On 24^th October 2019 the annual ceremony was held in the yard of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Finland and the General Staff of the Finnish Defence Forces, to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Gorni Dabnik - the most significant battle involving the Finnish Battalion in the Russian-Turkish War (1877- 1878). In honour of the Finnish victims for the freedom of Bulgaria, on behalf of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Helsinki, Ambassador Martin Ivanov placed a wreath at the monument. The event marks the 140th anniversary of the Battle of Gorni Dabnik, in which the Finnish Battalion also fought heroically.

Under the sounds of Finnish military brass music, senior Finnish officers, as well as members of the Finnish-Bulgarian Friendship Society paid tribute to the heroes.