There are currently as many as 20,000 people who have applied for Finnish citizenship waiting for their applications to be processed, according to Anna Lindström, head of the Immigration Service’s (Migri) permits and citizenship unit. During a normal year, the agency receives around 10,000 applications for citizenship. However, in 2021,Continue Reading
The Ukrainians who first sought protection in resource-strained Estonia but decided to take up an invitation to live in Finland began arriving in Helsinki on Tuesday, according to the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri). Given the relatively small size of Estonia, the country has received a “considerable number” of Ukrainians fleeingContinue Reading
Finland is facing a changed foreign and security policy environment, especially since Russia’s operation in Ukraine, the Interior Ministry’s latest national risk assessment report has outlined. The report, published on Tuesday, is the first national risk assessment since 2018 and the authors noted the extent to which the threats FinlandContinue Reading
A group of protesters disrupted logging operations at Aalistunturi in Kolari, Finland, on Sunday. According to the Forest Movement (Metsäliike in Finnish), five activists from the group are preventing logging on lands administered by the state-owned forest management organisation Metsähallitus. This marks the fourth time the logging has been disrupted.Continue Reading
Estonia’s defense cooperation with Finland and Sweden is already very good, and it will not be damaged by delays in the two countries’ accession to NATO, said Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) on Tuesday. “Our security cooperation with both Finland and Sweden is very strong. We are in theContinue Reading
Finland’s parliamentary parties, with the exception of the Left Alliance, have reached a broad consensus on proceeding with Nato legislation before the end of this parliamentary term. Although the governing coalition partner the Left Alliance is opposed to moving ahead in the accession process without Nordic neighbour Sweden, the partyContinue Reading
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