Europe Vows to Step Up Baltic Sea Security After a New Cable Break
The bloc announced new steps to prevent threats to undersea lines after Sweden discovered damage to one east of Gotland island.
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Football, ice hockey … shooting? Finland hopes hobby will boost national defence
Nato’s newest member, which shares 830-mile border with Russia, plans to open hundreds of new shooting rangesFinland plans to open more than 300 new shooting ranges to encourage more citizens to take up the hobby in the interest of national defence.It …
Finland to close all but one Russia border crossing to stop asylum seekers
Helsinki accuses Moscow of guiding refugees across border in apparent act of revenge for it cooperating with USFinland has said it will close all but one crossing point on its border with Russia in an effort to halt a flow of asylum seekers to the Nord…
Sweden must join Nato soon to ward off Russian threat, says defence minister
Exclusive: Pål Jonson unable to give timeline for completion of membership process but confident it will happenSweden must become a full member of the Nato military alliance “as fast as possible” to ward off the threat from Russia, the country’s defenc…
Finland closes Russia border posts after days of asylum inflows
HELSINKI/NUIJAMAA, Finland — Finland early on Saturday closed four crossings on its border with Russia as Helsinki seeks to halt a flow of asylum seekers it says was instigated by Moscow. The Finnish Border Guard on Friday announced it would erect bar…
Rise in asylum seekers from Russia is Kremlin act of revenge, says Finnish president
Sauli Niinistö says this is Russia’s response to Finland’s cooperation with US and vows to take ‘very clear action’The Finnish president has vowed to take “very clear action” over the growing number of asylum seekers arriving from Russia, which he said…
Finland buys air defense system from Israel
Israel and Finland have solidified their defense partnership with the finalization of a historic agreement for the sale of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems’ ‘David’s Sling’ system. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems wrote in its rec…
Baltic Sea faces ‘critical challenges’ on climate and biodiversity, report warns
Audit finds ‘little to no improvement’ in health of sea between 2016 and 2021, as Swedish coastguard battles oil spillThe Baltic Sea faces “critical challenges” due to the climate crisis and degradation of biodiversity, a report has said, as Sweden’s c…
Finnish neo-Nazis used 3D printer to make guns in preparation for ‘race war’
Three men found guilty of terrorist crimes including attacks on immigrants and critical infrastructureThree Finnish men who embraced neo-Nazi ideology have been found guilty of committing crimes with terrorist intent including plotting attacks against …
‘Pervasive and relentless’ racism on the rise in Europe, survey finds
Poll of 6,752 people of African descent in 13 countries finds almost half have experienced discriminationRacism is “pervasive and relentless” and on the rise in Europe, with nearly half of black people in member states surveyed by the EU reporting disc…