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20.12.2024 | The start of 2025 will see the entry into force of new acts and decrees. This press release provides a summary of the most important changes in the Ministry of the Interior’s administrative branch.https://intermin.fi/en/-/changes-in-the-administrative-branch-of-the-ministry-of-the-interior-at-the-turn-of-the-year-2
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12.6.2025 | The Ministry of the Interior has set up a legislative project to amend the Passport Act, assess the need to amend the Identity Card Act and, if necessary, prepare a proposal for amending the Identity Card Act. The project will run until 31 May 2026.https://intermin.fi/en/-/ministry-of-the-interior-to-prepare-legislative-amendment-to-extend-passport-validity-to-10-years
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11.9.2025 | Finland will host Rescue Borealis 2025, an international exercise bringing together hundreds of experts from Finland and abroad. The exercise strengthens cooperation between authorities in Euro-Arctic and cross-border emergencies. Rescue Borealis 2025 includes a field training exercise that will take place in the Oulu area between 29 September and 3 October 2025.https://intermin.fi/en/-/international-rescue-exercise-brings-hundreds-of-professionals-to-oulu
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28.8.2025 | The EU’s new Entry/Exit System will be gradually introduced across EU countries starting on 12 October 2025. On 28 August, the Government issued a decree to bring the national legislation related to the system into force. The decree will enter into force on 12 October 2025.https://intermin.fi/en/-/eu-s-entry-exit-system-provides-new-tool-for-managing-europe-s-borders
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28.5.2025 | The Government submitted its second supplementary budget proposal for 2025 to Parliament on Wednesday 28 May. The supplementary budget proposes funding for the development of civil defence and the emergency warning system as well as for the maritime capabilities of the Finnish Border Guard.https://intermin.fi/en/-/government-supplementary-budget-proposal-invests-in-readiness-and-preparedness
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13.5.2025 | Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen met Estonia's new Minister of the Interior Igor Taro in Helsinki on Tuesday 13 May. Topics of their discussion included preparedness, hybrid threats and their prevention, and police cooperation between Estonia and Finland.https://intermin.fi/en/-/minister-rantanen-and-estonian-minister-of-the-interior-igor-taro-meet-in-helsinki
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11.9.2025 | On 11 September, the Government submitted its Report on Internal Security to Parliament. According to the report, the international security situation is having an increasingly significant effect on Finland’s internal security. This change puts a strong emphasis on the preparedness of security authorities.https://intermin.fi/en/-/government-submits-report-on-internal-security-to-parliament
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3.2.2025 | Finland’s Ministry of the Interior has sent out for comments a proposal for amending the regulation on biometric data stored in the registers of the police and the Finnish Immigration Service. An objective of the Government Programme is to strengthen crime prevention and improve the conditions for using biometrics in law enforcement and crime prevention. The Ministry proposes that biometric data co...https://intermin.fi/en/-/proposal-to-amend-regulation-on-biometric-data-in-crime-prevention-circulated-for-comments
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18.6.2025 | The Finnish Border Guard will be given new powers concerning the prevention and investigation of human trafficking offences and money laundering offences. The Government submitted the Act on Crime Prevention by the Finnish Border Guard and certain other acts for approval on 18 June. The President of the Republic is scheduled to approve the amendments on 27 June, and they will enter into force on 1 September.https://intermin.fi/en/-/new-powers-for-finnish-border-guard-to-prevent-and-investigate-certain-offences-
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24.4.2025 | In its spending limits discussion, the Government agreed on strengthening the resources of the police, the Finnish Border Guard, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service and civil defence in order to prepare for wide-ranging threats. The capabilities of the internal security authorities are an essential part of Finland's comprehensive security.https://intermin.fi/en/-/minister-of-the-interior-mari-rantanen-decisions-in-government-spending-limits-discussion-will-improve-internal-security
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18.6.2025 | The Ministry of the Interior has issued a new decree on fees charged by the police. The amendments apply to the fees for passports and identity cards as well as for firearms licences and private security sector licences. The decree will be in force from 1 July to 31 December 2025.https://intermin.fi/en/-/changes-to-fees-for-passports-and-firearms-licences
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8.10.2025 | Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen will visit Warsaw, Poland on 8 October, where she will meet Poland’s Minister of the Interior and Administration Marcin Kierwiński. The two ministers will discuss the border situation in both countries.https://intermin.fi/en/-/minister-of-interior-rantanen-to-visit-poland-protecting-eu-s-external-borders-increases-security-in-whole-schengen-area
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16.4.2025 | The Government proposes that the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service and the military intelligence authorities be allowed to disclose information on criminal offences to other authorities more extensively than before. The proposal would improve national security. The Government submitted the proposal to Parliament on 16 April.https://intermin.fi/en/-/government-proposes-more-extensive-rights-for-intelligence-authorities-to-disclose-criminal-information
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22.12.2025 | The Ministry of the Interior has sent out for comments a draft government proposal to reform the provisions on removal from the country and entry bans laid down in the Aliens Act. The deadline for comments is 2 February 2026.https://intermin.fi/en/-/legislative-amendments-on-removal-from-the-country-and-entry-bans-sent-out-for-comments
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2.10.2025 | The tense security situation underscores the importance of preparedness, both in the Baltic Sea region and in the Euro-Arctic area. Meeting new threats requires joint exercises and well-functioning processes, as underlined at the Rescue Borealis 2025 international field exercise held in Oulu.https://intermin.fi/en/-/minister-of-the-interior-rantanen-at-the-rescue-borealis-exercise-in-oulu-as-a-frontline-country-finland-has-special-needs-and-responsibilities-in-preparedness-
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27.6.2025 | On Friday 27 June, the Government appointed Robin Lardot, Master of Laws, as Director of the National Bureau of Investigation for the period from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2030.https://intermin.fi/en/-/robin-lardot-to-continue-as-director-of-the-national-bureau-of-investigation
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5.9.2025 | Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen and Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen met with public authorities and experts on 5 September to discuss the synthetic drug alpha-PVP. The discussions highlighted that the spread of alpha-PVP is a complex problem and tackling it requires broad-based cooperation.https://intermin.fi/en/-/1271139/ministers-grahn-laasonen-and-rantanen-finland-to-tackle-rising-alpha-pvp-use-through-cooperation-and-intensified-action
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19.12.2025 | The Ministry of the Interior has sent out for comments a proposal to amend the Firearms Act. The draft proposal takes into account the need for amendments that has emerged in the application of the act following the reforms introduced to implement the most recent amendment to the EU Firearms Directive. The consultation round closes on 30 January 2026.https://intermin.fi/en/-/changes-to-the-firearms-act-consultation-round-begins
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30.7.2025 | During the summer, there have been significantly more drownings and serious near misses than usual at public swimming areas. The Ministry of the Interior, the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes), the National Police Board of Finland and the Finnish Swimming Teaching and Lifesaving Federation met on 30 July to discuss safety at swimming areas.https://intermin.fi/en/-/authorities-consider-means-to-improve-safety-at-swimming-areas
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13.11.2025 | Nordic ministers responsible for civil preparedness or their deputies will meet in Helsinki on 13 November. This so-called Haga ministerial meeting will be chaired by Finnish Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen. The ministers will discuss topical issues related to crisis preparedness in the Nordic countries.https://intermin.fi/en/-/minister-rantanen-the-nordic-countries-must-continue-to-work-together-to-strengthen-the-preparedness-of-civilian-authorities