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    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Nato
      Finland cleared to join Nato as Turkish parliament backs accession

      Sweden still waiting for Turkey and Hungary to approve own bid to enter alliance

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      News in-depth
      Finland’s PM Sanna Marin faces reckoning at home

      Prime minister is lauded abroad but cuts a polarising figure in her own country, jeopardising chances of re-election

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Nato
      Hungary approves Finland’s Nato membership in westward pivot

      Prime Minister Viktor Orbán starts turning his back on Russia as businesses seek to diversify

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Turkey drops opposition to Finland’s bid to join Nato

      Move paves way for military alliance to expand its direct border with Russia

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why a deadly shipwreck won’t bring a breakthrough in EU migration talks Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: Turkey back at the negotiation table on Sweden and Finland’s Nato bids

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      European countries step up delivery of tanks to Ukraine

      Poland says 14 of its Leopard 2A4s will cross the border ‘in a few days’

    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
      Nato
      Sweden warns against decoupling its Nato bid from Finland’s

      Ulf Kristersson insists on strategic reasons for joining alliance at same time as Nordic neighbour

    • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
      Travel
      Postcard from London: the (steamy) corner of Belgravia that is forever Finland

      Hidden deep within the Finnish embassy, the diplomatic sauna is a secret weapon in promoting the nation

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Europe Express
      The argument for splitting Sweden and Finland’s Nato membership bids Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: the messy fight over how to put the EU’s fiscal rules back in place

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Nato
      Nato suggests Finland and Sweden could join alliance separately

      Turkey is blocking joint membership bid from Nordic countries over dispute with Stockholm

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
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      We can all learn from the Finnish approach to defence

      The country has instilled a national will to protect in the majority of its citizens — this is no mean feat

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why Finland frets over Turkey’s threat to split its Nato bid from Sweden Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: pitching Ukraine as the Israel of eastern Europe

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
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      Finland prepares to go solo if Turkey stymies Sweden’s Nato bid

      Negotiators still expect Ankara to approve joint accession but Helsinki might need a plan B

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
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      Swedish and Finnish Nato bids may be treated ‘separately’, Turkey warns

      Relations between Ankara and Stockholm have worsened since a rightwing activist set fire to a Koran in the Swedish capital

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
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      Turkey seeks to reassure allies on Nato enlargement

      Defence minister Hulusi Akar backs expansion and defends against criticism of his country’s role in the alliance

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
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      Sweden says Nato membership talks with Turkey are ‘going very well’

      Stockholm seeks to tone down criticism of Ankara for blocking accession

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
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      Sweden warns it cannot meet Turkey’s demands for backing Nato bid

      Stockholm has fulfilled commitments made to Ankara at Madrid summit, says premier Ulf Kristersson

    • Saturday, 17 December, 2022
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      Reindeer/Beowulf: miner horns in on migrating Lapland herds Premium content

      Benefits of lucrative ‘green steel’ must be balanced against mine’s impact on traditional herders

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
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      Finnish leader warns democratic countries against being ‘naive’ on China

      Sanna Marin says like-minded nations should cut their dependency on authoritarian regimes

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
      Nato
      Delay to Nato expansion harms security, says Finland minister

      Pekka Haavisto appeals to Turkey and Hungary to ratify Finnish and Swedish memberships

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    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
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      Decision to stem flood of people escaping draft comes as EU summons crisis response meeting

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      Sweden and Finland announce collateral support packages with traders saying prices could break records this week

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
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    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
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      Move in response to border countries’ security concerns met with caution from US officials

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