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Alexander Stubb sworn in as Finland's new president, focusing on NATO membership and foreign policy. Former President Niinistö expresses concerns about NAT...

Letters: Countries of eastern Europe, including Ukraine, are often treated as if they are pawns of either the US or Russia, rather than sovereign states in their own right, writes Dr Shane O’Rourke. Plus letters from Radim Kapavík and Przemysław Orłowski

U.S. Senate approves F-16 sale to Turkey in exchange for not blocking Sweden's NATO accession, despite concerns about Turkey's behavior.

By the end of this week Sweden could be a member of NATO, ending 200 years of neutrality and military non-alignment. But even before it cleared the final hurdle, the Nordic nation was already busy reordering its defences – transforming the central town of Ostersund into a military hub.

After two centuries of peace, and a fire-sale of public infrastructure, the country has never been so vulnerable

Russian president threatens ‘tragic’ consequences for war interventionists during state of the nation speech

Two weeks ahead of the presidential election, the Russian leader says his troops won’t back down in Ukraine.

With talk of sending troops to Ukraine, the French president is asking how far the west will go to stop Putin. But his bombshell could backfire, says Paul Taylor, a senior fellow of the Friends of Europe thinktank

Emmanuel Macron's refusal to rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine has exposed deep divisions with France's traditional partner, Germany, which could play into the hands of Russia, analysts warned Wednesday.

Activist’s widow tells European parliament ‘Putin is the leader of an organised criminal gang – poisoners and assassins … and keepers of mafia money’

French President Emmanuel Macron faced uneasy reactions from European allies and a warning from the Kremlin on Tuesday after he refused to rule out the dispatch of Western ground troops to Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion.