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5.7.2022

Opening remarks by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Helsinki on 5 July 2022

Dear congress participants and guests, It is a great honour for Finland and our national scientific community to have the International Mathematical Union (IMU) congress in Helsinki today. Last time…

29.6.2022

Statement by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the NATO Summit in Madrid on 29 June 2022

Secretary General, dear colleagues, Last night we took another important step towards Finland and Sweden’s membership in NATO. The trilateral memorandum we signed together with Türkiye opens the way for…

4.6.2022

Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Finnish Defence Forces’ Flag Day parade in Helsinki on 4 June 2022

Esteemed war veterans and lottas, ladies and gentlemen, “Finland is a good country. It is the best for us Finns. It is a country worth defending, and its only defender…

19.5.2022

President Niinistö’s statement in the White House following the discussions with the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Sweden on 19 May 2022

Mr. President, it is a great pleasure and honour to be standing here today together with you, together with the Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. We are here for a…

17.5.2022

Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Swedish Parliament on 17 May 2022

Watch the speech at Swedish Parliament’s website (in Swedish)  Your Majesties, Mr Speaker, Ladies and gentlemen! It is an honour to speak to you here at the Riksdag today. Sweden…

31.3.2022

President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö’s speech at the Akava event “Employment through Wellbeing at Work” on 31 March 2022

Ladies and Gentlemen, These past two years have in many different ways put us to the test. But this period has also shown our ability to act flexibly in challenging…

2.2.2022

Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the opening of Parliament on 2 February 2022

Mr Speaker, Honoured representatives of the Finnish nation, We live in a country cited as the happiest country in the world. And indeed, a lot of things are well here….

1.1.2022

President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö’s New Year’s Speech on 1 January 2022

My fellow citizens, “My perhaps somewhat outdated understanding of the mutual relations between us people is that we need more good will, more willingness to understand one another and more…

9.12.2021

Statement by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Summit for Democracy, 9 December 2021

Mr President, Finland ranks high in every global index related to democracy. Finland’s democracy is built on a stable representative political system, well-functioning local governance, vibrant civil society, and low…

23.11.2021

”The Case for a Stronger Europe in a Harder World” – Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Humboldt University, Berlin, 23 November 2021

Ladies and gentlemen, ”It will take twenty years before we arrive at a common foreign policy, let alone a common security policy, of the Europeans. But step by step we…

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