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Finland to get €17m from EU for surveillance of eastern border, Gulf of Finland
Finland will receive EUR 17 million from the European Union to strengthen the surveillance of the eastern border and the Gulf of Finland, said the Ministry of the…
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Finance Minister takes champagne worth €800 as gift
Finance Minister and the Chairperson of the radical rightist Perussuomalaiset (Finns Party) Riikka Purra took a bottle of champagne worth about 800 euros as gift,…
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Finland ranks world’s happiest country for 9th year in a row
Finland has been ranked as the happiest country in the word for the ninth consecutive year, according to the latest report of the Sustainable Development Solutions…
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Man stabbed to death in Helsinki, suspect held
An elderly man was killed when another man attacked him with sharp weapon at Malminkartano area in Helsinki late Wednesday night, police said on Thursday morning. The…
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Finnish, French Armies strengthen cooperation on training, exercises
The French and Finnish Armies are strengthening their long cooperation on training, exercises and operations, said Finnish Defence Forces in a press release on Wednesday.…
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NATO should stay out of war in Iran, Stubb tells BBC
President Alexander Stubb said that as a defensive alliance NATO should stay out of the war in Iran. Talking to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in an…
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Finland, UK, Netherlands to jointly procure defense equipment
Finland and a group of other NATO countries are exploring the establishment of a new financing mechanism, said the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Finance in a…
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Majority Finns expect ambitious energy, climate policies: survey
Finnish people strongly favour climate change mitigation activities and ambitious energy and climate policies, according to a new survey commissioned by the Finnish…
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Drone hits Baghdad hotel housing Finnish, US embassies
A hotel in Baghdad housing Finnish, US and other embassies in Iraq came under drone attack early Tuesday night, local and international media reported. The drone hit the…
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Govt to press ahead with bill easing nuclear weapons restrictions
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Tuesday that the government will move forward with a bill to remove legal restrictions on nuclear weapons, reported Xinhua. Speaking…
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