Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland: Foreign and security policy: Current affairs: Press Releases http://www.formin.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=32281&contentlan=2&culture=en-US Ministers Stubb and Hautala will make a Team Finland trip to Africa http://www.formin.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=276604&nodeid=32281&contentlan=2&culture=en-US Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb and Minister for International Development Heidi Hautala will travel to Zambia and Tanzania from 20 to 25 May. On this first joint trade and development trip, they will be accompanied by a delegation consisting of representatives from businesses and civil society organisations, which has been compiled by Finpro. Thu, 16 May 2013 08:33:31 GMT 2f67f3ab-2b9c-46b2-8685-d3a09c4e5d02 Foreign Minister Tuomioja to Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Kiruna http://www.formin.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=276285&nodeid=32281&contentlan=2&culture=en-US Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja will participate in the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 15 May in Kiruna, Northern Sweden. In the meeting, the ministers will sign the Arctic Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response Agreement. Mon, 13 May 2013 09:36:01 GMT 6abb9138-5513-4b02-9a6e-0b3ba5423ae4 Slovak Foreign Minister Lajčák to visit Finland http://www.formin.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=276130&nodeid=32281&contentlan=2&culture=en-US Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák will visit Finland on 13 May at the invitation of Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja. Wed, 8 May 2013 12:41:26 GMT 474981b3-68ab-47a8-ab3c-a91bd9323b74 Finland and Denmark revise the status of their Palestinian missions http://www.formin.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=276073&nodeid=32281&contentlan=2&culture=en-US Finland and Denmark aim to negotiate an agreement with the Palestinians by which the status of the Palestinian representative offices in Helsinki and Copenhagen would be upgraded to that of an embassy. Wed, 8 May 2013 12:05:04 GMT 888b716a-6ca4-463a-8be7-4f30bec21105 Serbian Foreign Minister Mrkic visits Finland http://www.formin.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=275975&nodeid=32281&contentlan=2&culture=en-US Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivan Mrkic will visit Finland on 10 May and meet Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja. The topics of discussion between the ministers include the regional questions of Western Balkans, the EU integration of Serbia, mediation, and the bilateral relations between Finland and Serbia. Tue, 7 May 2013 08:48:23 GMT 6a43bd07-6f9e-4e95-b73f-a62f041aca79