News Archive
- Confirmed results of parlimentary elections are available on the website electionsfinland.fi
- Results of the parliamentary elections available on the website Electionsfinland.fi on 14 April
- New easy-to-understand videos on voting published
- Fight against fraud targeting EU funds to be intensified
- Parliamentary elections on Sunday 14 April 2019
- Under-age marriages no longer possible
- No changes in the timetable for parliamentary elections
- Minister of Justice Häkkänen: European approach to artificial intelligence development needed
- Minister Häkkänen to meet French Minister of Justice
- Artificial intelligence to be utilised in removing personal data from authorities' decisions
- Ethical questions on AI under discussion in Helsinki
- Acceptance procedure for public documents is simplified in EU countries
- Ministry launches Against Hate campaign to combat hate speech
- Information on advance polling stations for parliamentary elections is available at the elections website vaalit.fi
- Ministry of Justice launches project to test the Child Participation Assessment Tool
- Postal voting is possible for the first time in parliamentary elections of 2019
- Possibility to impose imprisonment for violation of entry ban as of 1 January 2019
- New report on multiple discrimination experienced by sexual and gender minorities published
- Reformed legislation governing forenames and surnames enters into force on 1 January
- Report on the quality of legal aid provided to asylum seekers published
- Rule of law development and fundamental rights to be discussed at Little Parliament
- Gollegiella – Nordic Saami language prize awarded to developers of Lule Saami and Kildin Saami
- Finland's Presidency of the Council of Europe begins with a meeting of LGBTI Focal Points Network
- Project Rainbow Rights has increased awareness of multiple discrimination
- Government proposes amendments to Limited Liability Housing Companies Act to facilitate demolition and new build
- New indicators for the follow-up of linguistic rights
- Constitutional amendment concerning secrecy of confidential communications enters into force in October
- Minister Häkkänen and Russian Minister of Justice Konovalov discussed cooperation in criminal matters in Moscow
- Minister Häkkänen to visit Moscow
- Minister Häkkänen visits London to discuss election interference and topical EU affairs
- Proposal reforming the Act on the Sámi Parliament is not taken forward
- Minister Häkkänen meets Croatian and Romanian Ministers of Justice
- Nominate your candidate for Democracy Award 2018
- Raija Toiviainen proposed as Prosecutor General
- Sexual minorities in religious communities on the agenda during the Pride week
- Minister Häkkänen: EU must take next step to defend rule of law
- Several amendments improving the child's position are proposed to the Child Custody Act
- Nominate your candidate for Democracy Award 2018 – democracy and human rights education as theme
- Safety investigation of Turku stabbings completed
- EU Data Protection Regulation brings new personal data rights for citizens
- Pekka Timonen appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice
- Minister Antti Häkkänen: International community must work harder to stop financial flows to terrorism
- Minister Häkkänen to attend terrorism conference convened by President Macron in Paris
- Minister of Justice Antti Häkkänen: Human rights must be secured also in the era of artificial intelligence and digitalisation
- Minister Häkkänen at human rights conference: Protection of privacy is key concern in digital era
- GRECO issues new recommendations to Finland to prevent and combat corruption
- Minister of Justice Häkkänen and US Attorney General Sessions discussed transatlantic relations and hybrid threats
- Minister Häkkänen to meet US Attorney General Jeff Sessions
- Minister of Justice Antti Häkkänen: Estonia has important role in rule of law development in Eastern Europe
- Minister of Justice Antti Häkkänen in China: Violence against women and sexual harassment can be intervened in by sharing information
- Minister of Justice Antti Häkkänen met China's Minister of Justice – brought up human rights and status of lawyers
- Publication of the presidential election results on Election Day
- Government proposal on oversight of intelligence gathering to Parliament
- Proposal to Parliament for amending the constitutional provision on the secrecy of confidential communications
- Minister Häkkänen: Breach of the rule of law must not be allowed in EU
- Working group: Risks of online voting outweigh its benefits
- Election of the President of the Republic 2018
- Minister Häkkänen: EU should finally accede to the European Convention on Human Rights
- Natalia Ollus appointed as Director of the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI)
- Minister Antti Häkkänen: Violence and harassment against women must be condemned in all its forms
- Minister of Justice Antti Häkkänen: Corruption is one of the worst enemies of democracy, sustainable development and market economy
- Minister of Justice Häkkänen: EU should accede to the European Convention on Human Rights
