9.6.2026 | Puolustusministeri Antti Häkkänen piti englanninkielisen puheen Euroopan neuvoston kunta- ja aluehallintokongressin Social Inclusion -komitean kokouksessa Kouvolassa 9.6.2026.

21.1.2026 | SUOMEN JA VENÄJÄN RAJAN KAUPPAPOLITIIKKA Katja Novikova Director for the Russian Affairs | LUT [email protected] VENÄJÄN-KAUPAN LUVUT Tammi-elokuu 2021: Vienti Venäjälle • Tavarat +21,7 %, arvo 2 392,7 milj. € • Palvelut -50,7 %, arvo 224 milj...

13.11.2025 | Venäjän taloustilanne ja -näkymät Ulko- ja turvallisuuspoliittinen journalistiseminaari Maanpuolustustiedotuksen suunnittelukunta MTS Jyväskylä 31.3.2014 Vesa Korhonen, Suomen pankin siirtymätalouksien tutkimuslaitos BOFIT 2 Talouden ja tuonnin ka...

4.11.2025 | Puolustusministeri Antti Häkkäsen englanninkielinen puhe 4.11.2025 Cyber Security Nordic -tilaisuudessa Helsingin Messukeskuksessa.

17.6.2026 | Minister of Defence Häkkänen is attending meetings of the NATO defence ministers, NATO’s Nuclear Planning Group and the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at NATO Headquarters on 18 June.

What is the Strategic Compass of the EU? The Strategic Compass guiding the EU’s security and defence cooperation was approved at the Foreign Affairs Council on 21 March 2022 by the EU’s defence and foreign ministers. The EU leaders endorsed the do...

Defence Administration and Sustainable Development The tasks of the defence administration support sustainable development. Defence policy, military national defence, the coordinated comprehensive defence approach, assisting other authorities, and...

Defence cooperation agreement with the United States In August 2022, Finland decided to start negotiations with the United States on a new bilateral defence cooperation agreement (DCA). The DCA is a binding international agreement that sets forth ...

Return to page Areas of expertise Finland’s membership in NATO Finland’s security environment was fundamentally altered when Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Based on a reassessment of the security policy situation, Finlan...

Accessibility statement of Ministry of Defence's electronic real estate control service This statement applies to the service at kiinteistovalvonta.defmin.fi , updated on 20 January 2025. The Act on the Provision of Digital Services, which require...

5.6.2026 | In line with the Government Programme, the Finnish Government will reform the Act on the Screening of Foreign Corporate Acquisitions so that risks relating to national security, security of supply and broad-spectrum threats are taken into account more effectively than at present. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has sent out for comments a government proposal to reform the legislat...

Common Security and Defence Policy and defence cooperation in the European Union Defence cooperation in the European Union reinforces the defence capabilities of EU Member States, strengthens the basis of a European defence capability and consolid...

Promoting physical activity and capacity among people of call-up age The Ministry of Defence has launched a national project that will incorporate the promotion of physical activity and capacity in a new way as part of the call-up process. The pro...

Return to page Areas of expertise International military crisis management cooperation Finland will continue to participate in international military and civilian crisis management under the auspices of the EU, the UN, NATO and the OSCE. Finland’s...

Special Adviser Timo Nyyssönen 2.12.2021 12.12 Blog 1. Who are you? My name is Timo Nyyssönen, and I work as a Special Adviser in the Materiel Unit of the Resource Policy Department in the Ministry of Defence. I live in Hämeenlinna, where I moved ...

Special Adviser Ilmari Uljas 23.6.2022 9.58 Blog 1. Who are you? My name is Ilmari Uljas and I work in the Defence Cooperation Unit of the Defence Policy Department at the Ministry of Defence. I act as the Ministry’s EU Coordinator and together wi...

20.5.2026 | The Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy of the Finnish Government has outlined that the expenditure Finland will be reporting under NATO’s 1.5 per cent target for defence- and security-related spending will include statutory readiness and preparedness duties or capabilities critical to homeland defence that are sustained and developed by other branches of government than the Ministry of Defence.

EU:n strateginen kompassi EU:n turvallisuus- ja puolustusyhteistyötä ohjaava strateginen kompassi hyväksyttiin 21.3.2022 ulkoasiainneuvostossa EU:n puolustus- ja ulkoministerien toimesta. EU:n päämiehet vahvistivat asiakirjan 25.3.2022 Eurooppa-ne...

8.5.2018 | Atlantic Council: Defence Minister Niinistö, 8.5.2018 Julkaisuajankohta 8.5.2018 23.28 Tyyppi: Puhe Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, thank you very much for the opportunity to speak here today. I thank the Atlantic Council and the Swedish Embas...

Naton hankintoihin osallistuminen -opas Teollisuuden mahdollisuudet Natossa Suomen liittyminen sotilasliitto Natoon on avannut suomalaisille yrityksille mahdollisuuden osallistua täysimääräisesti mukaan Naton ja sen jäsenmaiden isäntämaana Natolle...