The Philippines and Finland

The Philippines and Finland
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The Philippines and Finland

The Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Finland celebrate 68 years of formal diplomatic relations today, July 14! The two countries established diplomatic relations on July 14, 1955.

Common Ground

Restaurants Pobre and Paisano – located at the heart of Helsinki have successfully introduced Filipino cuisine to the Finns.

Pobre was opened in 2018 by Filipino chefs Ralf Medina, Michael Fernandez, Paul Tello, Justine Caoibes, and Rob Desalisa. Paisano opened the following year and is the latest venture of chefs Paul Tello and Justine Caoibes of Pobre.

There are 7,087 Filipinos in Finland.

The distance between the Philippines and Finland is 9,052 kilometers.

The total trade between the two countries is US$ 224.9 million (2022). Finland’s total export to the Philippines is US$ 198.3 million. The total approved investment to the Philippines is US$ 0.11 million (2022).

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