- Finland 100 seminar examines Finland as a European state governed by the rule of law
- Minister Häkkänen: Establishment of European Public Prosecutor's Office is in taxpayers’ interest
- Minister Häkkänen: Law must be complied with in a state governed by the rule of law
- Stadiums to declare themselves discrimination-free – tour starts in Lahti on 10 August
- Information for crime victims available in many different languages
- Minister Häkkänen: Council of Europe’s system for protecting human rights must be defended especially in challenging times
- Minister Häkkänen: Financing terrorism and organised crime to be effectively countered in the EU
- Minister of Justice Antti Häkkänen: Ensuring the rule of law to become one of the most important tasks of the European Union
- Municipal elections on 9 April 2017
- Amendments to Marriage Act and related legislative amendments
- Prevalence of forced marriage to be investigated
- Processing of asylum appeals to be decentralised to four administrative courts
- Agreement on the Nordic Saami Convention reached
- Finnish Government: Introduction of internet voting set as goal
- Advisory board for ethnic relations: Better dialogue leads to a better life for everyone
- Legal databank Finlex available as open data from 10 March
- New Advisory Board for Ethnic Relations appointed
- Assessment tool to assist in preparation of equality promotion plans
- Information on the Non-discrimination Act
- Ministry of Justice confirms the detention of a Russian citizen
- The EU Succession Regulation becomes applicable
- The Ministry of Justice moves temporarily to Kasarmikatu
- Working group proposes: Four-year experiment with internet voting in municipal referenda
- Result information on the Elections website at www.vaalit.fi
- Parliamentary elections on 19 April 2015
- Minister of Justice Anna-Maja Henriksson: It is important to strike a balance between the rights of an individual and measures to counter serious crime
- New Non-Discrimination Act entered into force
- Minister Henriksson: EU cooperation in JHA has proved its strength
- Democracy Award was handed out to promoters of local democracy
- Henriksson: International cooperation to tackle child sexual abuse online
- Minister of Justice Henriksson to visit Washington
- Government aims to facilitate the establishment and operation of foundations
- The act on compensation for internees after the Continuation War
- Nominations for the Democracy Award accepted from June to August
- European electoral management bodies convene in Helsinki
- Ministers of Justice from nine EU Member States convene in Helsinki
- Ministers of Justice to discuss the future of the EU area of justice in Helsinki
- Seminar on the future of the EU Area of Justice and the Rule of Law 28 April
- Elections to the European Parliament on 25 May 2014
- Implementation of the National action plan on fundamental and human rights
- Government report on democracy policy was submitted to the Parliament
- Persons employed by the EU will be given the right to vote in elections to the European Parliament in Finland
- Persons employed by the EU and voting in electios to the European Parliament
- Online service for launching residents' initiatives has been opened
- One year since the Act on citizens' initiative entered into force - A few dozen citizens' initiatives already launched
- Online service for citizens' initiatives is opened on 1 December
- Minister of Justice Henriksson discussed cooperation in the application of the Convention on Child Abduction in Russia
- Minister of Justice Henriksson to visit Russia
- Democracy ambassadors to support participation of immigrants
- Minister of Justice Anna-Maja Henriksson: Self-regulatory system of the media has improved the quality of journalistic culture in Finland
- International conference on restorative justice will be held in Helsinki on 14-16 June - The mass murders in Norway also on the agenda
- Council of Europes evaluation focuses on prosecutors, judges and the parliament
- New telephone numbers at the Ministry of Justice as of 29 May
- Finnish Minister of Justice concerned about a lower level of openness in the EU
- Producer of the e-service for citizens' initiatives has been selected
- National Action Plan on Fundamental and Human Rights available as an online publication
- The Finnish Government adopted a National Action Plan on Fundamental
- The Finnish Government adopted a National Action Plan on Fundamental and Human Rights
- Amendments to the Constitution enter into force in the beginning of March
- Amendments to the Constitution enter into force in the beginning of March
- Citizens' initiative will be introduced in the beginning of March
- Extract on criminal background becomes subject to a charge in the beginning of 2012
- Election of the President of the Republic 2012
- UN Committee against Torture presented its concluding observations to Finland
- UN reviewers: Finland's measures against corruption have been successful
- Act on the Dissolution of the Household of Cohabiting Partners entered into force on 1 April
- Parliamentary elections on 17 April 2011
- UN group reviewed corruption in Finland