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UK commits to defending Sweden and Finland if they are attacked
Britain will provide military assistance to Sweden and Finland if they come under attack, including during their transition to NATO membership, Boris Johnson said. The British prime minister is...
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Finnish leaders announce backing for NATO membership
Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Thursday officially endorsed the idea that their country should join NATO, a historic move that sets the stage for a membership...
View ArticleRussia threatens ‘military-technical’ retaliation over Finland’s NATO bid
Russia will respond to Finland joining NATO with “military-technical” retaliatory measures, Moscow warned Thursday. “Finland’s accession to NATO will cause serious damage to bilateral Russian-Finnish...
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Putin’s war backfires as Finland aims to join NATO
It will be immortalized in history as The Big Backfire. The decision by the leaders of Finland, which has one of the world’s best-equipped and most advanced militaries, to back NATO membership...
View ArticleTurkey not ‘positive’ about Finland, Sweden bids to join NATO, Erdoğan says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Friday his country doesn’t like the idea of Finland and Sweden joining NATO. Finland’s leaders announced Thursday their intention to pursue membership in...
View ArticleSuspended trains, empty roads, vacant malls: Silence blankets Finland’s...
VAINIKKALA, Finland — At the train station in this small village, where the rail link between Finland’s capital Helsinki and Russia’s northern metropolis St. Petersburg crosses the border, all was...
View ArticlePutin to Finns: NATO instead of neutrality would be ‘wrong’
Giving up military neutrality to join NATO would be “wrong,” Russian leader Vladimir Putin told Finnish President Sauli Niinistö Saturday in a phone call, the Kremlin said. The two countries said...
View ArticleFinland ‘prepared’ for threats but open to talks with Russia
BERLIN — Finland wants to keep channels of communication open with its neighbor Russia as it gets ready to apply for NATO membership, while at the same time being prepared for all scenarios, Finnish...
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Dramatic U-turns by Social Democrats in Sweden, Finland paved way to NATO
STOCKHOLM — Like so much of recent Nordic political history, in the end the decision by Sweden and Finland to join NATO came down to the Social Democrats. On Sunday evening, all eyes were on the...
View ArticlePutin says Russia has ‘no problems’ with Finland, Sweden in NATO
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Finland and Sweden’s bids to join NATO posed no direct threat to Russia, but warned the Western military alliance against moving weapons into the two countries’...
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Finland and Sweden sign off on NATO bids — now the waiting game begins
STOCKHOLM — The ink was still drying on Sweden and Finland’s applications to join NATO on Tuesday when Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö arrived at the royal palace in Stockholm in a horse-drawn...
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Turkey holds firm against NATO bids by Finland and Sweden
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday doubled down on his objections to any quick accession by Finland and Sweden to NATO, as diplomats race to find a compromise with Ankara. “Today, we...
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NATO bid reignites Sweden’s dispute with Turkey over Kurds
STOCKHOLM — When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan insists there are “terrorists sitting in parliaments of certain countries” to justify his objection to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, Swedish...
View ArticleUS warship calms Sweden’s NATO nerves
STOCKHOLM — In the Swedish capital this weekend, everyone was talking about the American warship. Moored in the main waterway linking Stockholm with the Baltic Sea, the towering presence of the USS...
View ArticleTurkey lifts block on Finnish and Swedish NATO bids
MADRID — Turkey has lifted its objection to the NATO membership applications by Finland and Sweden, paving the way for the two countries to join the military alliance. The three countries signed a...
View Article‘It’s a land grab’: US scrambles to respond ahead of Putin’s annexation claim
Western allies are rushing to formulate responses to the Kremlin’s pending forced annexation of parts of eastern Ukraine expected to be unveiled Friday, as Vladimir Putin pushes to consolidate...
View ArticleFinland could deliver Leopard tanks to Ukraine, its president says
Finland could scale up its military assistance to Ukraine by sending Leopard 2 battle tanks, its president said on Thursday. In remarks made to news agency STT, Sauli Niinistö added that Finland also...
View ArticlePoland ready to send tanks without Germany’s consent, PM says
Poland is ready to go alone and send tanks to Ukraine even without Germany’s permission, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday. Poland has pledged to send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to...
View ArticleFinland gears up for Turkey’s NATO blessing, as Sweden gets left behind
BRUSSELS — Turkey is expected to greenlight Finland’s NATO membership in the coming days — while leaving its running mate Sweden in limbo. Finnish President Sauli Niinistö announced Wednesday he will...
View ArticleTurkey, Hungary to approve Finland’s NATO membership
Turkey and Hungary announced Friday that they will sign off on Finland’s NATO membership — removing the biggest barrier to Finland’s joining the alliance but leaving Sweden’s bid languishing. “We have...
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Who is Petteri Orpo? Meet Mr. Dependable, Finland’s election winner
Finns have played it safe with a post-pandemic recession looming and their giant eastern neighbor Russia waging a brutal war in Ukraine. In center-right leader Petteri Orpo, the Finnish electorate...
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Russia’s wary neighbor weighs militarizing Baltic islands
MARIEHAMN, Finland — Outside the Russian consulate on the Åland Islands, in the middle of the Baltic Sea, emotions were running high. Twenty villagers had gathered with placards, flags and an...
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Far-right racism scandals rock Finland, pressure new PM
Finland’s new prime minister has had his honeymoon period savagely cut short by two racism scandals that have thrown his government into turmoil. Center-right leader Petteri Orpo, widely regarded as a...
View Article‘I’d be careful what I ate’: Biden quips about potential Prigozhin poisoning
Yevgeny Prigozhin might want to watch out for any poisoning attempts by Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Joe Biden joked during a press conference on Thursday. “If I were he I’d be careful...
View ArticleBiden declares victory over Putin as he tries to galvanize allies at home and...
HELSINKI, Finland — President Joe Biden wrapped up his visit to Europe on Thursday touting the strength of NATO and the alliance’s ability to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin. But those...
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Can you protect us from Russia? Finns have one question for their next...
HELSINKI — As five months of campaigning for Finland’s presidential election get underway, one key question looks set to dominate: Whom do Finns trust to deal with Russia? Finland’s president has a...
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Baltic pipeline leak raises winter gas supply fears
Unexplained damage to the undersea gas pipeline that links Finland to the rest of Europe could leave the country struggling to secure supplies in the run-up to winter — and shows the vulnerability of...
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Alexander Stubb quit politics. Now he’s favorite for Finnish president
HELSINKI — After seven years in the political wilderness, Alexander Stubb is closing in on a remarkable comeback and new top job: president of Finland. Ahead of a first round of voting this Sunday,...
View ArticleFinland’s Stubb and Haavisto head for runoff in presidential election
Finnish former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb’s surprising political comeback remains on track. In the first round of the country’s presidential election on Sunday, Stubb secured 27.2 percent of the...
View ArticleFormer Finland PM Alexander Stubb wins presidential election
Finland’s former prime minister, Alexander Stubb, completed a surprise political comeback on Sunday by winning a closely fought runoff to become the Nordic state’s president after seven years in the...
View ArticleVon der Leyen asks Finland to prepare the EU for war
BRUSSELS — The European Commission Wednesday asked the former president of Finland to prepare a report on how to enhance Europe’s civilian and defense preparedness. “We know that [Russian President...
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