My fellow citizens At the turn of the year, we usually wish each other peaceful and happy days to come. Today, those wishes are more emotionally charged than before: things…
President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö’s New Year’s Speech on 1 January 2023
My fellow citizens, We are now living a time filled with worries. We had already – decade after decade – become accustomed to things always getting better. Or at least…
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My fellow citizens, “My perhaps somewhat outdated understanding of the mutual relations between us people is that we need more good will, more willingness to understand one another and more…
President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö’s New Year’s Speech on 1 January 2021
My fellow citizens, I would like to extend my warmest thanks to all of you. So far, we have coped with the coronavirus pandemic rather well compared to many…
President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö’s New Year’s Speech on 1 January 2020
My fellow citizens, We are on the threshold of a new decade. The 2010s was a time of rapid change. The pace of change will continue to increase, but we…
President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö’s New Year’s Speech on 1 January 2019
My fellow citizens, Late this autumn, the memorial flame was burning beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. A hundred years had passed since the end of World War I….