Sweden dismisses NATO talk, Finland says no Russian threat
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven joined Finnish President Sauli Niinistö at his summer residence in southwest Finland on Sunday for
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Finland’s president pledges to cut carbon footprint
Like hundreds of other Finns, President Sauli Niinistö has signed an online pledge to take steps to reduce his personal
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Finland downplays Russian bid to build reactor
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä said that he sees Russia’s interest in building another reactor in Finland as purely business-minded. The
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Finland’s president talks Arctic, Ukraine, Iran in phoner with Putin
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and his Russian opposite Vladimir Putin have held a phone discussion touching on the situation in
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“Cold war looming, sanctions our best bet,” says Finland’s PM
Prime Minister Alexander Stubb says Finland needs to stay close to the European Union but also maintain good ties with
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Finland’s president sees rising non-civilian traffic in Baltic
Finland’s president Sauli Niinistö said he planned to ask the visiting Swedish premier about possible sightings of foreign craft in
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Hockey diplomacy livens up Finland – Canada state visit
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö is getting a helping hand from ice hockey on state his visit to Canada. Niinistö has
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Finland’s president dismisses claims of Russian ‘appeasement’
Finland’s president Sauli Niinistö has refuted claims by the leader of the Green League, Ville Niinistö, that the government’s approval
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Presidents of Russia, Finland discuss MH17, ceasefire hopes
Presidents Niinistö and Putin traded views on the prospects for a credible probe of last week’s downing of a passenger
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Finland’s president calls on Russia to do more to defuse Ukrainian crisis
At the end of a two-day visit, Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov told the Finnish president that Russia is already
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Finland’s president starts Russian visit
Finland’s President, Sauli Niinistö, starts a three-day visit to Russia on Monday. He will open a power plant and hold
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Putin arrives in Finland on working visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plane landed in Turku on Tuesday around two hours later than originally scheduled. President Sauli Niinistö
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Finland’s president accuses Swedish Air Force of “dozing off”
Finland’s president Niinistö says that despite an ongoing military realignment in neighbouring Sweden, the two countries still see eye-to-eye on
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