13 January – Finland reduces the quarantine period for positive COVID-19 patients to five days because the duration of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant's virus cycle is shorter than other variants.[2]
23 January – First county elections in Finland are being held to choose council members for the 21 new wellbeing services counties.[3]
11 April – Mass COVID-19 testing in Finland will no longer need them anymore as the country ahead to the endemic phase.
May
4 May – Finland says that a Russian Air ForceMi-17 violated its airspace this morning, flying "four to five kilometres" inside Finnish airspace. The incursion comes ahead of an expected Finnish application to joinNATO.[6]
12 May – Finland's leaders declare that the country should apply for membership of NATO "without delay," with the Parliament set to vote next week on whether to apply.[8]
13 May – RAO Nordic, a subsidiary of Russian energy company Inter RAO, announces it will suspend deliveries of electricity to Finland, saying it has not been paid for prior deliveries. The suspension comes as Russia threatens retaliation if Finland joins NATO.[9]
5 July – All 30 members of NATO have signed off on the accession protocols for the membership bids of Finland and Sweden, which is subject to unanimous approval by the current members' legislative bodies.[15]
September
28 September – A mobile draft centre is built at the Torfyanovkacheckpoint, the busiest checkpoint on the Finland–Russia border, in order to prevent people who are fit to serve from fleeing the country. However, as of midday, the centre is not yet open.[16]
29 September – Finland announces that it will deny entry to Russian tourists beginning on Thursday night, thereby cutting off the last direct link between Russia and the European Union.[17]
