Sunday 9 June is the election day for the elections to the European Parliament, or the European elections. On Sunday, polling stations will be open from 9.00 to 20.00. Preliminary results of the election conducted in Finland will be published on the evening of the election day starting at 20.00.

The Government has adopted a resolution on the Civil Society Organisations Strategy. With the help of the strategy, the Government will promote independent fund-raising activities by CSOs, develop government grant activities concerning CSOs and dismantle bureaucracy that burdens them.

Experiences and views of anti-Semitism in Finland – A report on discrimination and hate crime targeting Jews’ is a new report indicating that the majority of people who identify as Jews feel that anti-Semitism has risen in Finland in recent years.