“The first column of troops and combat equipment from the US Army’s 3rd Cavalry Regiment crossed the Lithuanian border near Kalvarija at around 3 a.m.,” the Lithuanian Armed Forces said. The troops and equipment, including infantry fighting vehicles, armored SUVs and trucks, will be taking part in the Saber StrikeContinue Reading
President Alar Karis has held his post for approximately five months. He will make his first speech on the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia tomorrow (February 24). This anniversary will be again celebrated in a more modest manner due to the corona crisis and due to the threat ofContinue Reading
Finland’s president Sauli Niinistö said on Tuesday that the Minsk process, which aimed to provide autonomy for some regions of Ukraine while stopping short of granting them independence, is now dead. Niinistö said that it was difficult to predict what might happen next. “The crisis is no longer a EuropeanContinue Reading
Venäjä käynnisti viikonloppuna suuren strategisten ydinaseiden harjoituksen Barentsinmerellä. Harjoituksen ajankohta on poikkeuksellinen, sillä yleensä se on järjestetty syksyisin. Norjassa arvioidaan, että Venäjä lähettää harjoituksella viestin Natolle ja länteen. TUKHOLMA Samaan aikaan, kun maailman huomio on Venäjän ja Ukrainan rajalla, on Venäjä aloittanut (siirryt toiseen palveluun)strategisten ydinaseiden suuren harjoituksen Barentsinmerellä. HarjoitusContinue Reading
Finnish foreign policy specialists are critical of a possible summit between the presidents of Russia and the United States, as they note the dangers of European issues being discussed only between the two former Cold War adversaries. The BBC is among many media outlets reporting on Monday morning that RussianContinue Reading
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) has said that recent meetings between German and Russian leaders indicate that ongoing tensions in Ukraine could still be resolved through diplomatic means. The security situation in the region remains strained, with western countries expressing concern about an impending attack on Ukraine as RussiaContinue Reading
Asked in an interview on Yle TV1 on Wednesday morning why the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) raised their level of internal security on Tuesday, Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen (Cen) said that, “Times are such that the Defence Forces are taking their own measures,” but denied that Finland is facingContinue Reading
Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto says that there is still a chance for a diplomatic resolution to the Ukraine crisis. Finland will not send weapons to Ukraine as it faces the possibility of an invasion by Russia, says Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green). Speaking on Yle TV1’s breakfast television showContinue Reading
The Baltic foreign ministers are preparing to travel to Ukraine amid Western concerns that Russia may invade its neighbor, Lithuania’s top diplomat Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Monday evening. “We have tentatively agreed with our Baltic colleagues (…) on our possible visit (to Ukraine) in the near future,” he told theContinue Reading
The chair of parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Mika Niikko (Finns), was forced to explain his comments on Twitter that appeared to contradict Finland’s foreign policy positions. He had suggested that French President Emmanuel Macron, or someone else, should state publicly that Ukraine would not join Nato. He soon deleted theContinue Reading