLink to an external website
Type:Press release
Publication date:12.6.2025 13.36
Ministry of the Interior to prepare legislative amendment to extend passport validity to 10 yearsLink to an external website
Type:Press release
Publication date:12.6.2025 12.54