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2.9.2025 | The Government of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has reached a decision on its budget proposal for 2026. The Government’s decisions aim to support economic growth, which is picking up. Supporting economic growth and continuing responsible fiscal management is necessary to ensure the security of people in Finland and safeguard their access to important services going forward.https://vm.fi/en/-/194055633/orpo-government-government-s-decisions-support-emerging-economic-growth
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2.1.2024 | Entities obliged to carry out customer due diligence under the Act on Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing would have better access to information on politically exposed persons if the information were processed using a centralised national information system. The Ministry of Finance is requesting comments on its assessment of the matter.https://vm.fi/en/-/a-national-information-system-would-improve-access-to-information-on-politically-exposed-persons
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6.7.2026 | Finland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Poland issued a Joint statement on developing the New Multilateral Defence Mechanism on 6 July 2026.https://vm.fi/en/-/236553176/joint-statement-by-finland-the-united-kingdom-the-netherlands-and-poland-on-developing-the-new-multilateral-defence-mechanism
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22.6.2026 | The proposed act would give municipalities the option to collect a tax on paid accommodation. The tax would be optional for municipalities, and the revenues from the tax would remain with the municipality that collected it. The Ministry of Finance is requesting views on the draft government proposal.https://vm.fi/en/-/proposal-for-a-tourist-tax-circulated-for-views
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5.6.2026 | The ProcurFinland Programme has published a guide to help contracting entities identify and prevent sanctions evasion and circumvention. The guide provides practical advice on taking sanctions into account at different stages of the procurement process. It lists warning signs that contracting entities can use to assess the risk of sanctions evasion and circumvention.https://vm.fi/en/-/new-guide-offers-tools-to-address-sanctions-in-public-procurement
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3.6.2026 | Finland believes it has achieved further milestones in its Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). The Ministry of Finance filed the fifth payment request under the RRP with the European Commission on Tuesday 2 June.https://vm.fi/en/-/finland-requests-fifth-payment-from-eu-under-recovery-and-resilience-plan
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29.6.2026 | According to an international survey by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, trust in public institutions and satisfaction with administrative services have remained stable in Finland. The OECD Survey on Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions, published for the third time, highlights participation and agency as increasingly important drivers of trust.https://vm.fi/en/-/trust-in-public-administration-in-finland-remains-high-by-international-comparison
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24.6.2026 | Assessing the macroeconomic risks caused by climate change and biodiversity loss requires more advanced analytical methods. Developing these methods, along with tools to evaluate the broader economic impacts of the green transition, remains a significant challenge in Finland and globally. The working group established by the Ministry of Finance proposes measures to strengthen the knowledge base for decision-making.https://vm.fi/en/-/the-overall-economic-impacts-of-climate-change-and-nature-loss-currently-cannot-be-estimated-with-sufficient-accuracy
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16.6.2026 | The Finnish economy is gradually recovering but is overshadowed by the crisis in the Middle East, higher energy prices and an uncertain economic outlook. Economic growth is boosting general government revenues, but the deficit remains wide according to the Ministry of Finance's economic forecast published on 16 June.https://vm.fi/en/-/higher-energy-prices-and-uncertainty-slow-economic-recovery
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25.8.2022 | Rapporteurs Juha Aho and Mika Penttilä propose a joint child-oriented budgeting model for municipalities and wellbeing services counties based on a traffic-light classification. They recommend that child-oriented budgeting be launched with a pilot that would focus in the first stage on financial statements data.https://vm.fi/en/-/rapporteurs-child-oriented-budgeting-to-be-piloted-in-municipalities-and-wellbeing-services-counties
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Discretionary government grants Discretionary government grants are public financing awarded from budget appropriations or off-budget entities, without direct conditionality, to recipients other than government agencies or public bodies. Discretio...https://vm.fi/en/discretionary-government-grants
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Finland is a party to or member of various international financial institutions and mechanisms. The task of these institutions is to promote economic growth and development and ensure stability.https://vm.fi/en/international-financial-affairs
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In the impact assessment, project managers assessed the results and impact of their projects and discussed how their projects contributed to implementing the strategy for the prevention of the shadow economy and economic crime. In addition, actions recommended during the projects and any new proposed actions were reported. These were reported by 33 projects.https://vm.fi/en/-/46317582/impact-assessment-of-projects-under-the-action-programme-for-the-prevention-of-the-shadow-economy-and-economic-crime-in-2020-2023-completed
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About the site Service contents Functions Terms of Use Personal Data Management Inquiries The newwebsite of the Ministry of Finance was introduced in February 2015. The site makes part of the government web communications reform which includes the...https://vm.fi/en/about-the-site
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Prevention – money laundering and terrorist financing Money laundering refers to activities in which funds of criminal or illegal origin are recycled through a legal payment system to cover the actual nature, origin or owners of the funds. Terrori...https://vm.fi/en/prevention
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fi sv en Digital security: Guidance of services and security Guidance of services The Act on the Provision of Shared Government Information and Communications Technology Services enables the uniform production and use of such services. Service pro...https://vm.fi/en/information-security-and-cybersecurity
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Tourist tax The Ministry of Finance is making preparations for a tourist tax that will provide municipalities with an additional source of income from tourism. Municipalities would be able to choose whether to adopt the tax, and revenues from the ...https://vm.fi/en/tourist-tax
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fi sv en Advisory Committee on Local Government Finances and Administration The Advisory Committee on Local Government Finances and Administration operates in conjunction with the Ministry of Finance. In addition to the Ministry of Finance, the Ad...https://vm.fi/en/advisory-committee-on-local-government-finances-and-administration
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Revised eIDAS Regulation and European Digital Identity Wallets In the spring of 2024, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the revised eIDAS Regulation, which regulates cross-border electronic identification and trust services for elect...https://vm.fi/en/european-digital-identity-wallet