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8.5.2025 | Letter Page 1 (2) 10 March 2025 Kirkkokatu 12, Helsinki PO Box 26, FI-00023 Government Tel. 0295 480 171 | [email protected] | www.intermin.fi Dear Supplier, MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR ACCEPTS ONLY E-INVOICES The Ministry of the Interior only accep...

Projektets syfte och uppgift är att utarbeta en regeringsproposition om att lägga till möjligheten att göra förfrågningar om kontotransaktioner i systemet för övervakning av bank- och betalkonton. Avsikten är att regeringens proposition kan lämnas till riksdagen under vårsessionen 2025.

31.3.2025 | Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen will attend the Border Security Summit in London on 31 March. The ministerial summit will focus on crime related to people smuggling and organised immigration crime. The aim is to identify the best ways to combat these phenomena.

11.11.2024 | Cashing Out Joint report by the Nordic countries on cross-border money laundering via cash transportation Foreword As the global economy is getting more and more digitized, criminals are still using cash to carry out their criminal activity, as ca...

8.2.2024 | Unofficial international money remittances involve a very high risk of money laundering and terrorist financing. In addition, public authorities responsible for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism and other key actors consider the risk to be high for virtual currency providers, banks and payment service providers.

14.8.2025 | Public authorities in Finland will have to use the Bank and Payment Account Monitoring System each time they request information on account balances, transactions and securities. The Government submitted the legislative amendments for approval on 14 August. The President of the Republic is expected to approve the amendments on 15 August, and they will enter into force on 1 December 2025.

The flag and coat of arms in commercial activities and trademarks Use of the Finnish flag and coat of arms is not forbidden in a commercial activity, and they are widely used to represent Finland in a number of contexts. However, such use must alw...

10.4.2025 | On 10 April 2025, the Government submitted a proposal to Parliament on amending the Act on Bank and Payment Account Monitoring System.

Coat of arms of Finland Little is known about the origins of the Finnish coat of arms. The oldest known display of the emblem is on the burial monument of Gustav Vasa in Uppsala Cathedral, which was completed in the 1580s. The same design was adop...

Flaggan och vapnet i näringsverksamhet och varumärken Att använda Finlands flagga eller vapen i näringsverksamhet är inte förbjudet i sig, och de används båda i många olika sammanhang som markör för finskhet. Användningen ska dock alltid ske med r...

Finlands vapen Det är delvis okänt hur Finlands vapen har kommit till. Man vet att det förekom första gången på Gustav Vasas gravmonument i Uppsala domkyrka som blev färdigt på 1580-talet. I den utformningen blev det Finlands vapen 1917. Före det ...

Critical infrastructure protection A changing security environment and more diverse threats have increased the need to protect society’s critical infrastructure and improve the resilience of critical entities. Critical infrastructure refers to fac...

The aim of the legislative project is to enhance national security and the resilience of society.

Guide on how to prepare for incidents and crises The Preparing for incidents and crises guide, which is aimed at the entire population, contains extensive instructions on how to prepare for exceptional situations and what to do during them. When s...

7.10.2021 | National implementation of the EU Directive on access to financial information moves a step closer. On 7 October, the Government submitted to Parliament a proposal to amend the Act on the Bank and Payment Accounts Control System and the Act on the Financial Intelligence Unit.

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28.1.2021 | The resilience of critical entities in EU countries will be improved by reforming the old European Critical Infrastructure Protection Directive. The proposed new directive is significantly more extensive, and it aims to improve the resilience of critical entities providing essential services in the EU. The Government informs Parliament on 28 January of the new proposal for a directive. 

Government Programme measures to reform national security Finland’s security environment changed significantly when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Government Programme aims to strengthen national security ...

22.12.2021 | The Lotteries Act that regulates gambling will be amended. The focus of the reform is on preventing harm caused by gambling, combating marketing that violates the Lotteries Act, and directing the demand for gambling towards activities that are covered by the Lotteries Act. The President of the Republic approved the bill on 22 December 2021. The amendments will enter into force on 1 January 2022.

About the Ministry of the Interior’s web service The address of the Ministry of the Interior's web service is intermin.fi. The Ministry of the Interior is responsible for the service, and it is maintained by the Ministry’s Communications Unit in c...