Erja Päivärinta

”Feet on the ground and saving money for a rainy day.” working at the @FinEmbVienna /@Finland_OSCE / MFA of Finland @Ulkoministerio Opinions are my own!

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

🚰 Top countries with the cleanest drinking water ranking:

1. Finland 🇫🇮
1. Iceland 🇮🇸
1. Netherlands 🇳🇱
1. Norway 🇳🇴
1. Switzerland 🇨🇭
1. UK 🇬🇧
7. Malta 🇲🇹
8. Germany ��🇪
9. Luxembourg 🇱🇺
10. Sweden 🇸🇪
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11. Italy 🇮🇹
12. Greece 🇬🇷
13. Denmark 🇩🇰
14. Ireland 🇮🇪
15. Spain 🇪🇸
16. France 🇫🇷
17. Japan 🇯🇵
18. Austria 🇦🇹
23. South Korea 🇰🇷
24. Canada 🇨🇦
25. Australia 🇦🇺
26. USA 🇺🇸
30. Czechia 🇨🇿
34. Poland 🇵🇱
40. UAE 🇦🇪
46. Argentina 🇦🇷
54. China 🇨🇳
55. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
62. Romania 🇷🇴
65. Russia 🇷🇺
70. Iran 🇮🇷
73. Mexico 🇲🇽
75. Turkey 🇹🇷
88. Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
96. Brazil 🇧🇷
110. Philippines 🇵🇭
112. Egypt 🇪🇬
125. Indonesia 🇮🇩
129. Bangladesh 🇧🇩
133. South Africa 🇿🇦
139. India 🇮🇳
144. Pakistan 🇵🇰
166. Ethiopia 🇪🇹
177. Nigeria 🇳🇬
178. Niger 🇳🇪
179. Chad 🇹🇩

Note: measuring how well countries protect human health from environmental risks on two indicators - unsafe drinking water and unsafe sanitation.

According to Environmental Performance Index, 2022

[Joel Willans @VFinnishProbs]

A Finnish lesson in how to treat your allies

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

During my visit to Finland, I discussed key issues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation with President Alexander Stubb @alexstubb. Naturally, our focus was on defense support and investment in our industry. Ukraine’s position remains unchanged: we are ready for mutually beneficial cooperation with all partners who truly help us.

We also discussed security guarantees and Finland’s potential contribution, the future security architecture of Europe, our European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Today, our ministers are signing a document to launch the Civil Protection Shelter Coalition. As long as Putin continues attacking our infrastructure, we must do everything to protect our people, and we are grateful to Finland for this initiative.

I also informed President Stubb on Russian disinformation regarding the situation on the Kursk front. There is no encirclement there – our troops are carrying out their missions as required for Ukraine.

In Ukraine, we deeply value our relationship with Finland – a true partnership between nations and a friendship between people. Thank you for your hospitality, for this visit – together with the First Lady of Ukraine – for our joint efforts, and for your support of our country and our people.

🇺🇦🇫🇮

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Finland is the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.

The happiest countries in the world:

1. Finland 🇫🇮
2. Denmark 🇩🇰
3. Iceland 🇮🇸
4. Sweden 🇸🇪
5. Netherlands 🇳🇱
6. Costa Rica 🇨🇷
7. Norway 🇳🇴
8. Israel 🇮🇱
9. Luxembourg 🇱🇺
10. Mexico 🇲🇽
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11. Australia 🇦🇺
15. Ireland 🇮🇪
17. Austria 🇦🇹
18. Canada 🇨🇦
20. Czechia 🇨🇿
21. UAE 🇦🇪
22. Germany 🇩🇪
23. UK 🇬🇧
24. USA 🇺🇸
26. Poland 🇵🇱
31. Serbia 🇷🇸
32. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
33. France 🇫🇷
36. Brazil 🇧🇷
37. El Salvador 🇸🇻
38. Spain 🇪🇸
40. Italy 🇮🇹
42. Argentina 🇦🇷
55. Japan 🇯🇵
58. South Korea 🇰🇷
66. Russia 🇷🇺
68. China 🇨🇳
69. Hungary 🇭🇺
72. Croatia 🇭🇷
80. Moldova 🇲🇩
81. Greece 🇬🇷
82. Venezuela 🇻🇪
94. Türkiye 🇹🇷
105. Nigeria 🇳🇬
109. Pakistan 🇵🇰
111. Ukraine 🇺🇦
118. India 🇮🇳
132. Ethiopia 🇪🇹
134. Bangladesh 🇧🇩
135. Egypt 🇪🇬
147. Afghanistan 🇦🇫

