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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Combat has changed dramatically in the 86 years since the Winter War between Finland and Russia. Lessons from the war still apply ...

Combat has changed in the decades since Finland's Winter War with Russia, but one key lesson still shapes how it thinks about fighting in the Arctic. Dense forests and deep snow force armies onto ...

In December 1939, the Soviet Union launched a large-scale invasion of Finland, expecting a rapid victory that instead turned into a difficult winter campaign. Finnish resistance, harsh weather, and ...

In late 1939, the Soviet Union – a country with more than 170 million people and the world’s biggest army – went to war with Finland, a country with a population of less than four million and an ...

Finnish law has historically prohibited the importation or deployment of a nuclear weapon anywhere on its territory—but this ...

The Finnish government is studying some of the hundreds of properties that have been bought near critical infrastructure and sensitive sites for signs of possible Russian infiltration.

In the midst of a brutally cold winter, an unwelcome armed force invades a peaceful community, bringing panic, turmoil and ...

Traditional reindeer racing that’s been delighting spectators for decades in Finland brought hundreds of fans to the Salla ...

Finland finished the preliminary round with a 2–1 record and 6 points, placing as the best second-place team behind Slovakia in Group B. After an opening 4–1 loss to Slovakia, Finland responded with a ...

A spot in the gold-medal game is on the line when top-seeded Canada takes on Finland at the 2026 Winter Olympics men's hockey competition on Friday. The winner will take on the winner between the ...

The defending Olympic men's ice hockey champions are moving on to the semifinals in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Finland, the 2022 Winter Olympic gold medalists in Beijing, survived with a 3-2 ...