The Ivalo Border Jaeger Company has welcomed its first women recruits, meaning every conscript unit in Finland is now open to ...

“We Fins are cool, calm and collected.” Thus characterized, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb encapsulated a national character shaped by geography, history, and now the cutting edge of advanced ...

Aleksey Zhuravlyov, first deputy chair of Russian State Duma Defense Committee, said Moscow would strengthen its military presence along the border with Finland and could easily destroy half the ...

Finland's parliament votes to lift a decades-old nuclear weapons ban in a historic defense policy shift to align more closely with NATO deterrence.

They all knew Finland wasn’t really under attack but the room was tense as Sara Mella scanned the Finance Ministry’s fictitious budget to determine how much money could be redirected toward weapons, ...

On NATO's front line, Finland's president says his country is ready for a Russian attack, regardless of whether it has US support. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on ...

Finland has spent more on defence purchases from the United States this decade than from any other country, according to data ...

A major Nordic power will soon have a new leader, as Alexander Stubb narrowly defeated his opponent in a runoff race to be elected Finland's next president. Most of the executive power in Finland lies ...

HELSINKI — Ex-Prime Minister Alexander Stubb was projected to win the first round of Finland's presidential election on Sunday and face runner-up Pekka Haavisto in a runoff next month. Finnish public ...

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Finland and Sweden swiftly applied for NATO membership. Shortly after, both countries were admitted into the alliance, and Finland and Sweden have since ...

President Donald Trump, right, French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Finland's President Alexander Stubb, attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April ...

This is where the West ends. Drive northeast from the Lapland village of Salla for 20 minutes, and route 82 runs into a closed chain-link gate. “Don’t touch,” warns a sign in Finnish. Beyond, up a ...