Finland joined the NATO military alliance in 2023 in a policy shift away from decades of nonalignment triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, drawing a Russian threat of “counter-measures.” ...

"Finland is ... as a life insurance policy more significant than NATO Under the bilateral agreement, the USA will have the ability to outfit Finnish territory with military equipment, weapons ...

Among other things, the report said Russia would "continue to pose a long-term security threat to Europe and Finland", but ... possible in terms of defence. Stubb said he's not afraid of the United ...

Finland on Thursday seized a ship carrying oil for Russia in relation to the recent cutting of an undersea cable connecting electricity to Estonia as concern mounts over ships disrupting power and ...

The policy takes effect at midnight on Friday, Finland’s government ... 4,707 on Wednesday, as Russia began restricting access to the border for men eligible for military service.

This is Finland's first defense policy review since joining NATO ... which will inevitably lead to higher defense expenditures. Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine is viewed as a ...

He has covered foreign policy and defense matters ... the day of the alleged airspace violation in southern Finland, the Russian defense ministry released footage of a four-plane patrol "in ...

Four Russian military aircraft violated Finnish airspace ... In such an eventuality, the Financial Times states that Finland has a policy of "total defense." Finland operates a reasonably potent ...

In the wake of the cable rupture, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said last week that the military ... Finland, which shares a 832-mile border with Russia, abandoned its decades-long policy ...