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Finnish Government
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Helsinki
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Timo Harakka
Timo Olavi Harakka (born 31 December 1962) is a Finnish politician. Since April 2015, he has represented the electoral district of Uusimaa in the Parliament of Finland as a Social Democrat.
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Minister of Transport and Communications
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FMI
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Finnish Transport Agency
The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency ( fi, Väylävirasto, sv, Trafikledsverket), shortened to FTIA, is a Finnish government agency responsible for the maintenance of Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Rep ...
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Trafi
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FICORA
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Finrail
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Air Navigation Services Finland
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Yle
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Cinia
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The Ministry of Transport and Communications (LVM, fi, liikenne- ja viestintäministeriö, sv, kommunikationsministeriet) is
one of the twelve ministries which comprise the
Finnish Government
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. LVM oversees
Finland's transportation network and the country's communication services.
LVM's budget for 2018 is
€
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3,362,555,000. The ministry employs 180 people.
Agencies within the ministry's administrative reach include the
Finnish Transport Agency
The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency ( fi, Väylävirasto, sv, Trafikledsverket), shortened to FTIA, is a Finnish government agency responsible for the maintenance of Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Rep ...
,
Trafi,
FICORA, and the
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The ministry is in charge of several state-owned companies; the most notable of these is Finland's national public broadcasting company,
Yle.
References
External links
Ministry of Transport and Communications
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Government of Finland
Transport
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Communications in Finland
Transport in Finland
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
Transport organisations based in Finland