HELSINKI, Finland ... border crossing points for people have been closed. Although the southeastern rail checkpoint for cargo trains in Vainikkala remains open, Helsinki said it would close ...

TASS/. Finland’s decision to close a number of crossings on the border with Russia violates the rights of tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border, the Russian foreign ministry ...

Latvia and Finland are considering the idea as well ... withdraw from the treaty for a long time, given it shares a border with Russian vassal state Belarus, but needed the agreement from other ...

The five countries have been concerned about their security since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, ...

Voislav Torden, a commander of the Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary group Rusich, was found guilty on Friday of 'four different ...

A 200-kilometre fence being built on Finland's eastern border with Russia will be completed sooner than expected, and months ahead of schedule, reports Maaseudun Tulevaisuus "The fence will mostly be ...

The frequency of cable incidents in the Baltic Sea has been "exceptional" in recent years, but state actors have more ...

National operator VR will redeploy the fleet of Allegro trains previously operating between Helsinki and St Petersburg on ...

Just under 100 border crossings took place on the average day in February, the Police in charge of immigration informs. That ...

Born in eastern Finland, an hour's drive from the Russian border, she speaks five languages and keeps a close eye on the eastern neighbour, NATO's Nordic borders and the Arctic region. Currently a ...

The Finnish Border Guard has dispatched patrol aircraft to the Gulf of Finland following an accident involving the Koala oil tanker in the Russian port of Ust-Luga. Source: Yle, Finnish public service ...