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Finland joined NATO on Tuesday, bringing the Western defence alliance significant military capabilities developed over the years.

Finland became the 31st member of NATO, completing a tumultuous process of accession sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that upended the European security landscape.

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Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly said Sweden should also now be admitted to the defence alliance.

FINLAND has officially joined the Nato military alliance.

Formal accession nearly doubles Nato border with Russia as Moscow warns it will boost its defences if necessary

Sweden's path to NATO membership remains blocked by Turkey and Hungary as neighbour Finland officially joined the 30-member alliance on Tuesday after its application was ratified in record time.

In 1948, the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance was signed between the Soviet Union and Finland, providing a key basis for relations between the two states that was to last throughout the cold war. With memories of the 1939 “winter war” between the two still acute, the agreement…

The move more than doubles Nato’s border with Russia in a blow to Vladimir Putin

James Cleverly welcomed Helsinki's entry into the 74-year-old, 30-member organsation - and vowed to press ahead with allowing Sweden into the nuclear-armed coalition

Russian President Vladimir Putin has achieved the opposite of his Ukraine war aims by triggering Finland's "historic" accession to NATO later on Tuesday, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said, declaring Sweden would also join soon.