Dear Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari, Mr Marko Ahtisaari, Your Excellencies, friends and colleagues of Martti Ahtisaari, Fellow citizens, A great life’s work has been completed. Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari, the tenth…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the opening of the 2023–2024 term of the Parliament of Åland in Mariehamn on 3 November 2023
Mr Speaker, honoured members of the Parliament of Åland, The last time when I opened the new term of the Parliament of Åland in 2017, I spoke about the strengths…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the State Dinner hosted by President of Italy Sergio Mattarella in Rome on 23 October 2023
President Mattarella, dear friend, Ms Laura Mattarella, Distinguished guests, I would like to begin by thanking you for these days in Rome and Italy. We have had the pleasure of…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö following the passing of former President of the Republic Martti Ahtisaari on 16 October 2023
Dear Finns It is with great sadness that we have received the news of the death of President Martti Ahtisaari. He passed away at the age of 86, after a…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the launch of the VTT and IQM’s 20-qubit quantum computer in Otaniemi, Espoo, on 10 October 2023
Ladies and Gentlemen In the era of rising great power tensions and uncertainty, Finland must rely on its strengths: technology expertise, innovation and resilience. Technology has long been at the…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at Max Jakobson Memorial Lecture on 28 September 2023
Ladies and Gentlemen I am very pleased to deliver this Max Jakobson Lecture today. This week marks the centenary of his birth. At the time he was born, Europe was…
Statement by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the General Debate of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York on 20 September 2023
Mr President, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen More than ten years ago, when I addressed the General Assembly for the first time as President of Finland, the world seemed complicated….
Statement by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the SDG Summit during the 78th session of UNGA in New York on 18 September 2023
President Tokayev, President Novák, Excellencies This Summit comes at a critical time. We are halfway to the timetable set for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. And we are nowhere…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the promotion and appointment of cadets on 25 August 2023
Esteemed Cadets, I congratulate you on the completion of the Bachelor of Military Sciences degree. I hereby promote all you cadets holding the rank of second lieutenant and ensign to…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission on 22 August 2023
Esteemed Heads of Mission, ladies and gentlemen We live in an era of accumulative and accelerating change. The momentum gathered and the tensions that have been building up over the…