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Finland’s far right aims to oust ‘rock star’ PM

Finnish politics could see a dramatic shift to the far right in elections on Sunday as an anti-immigration party aims to replace “rock star”...

AFPMarch 31, 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blessed Finland's NATO membership bid earlier this month

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Turkey’s parliament to vote on Finland’s NATO bid

Turkey was set on Thursday to become the final NATO nation to approve Finland’s membership of the US-led defence alliance in the wake of...

AFPMarch 30, 2023

Finland has started fencing off 200 kilometres of its border with Russia

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Finland heads for elections under new iron curtain

When Russia invaded Ukraine, a new iron curtain severed once-close ties between Moscow and Helsinki — something Ari Joronen can see with his own...

AFPMarch 30, 2023

Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said reservists were important given the reliance of modern armed forces on specialists

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UK defence minister would ‘love’ return of conscription

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Wednesday he would “love” to see Britain emulate Finland and Sweden by bringing back military conscription. Britain scrapped...

AFPMarch 29, 2023

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto meets Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan with his country's NATO membership on the line

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Finland eyes Erdogan’s green light for NATO

Finland’s leader arrived in Ankara on Friday to receive Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s verdict on his Nordic country’s stalled drive to join the...

AFPMarch 17, 2023

A skeleton of a Yamnaya man discovered in Bulgaria that shows signs that he may have been a horse rider

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Horseback riding may have begun 5,000 years ago in Europe: study

Who were the first people to ride horses? Researchers believe they have found the earliest evidence of horseback riding, by the ancient Yamnaya people...

AFPMarch 3, 2023

Finland's parliament votes overwhelmingly in favour of joining NATO

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Finland gives early greenlight to NATO entry

Finland’s parliament on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining NATO, ahead of ratifications from Hungary and Turkey, increasing the likelihood it will enter...

AFPMarch 1, 2023

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the main issue was that both Sweeden and Finland are welcomed into the alliance as soon as possible

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Sweden, Finland joining NATO together not ‘main question’: Stoltenberg

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg raised the possibility for the first time Tuesday of Finland joining NATO without Sweden, saying ratifying the two at the...

AFPFebruary 14, 2023