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Rudolf Holsti – architect of foreign policy of independent Finland

25.5.2018

The next lecture in the series of presentations marking the centenary of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs will focus on Rudolf Holsti, Foreign Minister of Finland from 1919 to 1922 and from 1936 to 1938.

UN Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation to meet in Helsinki

Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres will arrive in Finland to host a meeting of a High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation in Helsinki on Monday 18 June.
Press releases | 8.6.2018
Minister Soini's opening remarks at the IAG meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini's opening remarks at the IAG meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) on 11th June 2018, Helsinki.
Speeches | 11.6.2018

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Foreign Minister Soini to Romania and Moldova

Press releases | 12.6.2018

A hundred years of foreign policy – Foreign Ministry at Alandica Debatt

Press releases | 12.6.2018

Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi to Finland

Press releases | 12.6.2018

UN Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation to meet in Helsinki

Press releases | 8.6.2018

Finland Co-chairs with Jordan the Assessment of the UN Counter-Terrorism Strategy

Press releases | 7.6.2018
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