Finland, Russia
Finland extends Russia border closure indefinitely
Finland will indefinitely extend the closure of land border crossings with Russia and add several ports to a list where travel from its eastern neighbour is prohibited, the government said on Thursday.
Finland will keep its border with Russia closed until further notice over migration concerns
Finland will extend the closure of its border crossing points with Russia beyond the current April 14 deadline “until further notice” due to a high risk of organized migration orchestrated by ...
Finland decides to close border with Russia indefinitely
The Finnish government has decided to keep the border with Russia closed "until further notice," Finland's Interior Ministry reported on April 4. Finland closed its border with Russia in late ...
Finland extends border closure with Russia indefinitely
Finland decided to extend the closure of its border with Russia until further notice, Finnish Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said Thursday. In November, Finnish authorities closed border checkpoints with Russia after it accused the Kremlin of carrying out a suspected "hybrid attack" and purposefully assisting undocumented migrants in crossing into the Nordic country,
Finland extends Russia border closure amid migration concerns, NATO role clarified
The Finnish Ministry of the Interior has announced its decision to extend the closure of borders with Russia amidst ongoing concerns over a surge in migrants. At the end of last year, Finland sealed its 832-mile land boundary in response to an unexpected increase in asylum applications.
Finland closes sea checkpoints near border with Russia until mid-April
The Finnish government has decided to temporarily close the sea border checkpoints in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland to private boats to prevent migrants trying to enter the EU from Russia using this route.
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Finland's eastern border to remain closed
Finland's eastern border with Russia is set to remain closed for the time being. On Wednesday, Finnish news agency STT reported confirmation that the government is set to decide to keep current ...
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Finland proposes shutting down checkpoints on border with Russia 'until further notice'
The media reported earlier that the checkpoints on the border with Russia will be closed until Finland enacts a law instituting temporary measures for combatting so-called weaponized immigration ...
Migration forces Finland to keep Russian border closed
The Finnish government said that due to a high risk of organized migration orchestrated by Moscow, it will extend the closure ...
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Finland to decide whether to reopen border with Russia after Easter
The Finnish government will consider whether to reopen border checkpoints on the Finnish-Russian border after Easter. Source: Yle, a Finnish media outlet; European Pravda Details: Finland’s ...
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Finland school shooting by 12-year-old leaves 1 student dead and wounds 2 others, all also 12, police say
A 12-year-old student opened fire at a lower secondary school in southern Finland Tuesday morning, killing one fellow student and seriously wounding two others, police said. All three victims were ...
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Tom of Finland
Tom of Finland, a moniker of Touko Laaksonen, was a Finnish illustrator best known for his distinctively stylized homoerotic drawings. An influential aesthetic force in late 20th-century gay culture ...
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Worldcategory Finland shuts more Russia border points, says asylum inflow must stop November 24, 2023 Worldcategory Finland gets more EU staff to handle Russia border crisis November 23 ...
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Finland to decide whether to reopen border with Russia after Easter
The Finnish government will consider whether to reopen border checkpoints on the Finnish-Russian border after Easter. The longer the decision remains in place, the more thorough Finland’s ...