NATO members Latvia, Estonia and the Netherlands will hold joint naval exercises with Finland in the Baltic Sea, the Finnish military said, noting the drills will focus on “mine countermeasures.” The training mission will be held between Thursday and Friday following a visit to Turku, Finland by NATO’s Mine Action …
Read More »Finland opens up about NATO membership
Finland is “highly likely” to apply for NATO membership, the country’s Minister of European Affairs Tytti Tuppurainen told Sky News on Friday. “At this point I would say it is highly likely, but a decision has not yet been made,” she said. She claimed a “huge majority” of Finns wanted …
Read More »Finland and Sweden in NATO means change to nuclear posture – Moscow
Moscow will have to deploy significant forces to its borders with Finland in response to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, Russian ex-president, Dmitry Medvedev, has warned on Thursday, adding that deploying nuclear arms to the region might well be a possible way of “restoring the balance” of security in the …
Read More »Finland and Sweden expand on NATO plans
Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin and her Swedish counterpart Magdalena Andersson have expanded on their countries’ possible NATO bids following bilateral talks on security in Stockholm on Wednesday. Helsinki’s decision on whether to apply for the US-led military bloc or not “will happen quite fast,” Marin said during a joint …
Read More »Finland reveals timeline of possible NATO accession
The Finnish government will provide the country’s parliament with a review of possible NATO accession by the middle of this month, the country’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said. Moscow’s attack on Ukraine has prompted Finland, which has a common border with Russia, to intensify the discussions on potential benefits of …
Read More »Finland & Sweden in NATO would trigger response – Russia
The persistent attempts by NATO to “draw those countries into the orbit of its interests and opportunistic policies” haven’t gone unnoticed by Russia, Maria Zakharova, the ministry’s spokeswoman, said. “It’s quite obvious that Finland and Sweden joining NATO … would have serious military and political consequences that would require an …
Read More »Biden welcomes Finland buying US jets amid ‘Russia concerns‘
Speaking with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö on Monday, Biden praised Finland’s decision to buy 64 jets from Lockheed Martin, to replace its aging American-made F/A-18s, calling the purchase “a strong foundation for even closer bilateral defense ties for years to come.” The two leaders also “discussed their shared concerns about …
Read More »Finland records first-ever case of suspected far-right terrorism
The members of the group, which operated in the southwestern town of Kankaanpää, were arrested on Tuesday, having been under surveillance for two years. On Friday, the court ruled that they should remain in custody. The suspects are aged “around 25,” and most of them have a previous criminal record, …
Read More »Finland halts Moderna vaccinations for young men over heart inflammation concerns
Speaking at a news conference on Thursday, the director of Finland’s National Institute for Health and Welfare, Mika Salminen, announced Helsinki’s halt on offering Moderna’s Spikevax jab to its younger male population. “A Nordic study involving Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark found that men under the age of 30 who …
Read More »Finnish could be finished in Finland… now other countries should go the same way and speak ENGLISH
It’s easy being English. Too easy, sometimes. Being a native English speaker is a blessing, but it can also be a curse. I’ve lived in Spain for half a dozen years or so – and I’ve also lived in a couple of other countries where English wasn’t the native tongue. …
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