During July and August 2009 guided tours of the Parliament building are available to the public during the week and at weekends.
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The Eduskunta started its summer recess just before Midsummer. The next plenary will take place on 8 September. Read more »

On 17 June the Parliament of Finland adopted the Government Security and Defence Policy Report (VNS 1/2009) as recommended by the Foreign Affairs Committee in its report UaVM 5/2009. The opinions proposed by the opposition were voted down with clear figures. Read more »

Finnish MP Mr Hannes Manninen was elected as the new Chair of the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (CPAR) in Ilulissat, Greenland, where the Standing Committee met in May 27-28, 2009. Read more »

The Finnish Parliament Eduskunta agrees with the Government's priorities in EU policy. However, the Eduskunta also emphasises the social dimension of integration and encourages Finland to improve the exercise of influence in the EU. Read more »

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Finnish Parliament on Tuesday 26th May. Ban delivered an address to Eduskunta. His speech can be downloaded from the Parliament's web site. Read more »

The Finnish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) highlighted the 60th anniversary of the Council of Europe and the 20th anniversary of Finnish membership in CoE by organising three special events. Read more »

The Finnish Government has submitted a report on Finland's EU Policy to the Parliament. The plenary held a preliminary plenary debate on the report on 16 April. After expert hearings and statements from special committees, the Grand Committee will prepare a report to be debated in the plenary on 26 May. Read more »

The Finnish Parliament Eduskunta has important issues in its agenda in spring 2009: economic recession, security policy and EU affairs to mention a few. Read more »

The President of the Republic Ms Tarja Halonen officially opened the 2009 parliamentary session on 4 February. Read more »

The Annual Report of the Parliamentary Office 2007 is published. The report covers the Parliament legislative work, international and other activities as well as financial statements. Parliament's expenses totalled 91.1 million euros in 2007, which was 3,6% more than the year before. The increase is mainly due to renovation projects. Including operational and renovation expenses, as a legislative body Parliament cost 16.20 euros per citizen. Read more about Parliament's activities here  »

The parliament has approved an amendment to the Universities and Polytechnics Act. The amendment provides the universities and polytechnics right to organize made-to-order degree education for citizens outside the European Economic Area. Made-to-order education may be arranged for a group but not for individual students. The education can be purchased by a legal person under private or public law, such as a limited company, an association, a foundation or a state, a municipality or a municipal consortium.