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Foreign minister Pekka Haavisto says Finns ‘on the streets’ are concerned with nuclear question

Sweden will speed up its review of security policy, which includes a view on possible NATO membership, with the result to be published in mid-May rather than at the end of that month, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said on Tuesday.

For the past quarter-century, the Arctic has been a unique zone of cooperation among the eight countries of the high north: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia and the United States. Even when relations between Moscow and the West soured, the Arctic Council’s work was a reminder that multilateral…

HELSINKI: Finland's parliament Wednesday will open a debate on whether to seek Nato membership, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked a surge in political and public support for joining the military alliance.

A growing majority of Swedes are in favour of joining NATO, a poll showed on Wednesday, as policy-makers in both Sweden and Finland weigh up whether Russia's invasion of Ukraine should lead to an end to decades of military neutrality.

Finland's President Sauli Niinisto, 73, tested positive for COVID on Tuesday, his office said in a statement.

We hope for a negotiated settlement of the war, says Finnish Minister

The Ukrainian president's comments come as peace activists warn Sweden and Finland against joining NATO

Russia has threatened to deploy nuclear weapons to the Baltics should Sweden or Finland join Nato