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Finland: The attack on the website of the country’s parliament ‘points’ to Russian hackers

Finland: The attack on the website of the country’s parliament ‘points’ to Russian hackers Finland: The attack on the website of the country’s parliament ‘points’ to Russian hackers

The website of the Finnish parliament has been hit by a cyberattack today, which is attributed to hackers from Russia. Administrators reported a “distributed denial of service attack” (DDoS), which led to hours-long access disruption. Cybersecurity experts have taken it upon themselves to restore the site and protect it against similar threats in the future. […]

Finland: Record number of refugees due to war in Ukraine

Finland: Record number of refugees due to war in Ukraine Finland: Record number of refugees due to war in Ukraine

Finland has seen a record number of asylum seekers following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, surpassing the record set in 2015 during the migrant crisis, Finnish authorities said today. “On August 4, people who left Ukraine due to Russia’s military offensive submitted 35,074 applications for temporary protection,” the Finnish Migration Agency said in a statement. More […]

Finland: Legislatively limits the number of travel visas to Russians

Finland: Legislatively limits the number of travel visas to Russians Finland: Legislatively limits the number of travel visas to Russians

Finland’s foreign minister today unveiled a plan to limit the number of travel visas issued and granted to Russians, an increasing number of whom are traveling to this Scandinavian country to transit to other European countries. Flights from Russia to the EU were suspended after the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine on 24 […]

USA: Senate approves Sweden and Finland joining NATO

USA: Senate approves Sweden and Finland joining NATO USA: Senate approves Sweden and Finland joining NATO

More than two-thirds of the members of the US Senate on Wednesday approved the admission of Finland and Sweden to NATO, the most significant expansion of the 30-member military alliance since the 1990s, a development that follows the historic decision by the governments of the two countries to leave their neutrality due to Russia’s military […]

Finland: Products that may have military use were seized at the border with Russia

Finland: Products that may have military use were seized at the border with Russia Finland: Legislatively limits the number of travel visas to Russians

Finnish customs announced today that they had seized goods at the border with Russia that could boost Moscow’s “industrial and military capabilities” along with other goods subject to international sanctions. The seizures come as Finland considers possible visa restrictions for Russians following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent Western sanctions. More than 2,500 checks were […]

Military high schools of Finnish, British and American soldiers in western Finland

Military high schools of Finnish, British and American soldiers in western Finland Military high schools of Finnish, British and American soldiers in western Finland

At military high schools in Finland, soldiers from the NATO candidate state trained alongside units from the US and Britain. A total of 750 soldiers took part in the four-day “Vigilant Fox” training, including 150 members of the British army and air force, the British Ministry of Defense announced today. British soldiers, stationed in NATO […]

Finland: Parliament adopted laws to strengthen border security with Russia

Finland: Parliament adopted laws to strengthen border security with Russia Finland: Parliament adopted laws to strengthen border security with Russia

Finland’s parliament has adopted legislation that would allow fences to be built on the country’s border with Russia and the 1,300km long border to be closed to asylum seekers in exceptional circumstances. The preparedness bill, although contested over EU asylum rules, was adopted by a supermajority, allowing parliament to fast-track laws amid fears that Russia […]

Turkey: New requests to Sweden and Finland to extradite people

Turkey: New requests to Sweden and Finland to extradite people Turkey: New requests to Sweden and Finland to extradite people

Turkey today sent fresh requests to Sweden and Finland to extradite people Ankara considers terrorists, after agreeing on the Nordic countries’ NATO accession efforts, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said. Turkey had opposed efforts by Stockholm and Helsinki to join NATO, with Ankara accusing the two countries of supporting Kurdish fighters and others Turkey considers terrorists, […]

Stoltenberg: With 32 nations we will be even stronger and our people even safer

Stoltenberg: With 32 nations we will be even stronger and our people even safer Stoltenberg: With 32 nations we will be even stronger and our people even safer

LAST UPDATE: 14.25 “With 32 nations around the table, we will be even stronger and our peoples even safer as we face the biggest security crisis in decades,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in his opening remarks before the meeting for the signing of the accession protocols of Finland and Sweden. This is a […]