Finland

This is the incredible scale and intricacy of Finland's thorough network of nuclear bunkers.More than 500 underground shelters carved into the bedrock of capital Helsinki can hold 900,000 people - a third more than the city's entire…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he is not in favour of Sweden and Finland joining NATO, threatening to derail their membership bids.Erdogan said the countries are 'guesthouses for terrorist organisations' such as the…
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On a girls’ sauna night out – well that’s what you do in Finland – a few years ago, a journalist asked Sanna Marin whether she was going to be leader of her party, the Social Democrats.‘She just looked at me as if to say, are you even…
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NATO has put on a show of strength in Europe in a message to Vladimir Putin as thousands of soldiers from 19 nations take part in war games across the continent.The Swift Response 22 exercises in North Macedonia involve 4,500 troops from…
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Russian state TV has accused the US of erecting a 'new iron curtain' in Europe in a furious response to Finland announcing its intention to join NATO.This morning, president Sauli Niinisto and prime minister Sanna Marin said they want to…
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Boris warns Sweden and Finland must be free to join NATO without 'fear of retaliation' as he delivers stark message to Putin on visit to the countries to sign historic security pactsBoris Johnson is on a visit to Sweden and…
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Finland and Sweden are set to reveal later this week whether they will join NATO.The two Nordic countries have reversed decades of military neutrality since Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine on February 24.Finland's president and…
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British tanks have been pictured in war games action alongside their Nato allies as the UK warned they would come to the aid of Finland and Sweden if they were attacked by Vladimir Putin's forces.Challenger 2 tanks and troops from the…
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Finland and Sweden could join NATO swiftly and would be 'welcomed with open arms', its leader said today.Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told journalists this morning he expects the two historically neutral countries' entries will…
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Russia has warned NATO that if Sweden and Finland joined the military alliance then the Kremlin would have to bolster its nuclear defences in the Baltic.'There can be no more talk of any nuclear-free status for the Baltic - the balance…
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