Current affairs
Reform and Ukraine support: Marja Ruotanen-Bourdages runs as a joint Nordic-Baltic candidate for Deputy Secretary General
As the Council of Europe prepares to elect a new Deputy Secretary General on 23 June, Marja Ruotanen-Bourdages presents a candidacy shaped by decades of experience in driving reforms, bringing together diverging interests and supporting member States, including in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine. She offers an exceptional combination of institutional insight and proven delivery at a time when the Organisation must increasingly translate political commitments into concrete action.
Russia’s accountability and the strengthening of democracy to be on the agenda of the Council of Europe meeting
The Council of Europe's annual session of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs will be held on 14–15 May in Chișinău, Moldova. Finland will be represented at the meeting by Secretary of State Pasi Rajala.
