Foreign Minister Stubb visits Moscow

Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb will meet on Tuesday, 9 March with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. Development of relations between the EU and Russia now that the Lisbon Treaty has come into force will be discussed.

8.3.10

OECD assessment completed

On Monday 8 March, the Prime Minister's Office issued the OECD's assessment on the proposals made by the working group on quality issues of working life headed by Jukka Ahtela. The assessment report prepared in English by the OECD and the Finnish summary compiled by the Ministry of Finance are attached below.

Increasing the effective retirement age in Finland (Report by the OECD)

Summary in Finnish

Other current issues

The Government

The Government refers to the Cabinet of Finland which consists of the Prime Minister and the necessary number of ministers. It also denotes a decision-making body consisting of the Government plenary session and the ministries.

Facts about the Government

The Cabinet

The Vanhanen's second Cabinet took office on 19 April 2007. The present Cabinet is a majority cabinet formed by the Centre Party, the National Coalition Party, the Green League and the Swedish People’s Party of Finland. The Cabinet has 20 ministers.

Vanhanen's second Cabinet

Ministries

There are 12 ministries in Finland. Each ministry is, within its mandate, responsible for the preparation of issues that fall within the scope of the Government and also for the operation of its own administrative sector.

Ministries and their mandates