Finland: Former PM trusts Norway’s assessment blaming Russia for GPS jamming
Norway’s defence ministry announced on Tuesday evening that it had traced recent GPS jamming in Norwegian and Finnish Lapland to a Russian
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Geopolitics (Finland)
Russia suspected of GPS jamming in northern Finland during NATO war games
On Tuesday Finnish air traffic control officials warned civil aviation about large-scale GPS signal disruptions in northern Finland. It was
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Finland ready to back new nuclear disarmament talks, says president Niinistö
Finnish president Sauli Niinistö delivered the opening statements to kick off Finland’s quarterly national defence course on Monday morning at
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Russia “would see enemies” if Finland joined NATO, president Niinistö tells German paper
President Sauli Niinistö sat down with the centre-right German paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Helsinki on Friday, ahead of a
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With more and more defence ties, is Finland moving away from its non-aligned status?
Finland’s Defence Forces appear to be taking clear steps towards closer military cooperation with the west, as Defence Minister Jussi
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Finland to join France-led defence coalition
Finland has agreed to join the France-led European Intervention Initiative which, once established, would be able to react to situations
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President Niinisto says Finland’s NATO membership “a possibility”
During a presidential question time session on Saturday afternoon, President Sauli Niinistö said that in his view, Finland’s NATO membership
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Finnish poll shows mild support for NATO membership despite tensions with Russia
A new poll by Finland’s Lännen Media suggests that a third of Finns would support Finland’s membership in NATO if
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Russia’s threats over NATO partnership are a distraction, says Finnish Defence Minister
Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu made waves after declaring on Tuesday that Russia would react if Finland and Sweden joined
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Trump hasn’t made the world safer, say overwhelming number of Finns in poll
If there is one thing that unites most Finns regardless of gender, income or place of residence it is a
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Finnish president to talk crisis management at NATO summit
Finnish president Sauli Niinistö will attend a summit of NATO member states in Brussels from 11-12 July. United States President
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First Trump-Putin summit to be held in Helsinki on July 16th
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Finland’s capital on July 16th, according to statements
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Nordic nations to hone air combat skills over Finnish Lapland
The last week of June will be noisy along Europe’s eastern border to Russia with exercises both in Finland and
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What makes Finland a meeting point for superpowers?
With relations currently strained between the US and Russia, annual meetings such as the one convening in Vantaa (near Helsinki)
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Top US and Russian generals to meet in Helsinki
The Finnish Defence Forces said they will organise a meeting between the High Command of the US Armed Forces and
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