Finland is set to review its security policy to decide whether to join NATO, President Sauli Niinisto said on Thursday, according to Reuters. The new review comes just 18 months after the final assessment by the government was completed, which was accelerated after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Many Finns are traditionally wary of Russia, with […]
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Biden welcomes Finnish counterpart Niinisto to White House
US President Joe Biden and his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto agreed today to deepen their ties, but did not hint that Helsinki could join NATO in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At a meeting of the two leaders in the White House, Biden said Finland was a “strong defense partner” in the West’s […]
Polls: Swedes, Finns in favor of NATO membership
Swedes and Finns are increasingly in favor of their countries joining NATO following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is putting pressure on the leaders of the two northern European countries to change the decades-long political neutrality that followed Stockholm and Helsinki. According to a poll published on Friday, 51% of Swedes and 48% of […]
Finland: President calls for ‘calm’ over NATO membership
The President of Finland Sauli Niinisto today called on his country to remain calm at a time when the debate on whether or not to seek NATO membership is intensifying, while his office announced that tomorrow, Friday, it will meet in Washington with US President Joe Biden. “In the midst of an acute crisis, it […]
Finland: Helsinki sends arms and ammunition to Ukraine in ‘historic decision’
LAST UPDATE 19:49 Helsinki announced today that it had made the “historic” decision to supply arms to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of the country. Finland will provide military assistance to Ukraine. “This is a historic decision for Finland,” Prime Minister Sanaa Marin told a news conference today. The mission will include 2,500 assault rifles, 150,000 […]
Biden: Finnish, Swedish comments show Putin’s miscalculations
In an interview published today, US President Joe Biden said that comments from neutral Finland and Sweden about their possible membership in NATO show how wrong Russian President Vladimir Putin’s calculation was to invade Ukraine. “Not only is NATO more united, look at what is happening to Finland, look at what is happening to Sweden, […]
Finland: ‘Russian threats push us closer to NATO’, says former prime minister
The first reaction to the Russian Foreign Minister’s threats against Finland and Sweden in case they decide to join NATO, came from the former Prime Minister of Finland, Alexander Stump. In a post on Twitter, Stubb, who served as Prime Minister of Finland for the two years 2014-2015, said that according to the data that […]
Russian Foreign Ministry: Sweden-Finland accession to NATO will yield Russian response
Russia has put new issues on the table as part of its security concerns. “Sweden and Finland joining NATO will bring a Russian response,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday at noon. As for the forthcoming contacts with Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Minister stated that “we know how to separate emotions from professionalism”. “It […]
Finland says it is ready to accept refugees from Ukraine
Finland is ready to accept refugees from Ukraine, Prime Minister Sana Marin said today, strongly condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Marin estimated that there may be a large number of refugees from Ukraine who may try to flee to the EU. “The Finnish Interior Ministry, for its part, is ready to accept refugees from […]
Finland: Russia, with what it does in Ukraine, will further open the debate on our entry into NATO
Russia’s actions in Ukraine threaten to intensify debate over Finland’s possible membership in NATO Russia’s nuclear plant in northwestern Finland, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto told reporters today. Asked at a news conference, the president said he did not know if the Ukraine crisis had brought Helsinki closer to joining the Atlantic Alliance, but noted that […]
