Government publishes 21 September Cabinet agenda featuring new immigration detention bill
Finnish Coast Guard Warns of Ongoing Irregular-Migration Risk via Estonian Ferry Routes
Transport Minister Lulu Ranne heads to Dublin for EU talks on digital borders and EES glitches
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Transport Minister Lulu Ranne to Press EU Counterparts for Seamless Mobility at Dublin Meeting
Finland confirmed that Transport Minister Lulu Ranne will attend today’s informal EU Transport Council in Dublin, where she will push for faster funding of northern TEN-T rail links, harmonised Entry/Exit System fast-track lanes and EU support for sustainable aviation fuel. Decisions taken could shape border-processing times and infrastructure budgets directly affecting Finnish business travel and logistics.
Kela warns of 26 September e-service outage that may delay paperwork for mobile workers
Kela’s online services will be completely unavailable for 14 hours on 26 September, the agency warned today. The downtime could disrupt benefit filings and social-security certificates used by posted workers and business travellers, so employers should adjust submission timetables accordingly.
Finnair to launch record-length Helsinki–Melbourne service via Bangkok
Finnair will open a daily Helsinki–Bangkok–Melbourne flight on 25 October 2026, operated by Airbus A350-900s with full fifth-freedom traffic rights on the Bangkok–Melbourne leg. The 24-hour, same-aircraft service broadens one-stop Europe–Australia options, helps Finnair replace lost Asian capacity and offers Finnish exporters and business travellers a direct gateway to Australia’s fastest-growing state economy.
Finland hosts EU maritime security drill ‘MARSEC EU 26’ to harden Gulf of Finland border
‘MARSEC EU 26’, concluded on 19 September, saw the Finnish Border Guard lead a 300-person EU exercise that rehearsed intercepting a hostile vessel and protecting critical subsea cables in the Gulf of Finland. The drill highlights Finland’s pivot toward maritime border security, tests EU-level rapid-response coordination and foreshadows stricter corporate obligations to safeguard underwater infrastructure essential to data and energy flows.