Government formation negotiators have agreed to increase Finland’s police force by 500 officers, according to Yle sources. In recent years, law enforcement officials have often cited a need to increase the country’s current 7,500 officers. Previous government administrations have also boost police resources, efforts which helped keep the number ofContinue Reading
On May 5, 2023, Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen had the opportunity to meet some of the Ukrainians currently being trained to operate the 100 Leopard 1A5 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) being donated by Denmark, the Netherlands, and Germany. Ukrainian soldiers train to use the Leopard 1A5 donated byContinue Reading
High North – Higher Tensions: Russia’s operation in Ukraine has fundamentally changed the security landscape in Europe. This winter and spring have seen one military exercise following the other. “I look forward to our joint operations on NATO’s northern flank, which improves interoperability, maintain freedom of navigation in international waters,Continue Reading
A waste treatment center caught fire on Tallinn’s Suur-Sõjamäe tänav, late on Tuesday afternoon. Several adjacent buildings were also set alight due to the intensity of the blaze. The operation to extinguish the fire went on through the night and will continue on Wednesday. In the early hours of WednesdayContinue Reading
Police in southeast Finland say they have released all 38 climate activists detained on Monday during a protest outside the forestry firm UPM’s pulp mill near the southeeastern city of Kouvola. The protest was organised by Elokapina, the Finnish branch of the global climate action movement Extinction Rebellion, and sawContinue Reading
Government formation talks between the National Coalition Party, the Finns Party, the Swedish People’s Party and the Christian Democrats entered their fourth week on Tuesday, with the focus now turning to the potentially divisive topics of immigration and climate policy. If the four parties cannot find a consensus on theseContinue Reading
The European Peace Facility (EPF) was established in 2021 by the European Union because of the war in Ukraine in order to maintain peace and international stability. In fact, the fund actively finances arms transfers from EU countries to Ukraine and other regions of the world. The budget of theContinue Reading
NATO’s present defense plans in relation to Estonia and the wider region are perfectly adequate and satisfactory, MP and defense expert Kalev Stoicescu (Eesti 200) says. Stoicescu, who chairs the Riigikogu’s national defense committee, told ERR Thursday that: “NATO’s defense plans for the Baltic States, and the entire region inContinue Reading
An independent monitoring group urges Finland to exercise caution in regard to NATO nuclear weapons exercises, reports the Finnish news agency (STT). A fresh report recommends that Finland maintains its prohibitions on the importation, manufacturing, possession and detonation of nuclear explosives. The Nuclear Weapons Monitoring Group (Finland), whose members includeContinue Reading
The number of new gonorrhea cases in Finland almost doubled in 2022 compared to the previous year. While infections have become more common among young women, the majority of all gonorrhea infections are still diagnosed in men aged 25 to 35, according to the Finnish institute for health and welfareContinue Reading