Internal border controls to be reinstated during #HELSINKI2018 meeting

13.7.2018 11.14
Internal border controls to be reinstated during #HELSINKI2018 meeting
Finland will reinstate temporary border controls at its internal EU borders to support the security arrangements for the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Internal border controls will start on Friday 13 July at 12.00 and end on Tuesday 17 July at 12.00. The Finnish Government decided on 13 July that temporary border controls be reinstated at the internal borders.

EU home affairs minister to gather for informal meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council

11.7.2018 11.35
EU home affairs minister to gather for informal meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council
Minister of the Interior Kai Mykkänen will attend the informal meeting of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council in Innsbruck on 12–13 July. The topics to be addressed at the meeting include European border management, a crisis-resilient asylum system and themes related to police cooperation. As part of the work to reform the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), the Council will also discuss more comprehensive options for making the asylum procedure more efficient and improving disembarkation arrangements.

Police should in certain cases be able to intervene in the use of drones

26.6.2018 9.48
Police should in certain cases be able to intervene in the use of drones
The Ministry of the Interior is drafting legislation that would give the police greater powers to intervene in the use of model and other recreational aircraft and unmanned aircraft or drones. The draft government proposal was sent out for comments on 25 June.

Government proposal for compulsory identification of slot machine players sent out for comments

21.6.2018 12.32
Government proposal for compulsory identification of slot machine players sent out for comments
It is proposed that players of slot machines located across the country, excluding those located in game arcades, be required to identify themselves from the start of 2021. Compulsory identification would make it technically possible to introduce restrictions to manage at-risk gambling on slot machines too. At the moment, players must identify themselves when they play Veikkaus online games. The proposed legislative amendments concerning identification and the licence procedures for running lotteries were sent out for comments on 21 June.
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