Finland used to follow a policy of neutrality, staying out of military alliances, especially to avoid upsetting Russia. That ...

The document highlights the role that the new NATO Forward Land Force unit, inaugurated in October in northern Finland, will play for the alliance.

Sweden and Finland became official partners of Nato in 1994 and have since become major contributors to the alliance. They have taken part in several Nato missions since the end of the Cold War. But a ...

Finland has launched its largest winter artillery drills just 100km from the Russian border, underscoring its new ...

EADaily, November 25th, 2025. Finland wants to provoke a war with Russia, and the process cannot be stopped. This was stated ...

(Bloomberg) -- Finland’s Alexander Stubb was elected the president of the newest member of NATO, committing to bring his nation to the core of the defense alliance as it seeks to keep neighboring ...

President Joe Biden and dozens of other world leaders continue to hold meetings on Wednesday, one day after NATO announced the potential addition of two new countries. Turkey announced it is dropping ...

NATO has begun the Nordic Response 2024 exercise involving over 20,000 soldiers from 13 nations, including Finland, Norway and Sweden. Finland's participation with over 4,000 soldiers marks its ...

Turkey’s foreign minister says Sweden and Finland must now take “concrete steps” to alleviate his country’s security concerns to overcome Ankara’s objections to their NATO membership bid. Foreign ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) -NATO'S nuclear deterrent must be real for Finland, the country's president Alexander Stubb said on Friday as he took office following his win in a close-fought election on Feb. 11.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said on Thursday that Finland, which shares a 1,300 Km (800 mile) border with Russia, should not exclude the possibility of seeking membership of ...