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Everyone must ensure that Russia, the sole source of this war, accepts the need to end it. This can be proved by two forms of silence: no attacks on energy and other civilian infrastructure – a truce for missiles, bombs, long-range drones; no military operations in the Black Sea.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Former President of Poland Lech Wałęsa wrote the following letter to Donald Trump:

1/n

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

I am grateful to His Majesty King Charles III for the audience.

🇺🇦🇬🇧

[Jari Tervo @JariTervo1]

Trump ja hänen ääliönsä esittävät loukkaantunutta Zelenskyin sotilaallisen pukeutumisen vuoksi. Kaikkein pyhintä, presidentin virkahuonetta, ei kunnioitettu.

Elon Musk vieraili runsas viikko sitten samassa paikassa lippalakissa ja t-paidassa. Se samojen ääliöitten mielestä ok.

[Joel Willans @VFinnishProbs]

Finns: "Finnish grammar's not that hard."

Me:

[Ville Cantell @villecantell]

Historian kovin suomalaisen urheilijan tekemä sopimus. 🇫🇮💪

[Joel Willans @VFinnishProbs]

Show me a more stylish politician than Finnish President Urho Kekkonen in 1975. I’ll wait…

[MFA Finland 🇫🇮 @Ulkoministerio]

Ulkoministeriön vuosittainen työtyytyväisyyskysely kertoo, että ulkoasiainhallinnon henkilöstö viihtyy työssään. Kokemukset seksuaalisesta häirinnästä ja epäasiallisesta kohtelusta ovat laskussa. #työtyytyväisyys

https://t.co/MygzAqvRUf

[Abdirahman Sugulle @sugulleabd]

Rasistinen huutelu ja puhe on normalisoitumassa. Tässä hieman ajatuksiani kokemastani rasistisesta häirinnästä jalkapallokentillä.

Olisiko lajiliittojen, urheilujärjestöjen ja tapahtumajärjestäjien korkea aika puuttua ja huolehtia niille kuuluvasta vastuusta puuttua syrjintään?

[MFA Finland 🇫🇮 @Ulkoministerio]

Finland and #Ukraine are partners during both good and bad weather. Watch the video below to see how Finland and Ukraine have collaborated in developing Ukraine's weather monitoring systems.

🇫🇮🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine

[Helena Petäistö @PetaistoHelena]

Ranskan presidenteistä gaullisti Jacques CHIRAC oli se, joka vastusti tiukimmin äärioikeistoa: -Älkää koskaan veljeilkö ääriliikkeen, roturyrjinnän, juutalaisvihan tai toisten hylkäämisen kanssa. 🇫🇷

[Finland in the OSCE @Finland_OSCE]

The #OSCEToolbox is now available in App Store! Download here https://t.co/jh4PN0tV8A or through the QR-code in the second picture.

The Toolbox was launched last year by 🇫🇮 with the support of the @OSCE Secretariat and is also available at https://t.co/CDlrrZopBk.

[Finland in the OSCE @Finland_OSCE]

Ambassador Vesa Häkkinen, Captain Navy Jaakko Jäntti and Counsellor Sebastian Gahnström presenting the newly launched #OSCEToolbox app at an info splash today at Hofburg.

[Jens Hanefeld @GermanAmbUSA]

Forgive me for being hooked on football (soccer). This was simply the most exciting match of EURO24. Austria beat the Netherlands 3:2. Both are our neighbours. Both have great football traditions. But 🇦🇹to come first in group D with 🇳🇱🇫🇷 🇵🇱is simply sensational. Congratulations!

[UEFA EURO @UEFAEURO]

A massive win for Austria! 🇦🇹

They finish top of Group D 👏

#EURO2024 | #NEDAUT

[Finland in the OSCE @Finland_OSCE]

Proud to be a part of today's side event on #LGBTQI+ Rights in the @OSCE region. 🇫🇮🏳️‍🌈

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