Beyond, up a gentle slope, looms Russia. Finns used to drive across here to fill up on half-price gasoline. That was before ...

Finland's intelligence agency warned Tuesday that Russian spies could boost their efforts to target and destabilise the new NATO member once the Ukraine war ends. "Russian intelligence and influencing ...

Northern Europe is seeing a major military build-up as NATO strengthens its presence in the Arctic.

By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW, March 6 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that Finland's plan to lift a ban on hosting nuclear ...

The proposed law change would bring the country in line with NATO's nuclear-deterrence architecture, the government argues.

A deserted cafe and petrol station near the Niirala border crossing to Russia shows how life has been on hold since Finland shut the frontier with its giant neighbour in December 2023. Helsinki had ...

Russia has threatened the nation with 'appropriate measures' if the NATO member lifts its ban on nuclear weapons, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov sending a warning ...

Show more Show less The new barbed wire border fence on the closed border between Finland and Russia Gone quiet: supermarket owner Pilvi Paaskynen misses her old Russian customers A local gets about ...