Germany has granted Estonia permission to send weapons, formerly owned by the country, to Ukraine, media outlets Die Zeit and Deutsche Welle reported on Saturday. Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has confirmed the news. Estonia sought permission to send 122-millimeter howitzers, previously owned by Germany and Finland, to Ukraine more thanContinue Reading
European Union sanctions against Russia could affect one in four companies in Finland doing business in Russia, according to Finnish Customs. Some 2,000 companies in Finland do business across the eastern border. A quarter of these operate in sectors targeted by sanctions, Customs said. The EU’s sanctions package targets theContinue Reading
A citizens’ initiative demanding a referendum on a Finnish application to join Nato has passed the required 50,000 signatures for consideration by parliament. The initiative was published on Monday and gathered the signatures by Friday evening. Its authors had mentioned the tenser security situation in the Baltic Sea as aContinue Reading