2014 in Finland

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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Finland.

Incumbents

• President: Sauli Niinistö
• Prime Minister: Jyrki Katainen (until 24 June), Alexander Stubb (starting 24 June)

Events

June

• June 9 – Russian President Vladimir Putin's personal envoy warns Finland against joining NATO.^[1]
• June 13 – The city council of Pello offers 50 euro to each Finnish speaking taxpayer who changes language to Swedish in order to secure the bilingual Finnish-Swedish regime.^[2]
• June 24 – A new coalition government takes office in Finland, the first led by a Swedish-speaking Finn since 1959.^[3]

July

• July 24 – In Herat, Afghanistan, two Finnish women working for a foreign aid organization are shot and killed.^[4]
• July 25 – Vietnamese authorities confirm that a shipment of Vietnamese-owned air-to-air missile parts bound for Ukraine was detained by Finland on June 24 after raising concerns the consignment of military hardware violated arms-export regulations.^[5]

November

• November 28 – The Parliament of Finland votes to allow same-sex marriage, marking the first time that a citizens' initiative has received lawmakers' blessing to be written into the legislation.^[6]

References

1. "Putin envoy warns Finland against joining NATO". 9 June 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
2. "Pello residents offered 50 euros to switch mother tongue". 13 June 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
3. "Stubb elected new PM". 24 June 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
4. "Afghanistan shooting: Finnish aid workers killed in Herat". 24 July 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
5. "Finland Detains Vietnamese Missile Parts". 25 July 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
6. "Finnish Parliament approves same-sex marriage". 28 November 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

External links

• Media related to 2014 in Finland at Wikimedia Commons