Two fibre-optic undersea cables in the Baltic Sea were severed on Sunday and Monday, raising suspicions over a Chinese cargo vessel, which the Danish navy is currently shadowing through the Kattegat strait between Denmark and Sweden. The Chinese vessel, which departed Ust-Luga port in Russia on Friday last week and…
The temporary law was approved by 167 lawmakers, the minimum needed for it to pass in the 200-seat parliament. Finland’s parliament has passed a controversial bill granting border guards the power to block asylum seekers crossing from Russia. Finland has accused neighbouring Russia of weaponising migration by encouraging many people…
The World War II mystery of what happened to a Finnish passenger plane after it was shot down over the Baltic Sea by Soviet bombers appears to finally be solved more than 80 years later. The plane was carrying American and French diplomatic couriers in June 1940 when it was…
A 12-year-old opened fire at a school in the suburbs of the Finnish capital Helsinki on Tuesday. Police in Finland have said that bullying was the motive behind Tuesday’s deadly school shooting on the outskirts of Helsinki. The 12-year-old who opened fire on classmates has said that he was the…
Three children were wounded after another minor opened fire at a primary school near Finland’s capital Helsinki. A child has been killed and another two wounded after another minor opened fire at a primary school in Finland, according to authorities. Finnish police said the 12-year-old shooter was arrested early on…
The Nordic nation closed all border crossings with Finland last year after registering a surge in asylum seekers. Finland plans to adopt temporary legislation that will allow its border authorities to block asylum seekers seeking to enter its territory from Russia, the government has said. Finland closed all crossings on…
New president will have a central role in defining Finland’s NATO policies, amid growing security concerns about Russia. Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has won the election runoff against ex-Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto to become Finland’s next president, and take on the task of steering the Nordic country’s foreign and…
The Nordic country’s new president will lead Finland as a NATO member amid tensions with Russia. People in Finland are heading to the polls to elect a new president to lead the country in its new role within NATO after it broke with decades of non-alignment to join the Western…
When Sauli Niinisto became Finland’s president 12 years ago, he looked forward to developing a European defence policy, pursuing “opportunities” in China, and preserving “an operating environment as predictable as possible with Russia”, which, he said, “remains at the centre of our foreign policy”. All of that has changed, as…
In what scientists call a “slow-moving disaster”, a “zombie deer disease” is spreading across the United States after a case was detected in Yellowstone National Park. The lethal disease has no cure and is prevalent in deer and elk, but studies suggest that it may spread to humans. Here’s what…
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