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Emergency plan provides guidance on risk management Under the Rescue Act, an emergency plan must be drawn up for residential buildings with at least three residential apartments. The board of directors of the housing company is responsible for dra...

National plan and risk assessment to guide operations The Finnish Act on the Protection of Infrastructure Critical to Society and on the Improvement of Resilience (the CER Act) is being implemented in stages. The Government adopted a national CER ...

Smart Borders Package improves EU border management The EU has adopted a Smart Borders Package, which is to be introduced in 2025-2026. The Smart Borders Package aims to: facilitate border checks improve internal security by, for example, stronger...

14.10.2025 | The EU home affairs ministers will gather in Luxembourg on 14 October. The topics on their agenda include the development of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex and the reform of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Finland will be represented at the meeting by Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen. 

13.2.2026 | Inrikesministeriet har tillsatt ett projekt för att utveckla en ny funktion i Nödcentralsverkets applikation 112 Suomi. Med funktionen ska användarna kunna varnas för hot som kommer från luften. Projektet genomförs med EU-finansiering, och även andra EU-länder kan utnyttja resultaten av Finlands utvecklingsarbete.

8.9.2023 | Recent news has shown that countries in Europe also need to be increasingly prepared for serious, protracted and large-scale crises. Even in the EU, Member States have the primary responsibility for preventing, preparing for and responding to natural and man-made disasters.

CER-laki

Counter-terrorism builds on extensive cooperation Terrorism is a serious attack on democracy and the rule of law. It is an exceptionally serious violation of universal values such as human dignity, freedom, equality and solidarity, and respect for...

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.

National objectives for the functions of the wellbeing services counties The Government adopts, at least every four years, national strategic objectives for the performance of the healthcare, social welfare and rescue service functions of the well...

Foresight is key to fire safety The Ministry of the Interior prepares all legislation related to fire safety. The Rescue Act and other statutes obligate the owners and users of buildings to ensure fire safety. Building owners and users must evalua...

Interoperability

Whistleblower protection Whistleblower protection safeguards people who report certain types of misconduct. In this case, a ‘whistleblower’ is a person who, in the course of their work, discovers a breach of European Union or national law concerni...

Situation at the eastern border The border crossing points on the land border between Finland and Russia have been closed since 15 December 2023. The border crossing points for maritime traffic at Haapasaari, the port of Nuijamaa and Santio have b...

Rescue services reform aimed at improving services Under the Act on Organising Rescue Services, adopted in June 2021, the wellbeing services counties and the City of Helsinki are responsible for organising rescue services from the beginning of 202...

Archive: Press releases and news Government decides to apply for additional funding for detecting and countering drones Organization: Ministry of the Interior Type: Press release Categories: Publication date: 23.4.2026 Legislative project launched...

News RSS (Opens New Window) (Opens New Window) Government decides to apply for additional funding for detecting and countering drones Type: Press release Publication date: 23.4.2026 13.56 Legislative project launched to enable scratch cards to be ...

News RSS (Opens New Window) (Opens New Window) Government decides to apply for additional funding for detecting and countering drones Type: Press release Publication date: 23.4.2026 13.56 Legislative project launched to enable scratch cards to be ...

News RSS (Opens New Window) (Opens New Window) Government decides to apply for additional funding for detecting and countering drones Type: Press release Publication date: 23.4.2026 13.56 Legislative project launched to enable scratch cards to be ...

What is national security? National security concerns Finland’s sovereignty and the security of all of Finnish society. The concept of national security is dynamic and it is defined both temporally and in relation to Finland’s changing threat and ...