In an NZZ interview, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen warns that Russia's aggression is directed against all of Europe. Forcing Ukraine to accept a convenient peace would be dangerous for the whole world,

Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkinen (NCP) hosts a meeting with his Nordic counterparts in Helsinki on Thursday. Finland is chair of the Nordic Defence Cooperation group this year, and Thursday's meeting marks its second of the year.

"Ukraine is fighting to defend not only its independence and peaceful future, but also the jointly agreed security order based on international law. As the previous Chairpersonships, Finland will keep support for Ukraine at the heart of the OSCE’s work," she noted.

In Finland, the leadership of the Left Alliance party (Vasemmistoliitto) in one of the regions did not allow a candidate to run in municipal elections who

Finland saw significantly fewer asylum applications in 2024, according to figures from the Immigration Service (Migri) released on Thursday. "The number of asylum applications has stayed moderate despite conflicts and crises, and nearly halved compared to the previous year," said Migri Director Ilkka Haahtela in a statement.

Finland presents the Steel Eagle ER, an extended-range drone developed with Ukrainian expertise, enhancing battlefield capabilities in modern warfare.

On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with Finnish President Alexander Stubb steps to bring about a just peace and security guarantees. — Ukrinform.

A controversial memoir of a Finnish woman who migrated to Stalin’s Soviet Russia in the 1930s and escaped in 1941. Ninety years later, her granddaughter has translated the diary into English.

When detonated from the height of a few dozen metres, a blast of steel and tungsten pellets spray out towards the ground with a force that can penetrate the roof of a standard, lightly armoured vehicle,

Russia's barbaric war in Ukraine is draining resources, but Leningrad Military District will in the longer run significantly expand its troops near the border with Finland and Norway.

Norway, which is NATO's monitor for a vast 2 million sq km area of the North Atlantic used by the Russian Northern Fleet's nuclear submarines, says it will invest in long-range surveillance drones for a planned Arctic base.