Trucks packed with military hardware could this weekend be seen in big numbers on the roads that connect northern Sweden and Finland with neighbouring Norway. Several of them carried tanks and heavy armoured vehicles. Sweden and Finland have participated in the bi-annual Cold Response for more than 15 years. ButContinue Reading
NATO’s two top operational-level commanders, General Jörg Vollmer and Vice-Admiral Daniel Dwyer, express high satisfaction with how Norway handles the challenges of sharing border to one of the most militarized regions of Russia. General Vollmer and Vice-Admiral Dwyer spent Sunday driving snowmobiles along Norway’s border to Russia. Guided by soldiersContinue Reading
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly one month ago, around 10,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Finland, according to data from the Finnish Immigration Service, Migri. On Monday, around 1,000 Ukrainians applied for temporary protection in Finland. Migri said it is believed that the actual number of new arrivals from UkraineContinue Reading
Many of the company’s competitors have announced temporary suspension of operations in Russia, including firms like Continental, Michelin and Bridgestone. Finland-based tyre manufacturer Nokian Tyres said on Tuesday that it plans to increase production levels at its domestic and US factories but will continue production of passenger vehicle tyres atContinue Reading
Retrospective: Norway’s relationship with its superpower neighbour to the east has often been tense. In this article, Salve Dahle and co-authors give an eyewitness account of the time just after the fall of the Soviet Union, when cross-border tensions began to ease. Early on the morning of 30 July 1992,Continue Reading
Presidentti Sauli Niinistö kertoi amerikkalaiselle CNN-yhtiölle, että Putinin mukaan Venäjä ei missään vaiheessa ole tavoitellut presidentti Zelenskyin hallituksen kaatamista. Presidentti Sauli Niinistö kertoi CNN-televisioyhtiön haastattelussa viime perjantain keskusteluistaan Venäjän presidentti Vladimir Putinin kanssa. CNN:n haastattelijana oli toimittaja Christiane Amanpour, joka on maailmanlaajuisesti tunnettu sotakirjeenvaihtaja. Niinistö kertoi, että Putinin mukaan VenäjälläContinue Reading
Ukrainians fleeing the war can quickly obtain a residence permit on the basis of temporary protection, a measure which has been questioned by asylum seekers from other parts of the world. For the past seven years, economics student Yasin Omer has applied for asylum in Finland many times since fleeingContinue Reading
A contingent of over 200 Danish military personnel arrived at Ämari air base on Friday, ready to contribute to the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup based at Tapa. Around 150 soldiers from the Jutland Dragoon Regiment’s (Jydske Dragonregiment) Viking Company, a heavy infantry unit, are to serve with theContinue Reading
According to the economic affairs minister, Finns must brace themselves for wartime pricing. People in Finland must be prepared for wartime pricing of products and services, Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä (Cen) said in an Yle interview on Saturday. He warned that the price tag for a standard basketContinue Reading
Natural gas supplies do not constitute a weak point for Lithuania but the country’s dependence on Russian electricity is a major problem, which is why it is necessary to synchronize the country’s electricity grids with those of the West as soon as possible, Lithuania’s European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius has said.Continue Reading