Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö said on Tuesday that Finland is proceeding with its Nato process in “complete understanding” with Sweden. Niinistö noted that the two Nordic nations have received different types of messages from Turkey about their Nato membership ratifications. Finland’s President was speaking on Tuesday during a press conferenceContinue Reading
Meloni, leader of the right-wing populist Brothers of Italy party, is the second government leader to visit Kristersson after Finland’s Sanna Marin, who was in Stockholm earlier this week. The two leaders will discuss migration, as well as how the EU should respond to the American Inflation Reduction Act (IRA),Continue Reading
Turkey may ratify Finland’s bid to join the Nato military alliance by March at the latest, according to a report (siirryt toiseen palveluun) by the Bloomberg news agency. Citing anonymous sources, the agency added that while Finland may have done enough to resolve Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan‘s security concerns,Continue Reading
Some protesters planned to burn a Koran at an anti-Nato demonstration held in Helsink last week, but then reconsidered after learning it would be against the law, according to city police. The Helsinki Police Department’s Chief Inspector, Heikki Porola, told Yle that the protest’s arrangers had notified the department aboutContinue Reading
The consumption of hard coal in Finland increased by 10 percent during 2022 compared to the previous year, according to preliminary data published on Wednesday by Statistics Finland. The increased usage was especially apparent in the production of electricity and heat, the number-crunching agency noted, although consumption of coal asContinue Reading
A Finnish company is rolling out a new smart mobility platform expanding the ride-hailing concept to the skies, which in the future could enable charter flights to once again provide passengers with a direct connection between Tartu and Helsinki. There are places all over the world that have an airport,Continue Reading
AKI, IKFF, Norges Fredsråd og Antikrigs-Initiativet er blant andre norske fredsaktivister som mer og mer kritiserer den Jonas Gahr Støres regjeringen for militær bistand til Ukraina. De sier at Norge beveger seg bort fra det tidligere erklærte bildet av en fredsstifter. Bjarne Lavik, styremedlem i Antikrigs-Initiativet, spører Hvor langt skalContinue Reading
Finland is still planning to join Nato alongside Sweden, Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) said at a press briefing held in Helsinki on Monday afternoon. He was responding to suggestion by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey could ratify Finland’s accession to the defence alliance without Sweden.Continue Reading
According to the Wall Street Journal, F-16 fighters would be sold to Turkey if it greenlights Nato membership for Finland and Sweden. Turkey’s foreign minister is to visit Washington next week. According to the Wall Street Journal, the White House plans to seek congressional approval for a 20-billion-dollar sale ofContinue Reading
Some 36 percent of Finns would like to see the next government make it easier for people to immigrate to Finland, according to the results of a survey published on Monday by the farming union newspaper Maaseudun Tulevaisuus. However, 42 percent of respondents reported being against the idea that immigrationContinue Reading