The Act on the Establishment of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency was approved today by the President of the Republic. The Act will enter into force on 1 January 2020, when the new Digital and Population Data Services Agency (Finnish Digital Agency) will begin operations in Finland.

Prime Minister Juha Sipilä submitted his Government’s request for resignation to the President of the Republic on Friday 8 March. Due to the resignation, preparations concerning the regional government, health and social services reform cannot be continued. Efforts will now be devoted to ending the preparations, documenting the work done so far and dismantling the reform in an orderly manner.

Climate experts of Ministries of Finance meet in Helsinki on 21–22 February.

The Ministry of Finance today released a contribution by its officials on the principles of economic policy and public governance for the forthcoming electoral period, entitled “A Self-Renewing, Resilient and Sustainable Society”. The publication casts light on the outlook for progress during the upcoming parliamentary term, and discusses our key challenges and associated policy choices.

The Finnish economy will grow by 2.5 per cent in 2018 and 1.5 per cent in 2019 according to the forecast of the Ministry of Finance in its latest Economic Survey, published on 17 December.