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Inside Finland’s war preparations on Nato’s new frontline with Russia
The war in Ukraine, and Nato membership, has shifted the mindset in Finland which has an 800-mile border with Russia.
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Finland PM’s partying is not affecting her popularity, says journalist
After days of defending herself over a video of her partying – Finland’s prime minister says she has taken a drug test to ‘clear any doubt’.
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Biden: Finland and Sweden joining Nato has ‘complete backing’ of US
President Biden has been meeting the prime minister of Sweden and president of Finland at the White House.
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Nato goes Nordic: why Finland and Sweden want to join
Finland’s Parliament has overwhelmingly endorsed joining Nato, while Sweden’s ruling party has broken with 200 years of neutrality to follow their Nordic neighbours in jumping on the alliance bandwagon.
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Finland’s people want to join Nato despite Russia’s warnings
If the Kremlin wanted to stop Nato expansion – that’s also not exactly going according to plan.
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Finland confirms decision to seek Nato membership
Finland has confirmed its decision to apply for membership of Nato, declaring “this is an historic day, a new era is beginning”.
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Putin warns Finland against joining Nato
President Putin has warned Finland that relations between the two countries will be “negatively affected” if Finland goes ahead with its application to join Nato.
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Russia threatens retaliation – as Finland’s leaders say it ‘must join Nato’
When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine at the end of February, he said he was responding to Nato expansion and trying to deter other countries from joining that alliance. Yet the very opposite appears to be happening – as Finland, a once neutral neighbour, took a big step towards joining. Finland’s leaders say they want to…
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UK agrees to protect Finland and Sweden if attacked
Boris Johnson has promised the UK will not hesitate to protect Sweden if it was attacked by Russia, describing Vladimir Putin as a “21st Century tyrant”.
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Finland and Sweden ‘will be members of Nato’, says former Finnish PM
Away from the frontline, the diplomatic war of words is escalating. Western nations – including the US and UK – are pledging to pump Ukraine full of defensive weaponry, while Russia says that doing so will provoke a ‘lightning-fast’ response.
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Finland could decide on Nato membership ‘within weeks’
The international fallout from the war continues, as previously neutral Finland said it could decide whether to join NATO “within weeks”.
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Finland is always ready for war – is it ready for Nato too?
How the war in Ukraine has changed minds and made Nato membership possible.
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Gunman kills two teenagers in Finland shooting spree
A gunman has killed two teenagers and wounded seven other people in a shooting spree in southern Finland. A suspect is under arrest.
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Anthony Joshua on doping, the lack of big fights and taking money from the Middle East
The heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua will now face Finland’s Robert Helenius at a hastily rearranged bout this weekend at the O2 Arena in London.
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European security architecture has ‘collapsed’, says Finnish foreign minister
In Madrid, we caught up with the Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, and began by asking him about Turkey lifting their veto over Finland and Sweden joining the alliance late last night – what did he think had changed their mind?
