The Ministry of Education and Culture awarded the Finland Prize to eight artists. Among this year’s prize winners were Maaretta Jaukkuri, curator; Siri Kolu, author; Tiina Lymi, director; Outi Pieski, visual artist; Dalia Stasevska, conductor; Pajtim Statovci, author; Sirkus Suosalo theatre; and Björn Weckström, sculptor and jewellery artist. In addition, the Finnish Glass Museum was awarded an honorary diploma.

Central government is prepared to provide capital funding totalling EUR 58 million this year and next year to the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design. The return on capital will enable the work of a world-class museum in a new building in Helsinki. The Government proposal on the recapitalisation of the Foundation for the Museum is included in the third supplementary budget proposal for 2024 submitted to Parliament.

The PISA 2022 results show that there are still major disparities in performance between immigrant and non-immigrant students in all domains of assessment. Underperformance of students with an immigrant background is often explained by weak reading performance and lower socio-economic status.