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4 kwi 2023 · Finland joining adds 830 miles of continuous border along northwestern Russia, taking the total to 1,584 miles. The increase in public and political support in Finland for joining NATO came...
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9 lut 2024 · IVALO, FINLAND—Only 20 miles of forest separate the Lapland Border Guard base in the Finnish town of Ivalo from Russia. From here, well above the Arctic Circle, the Border Guards monitor the...
18 maj 2022 · Finland and Sweden have formally submitted applications to join NATO, the world’s most powerful military alliance, in a move that will redraw the geopolitical map of northern Europe.
11 lip 2023 · Four maps explain how Sweden and Finland alter NATO’s security. Nearly two years after it requested to join, Sweden officially became NATO’s newest member Thursday, increasing the...
The possibility of Finland's membership in NATO was one of the most important issues debated in relation to the Finnish presidential election of 2006. The main opposition candidate Sauli Niinistö, of the National Coalition Party, supported Finland joining a "more European" NATO.
28 mar 2024 · After almost 30 years of close partnership with NATO, Finland joined the Alliance on 4 April 2023. Finland’s partnership with NATO was historically based on its policy of military non-alignment, which changed following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
4 paź 2023 · As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine changes the security landscape in Europe, what does Finland’s membership of NATO mean for the country itself? And what does it bring to the Alliance? Synopsis.
