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7/2/2023 6:19:33 PM
US President Joe Biden has scheduled a diplomatic trip to Europe this month with stops in the United Kingdom, at the NATO summit in Lithuania and for meetings in Finland, the White House said Sunday.
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6/20/2023 9:38:18 PM
Finland, which recently became NATO's 31st member, swore in a new coalition government Tuesday that is considered the most right-wing one in the Nordic country’s modern history.
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6/14/2023 12:19:30 PM
Senior officials from NATO, Sweden, Finland and Turkey met in Ankara on Wednesday, Turkish media reports said, as the alliance pushes Turkey to ratify Sweden’s application to join the military bloc.
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6/8/2023 3:18:25 PM
Finland’s popular outgoing foreign minister, who was one of the key negotiators of his country’s recent membership in NATO, said Thursday he will run as a candidate in the presidential election early next year.
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6/3/2023 3:13:49 PM
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho died Friday in Paris at the age of 70, her family and publisher said in separate statements.
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5/17/2023 1:51:23 PM
Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said Wednesday that Russia had frozen in late April the bank accounts of its embassy in Moscow and consulate in Saint Petersburg.
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4/27/2023 2:51:15 PM
Finland's conservative leader Petteri Orpo, who won the country's April general election, on Thursday said he plans to form a coalition government that includes the far-right runner-up Finns Party.
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4/4/2023 7:23:34 PM
While Finland Tuesday became a full NATO member, Sweden's membership bid remains blocked, an "embarrassing" delay if short-lived but which could make Sweden more vulnerable and create problems within NATO if it drags on, experts told AFP.
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4/4/2023 4:38:28 PM
US President Joe Biden said Tuesday he is "proud" to welcome Finland into NATO, expanding the Western military alliance in direct response to Russia's brutal invasion of neighboring pro-Western Ukraine.
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4/4/2023 1:08:35 PM
The Kremlin on Tuesday branded Finland's NATO membership an "assault on our security" and said it would take counter-measures.
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4/4/2023 12:28:33 PM
NATO is the world's biggest military alliance, bringing together 30 European and North American countries who commit to defend each other in the event of attack. After Finland joins on Tuesday, it will have 31 members.
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4/4/2023 12:11:33 PM
Finland's move on Tuesday to become the 31st member of NATO is a strategic step that doubles the military alliance's border with Russia but provides the coalition with limited additional military capacity.
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4/4/2023 11:42:29 AM
Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, in a historic strategic shift provoked by Moscow's war on Ukraine, which doubles the US-led alliance's border with Russia.
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4/3/2023 7:40:00 PM
Finland's flag will be hoisted outside NATO headquarters on Tuesday when it becomes the 31st member of the Western alliance, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
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4/3/2023 3:19:48 PM
Does an international post await Finland's outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin after her election loss? What explains the nationalist party's record score? And are the nationalists reliable partners for a government coalition?
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4/2/2023 10:47:08 PM
Finland's centre-right leader Petteri Orpo claimed victory in Sunday's general election, with the far-right Finns Party in second place ahead of Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democrats in third.
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4/2/2023 11:59:25 AM
Finns began voting on Sunday in legislative elections that could see the country take a dramatic turn to the right, as centre-right and anti-immigration parties vie to unseat Social Democratic Prime Minister Sanna Marin.
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3/30/2023 11:31:41 PM
Turkey’s parliament on Thursday ratified Finland’s application to join NATO, lifting the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country’s long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance.
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3/29/2023 12:42:08 PM
Sweden said Wednesday it was summoning the Russian ambassador after he said it and neighboring Finland would become a "legitimate target" of "retaliatory measures" -- including military ones -- if they join NATO.
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3/27/2023 8:25:08 PM
Finland has moved one step closer to joining NATO after Hungary ratified the Nordic country’s bid on Monday. A similar decision is expected in the coming weeks from Turkey, the only alliance member that hasn’t approved Finland’s membership.
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