Sami self-governing reform headed to Finnish Parliament
The government says it plans to bring the controversial Sami Parliament Act before the legislature before year’s end. Prime Minister Petteri
Read moreThe government says it plans to bring the controversial Sami Parliament Act before the legislature before year’s end. Prime Minister Petteri
Read moreFrom July 10, Russians traveling with business visas to Schengen-Europe will no longer be allowed to transit through Finland. The
Read moreWhile the situation has calmed down in Russia, Finland’s Border Guard is closely monitoring any developments. The Finnish Border Guard
Read moreThe nine diplomats are working for Russian intelligence, according to a statement from the President of Finland. “Their actions are
Read moreFinland ultimately plans to build a fence that will cover stretches totalling about 200 kilometres of the 1,300-km-long border with
Read moreThe Arctic Challenge Exercise 23 will involve about 3,000 soldiers from several different countries, but peace activists plan to hold
Read moreThere will be more Border Guard units out and about, as staff are shifted from border checkpoints. Following Finland’s accession
Read moreNATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday Finland will become the 31st member of the world’s biggest military alliance on Tuesday,
Read moreFinland’s Barents Ambassador Jari Vilén is confident that international cooperation in the far northern region must persist on a Nordic
Read moreIt’s the third time attempts to reform Finland’s Sámi Parliament Act have failed This piece was produced with the support
Read moreOne of the governing parties, the Centre, joined the opposition in torpedoing the bill, which would have given indigenous people
Read moreA controversial bill related to Sámi rights will not be voted on by MPs during this parliamentary term, after Parliament’s
Read moreFinland closed the Russian border due to the attack on Ukraine last year, but that has not reduced the flow
Read moreFinland’s President Sauli Niinistö said on Tuesday that Finland is proceeding with its Nato process in “complete understanding” with Sweden. Niinistö noted
Read moreThree decades of Finnish diplomatic presence come to an end in Russia’s largest city inside the Arctic Circle. It has
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