The Nordic country has a network of underground shelters unmatched in the West and the largest number of reservists in the ...

Finland's eastern border-crossing points were closed in November 2023, following a rapid increase in the number of asylum seekers after Russia began allowing people without valid travel documents to ...

The United States and Canada have the longest peaceful, undefended border in the world, running 5,525 miles between 8 ...

Finland, which shares the European Union's longest border with Russia, joined the Western military alliance NATO in 2023 and drew its Nordic neighbour Sweden to follow in March 2024, both in ...

The alliance has stepped up intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance activities around the Baltic Sea amid concerns of Russian gray zone warfare.

"We are taking the suspected border violation seriously and have immediately launched an investigation," Finland's Defence Minister Antti Häkkinen noted. Earlier this week, Norwegian F-35s intercepted ...

A teenager who crossed Finland's border into Russia last week is the son of Ukrainian refugees, according to a report by Russian news website Fontanka. When contacted by Yle, Jussi Honkanen, head of ...

Finland’s foreign ministry on Monday summoned the Russian ambassador to Helsinki. DAILY POST reports that the summon was to request an explanation regarding a suspected violation of Finnish ...

The Finnish Border Guard has dispatched patrol aircraft to the Gulf of Finland following an accident involving the Koala oil tanker in the Russian port of Ust-Luga. Source: Yle, Finnish public service ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's foreign ministry said on Monday it had summoned the Russian ambassador to Helsinki to request an explanation regarding a suspected violation of Finnish airspace that ...