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22 hours ago · April 19 (UPI) --European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Finland's border with Russia Friday, vowing to stand by Finland against what she called Russian hybrid attacks. She ...
22 hours ago · Von der Leyen promised the EU would support Finland with 230 million euros ($245 million) and operational help from the bloc's Frontex border agency to counter the problem, by deploying border ...
22 hours ago · Helsinki ( / ˈhɛlsɪŋki / HEL-sink-ee or / hɛlˈsɪŋki / ⓘ hel-SINK-ee; [10] [11] Finnish: [ˈhelsiŋki] ⓘ; Swedish: Helsingfors, Finland Swedish: [helsiŋˈforːs] ⓘ) is the capital and most populous city in Finland. It is located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and serves as the seat of the Uusimaa region in southern Finland.
22 hours ago · COPY LINK. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Friday that Russia was now focusing its hybrid attacks on neighboring Finland, using migrants to try to destabilize the country. The Nordic nation closed its eastern border in mid-December after nearly 1,000 migrants had arrived without a visa through its border crossings with Russia since August.
8 hours ago · A-. A+. (Corrects 1st bullet to clarify that no migrants are crossing from Russia to Finland at the moment as the border is closed, but Finland fears more will come) HELSINKI (Reuters) -The European Union should take measures to help Finland put a stop to an influx of migrants via Russia, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Friday.
22 hours ago · Finland last year shut its long border with Russia amid a growing number of arrivals from countries including Syria and Somalia, and accused Moscow of weaponising migration against the Nordic ...
10 hours ago · Finland joined NATO in April 2023, ending decades of neutrality after the country's defeat by the Soviet Union in World War II. In March, Sweden also became a member of the trans-Atlantic alliance. The move dealt a major blow to Putin, with a historic realignment of Europe's post-Cold War security landscape triggered by Moscow's full-scale ...
