Consulate General of Finland in New York will bring the portable passport unit to Lake Worth (FL) May 14-16, 2024. An appointment for passport renewal is required, and the application must be submitted in person. Identity card applications are also accepted.

At the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs on 4 April 2024, Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on countering foreign state information manipulation. With the MoU, Finland and the United States reaffirm their shared understanding of the importance of countering information manipulation and of the key best practices.

Finland and the United States signed a Defence Cooperation Agreement in Washington DC on 18 December 2023. A draft government proposal to Parliament on the acceptance of the agreement was sent out for comments on 28 March 2024. The draft proposal was prepared by a wide-ranging cross-government working group, led by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

The request for participation, instructions for responding and contact details regarding the competitive procedure are available for service providers in the HILMA official service for notices on public procurement in Finland. Service providers are requested to submit their responses by 2 May 2024.