“We saw a need to create a tailored model for Finland to ensure that allied troops can show their presence and defence capabilities here when we want to,” Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen said. Next week, Finland will attend its second Nato summit as a full member of the alliance, inContinue Reading
Finland will open 15 of its military bases for potential use by US forces under the terms of the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA). The Finnish Parliament unanimously approved the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) between Finland and the United States on Monday. Under the agreement, Finland will open 15 of itsContinue Reading
Finland hopes the decisions taken at the summit will offer a bridge for Ukraine to join Nato in the future. Finnish President Alexander Stubb will attend the Nato 2024 summit in Washington DC, United States, next week, the Office of the President announced on Tuesday. Key topics of the summitContinue Reading
THE GOVERNMENT of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) is not doing enough to combat the climate emergency, views the Finnish Climate Change Panel. The independent expert panel last week issued a statement urging the government to “listen” to the science and waste no more time in implementing effective climate measures,Continue Reading
Russia has moved the vast majority of its ground forces previously stationed near Finland to the war in Ukraine, the Finnish public broadcaster Yle reported on June 19, citing an undisclosed Finnish military intelligence source. These revelations stand in contrast to previous claims by Russia on reinforcing its troops nearContinue Reading
The ombudsman says that there were both positive and negative developments last year. Racism and hate speech threaten to become normalised in politics, according to Non-Discrimination Ombudsman Kristina Stenman in her annual report. Harsher rhetoric in politics has an impact on society as a whole, according to Stenman, after aContinue Reading
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) has indicated that Finland would be willing to take on more EU joint debt if no other means of supporting Ukraine can be found. The opposition Centre Party has submitted an interpellation question to parliament over the government’s willingness to take on more European UnionContinue Reading
Asylum policy and support for Ukraine are two issues in which the views of a majority of voters and most candidates in the EU parliamentary election diverge. A new report by the Natopoll research project has found that people in Finland are far more in favour of turning back irregularContinue Reading
A Lieutenant General with the Finnish Defence Forces told the British business daily that Finland is stepping up its already high level of preparedness in the face of an “increasingly aggressive Russia”. Finland has started storing military equipment in neighbouring Norway and will soon begin doing the same in Sweden,Continue Reading
Finnish Environment Minister Kai Mykkänen has voiced concerns over the European Union’s overextension in its climate and forest management directives, advocating for a shift in focus towards a more balanced approach to agriculture and forestry in future Commission work. This critique comes in response to the political backlash against theContinue Reading