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Finland wants to remain flexible about joint exercises with NATO following its formal application to join the alliance and about bringing in any new military equipment on its territory to avoid overreactions, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said on Thursday.

Over the last week, further details emerged of Finland and Sweden’s intention to join Nato, until on Tuesday the nations formally submitted the paperwork. Nato’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg called it “a historic moment” and it certainly marks a momentous shift away from neutrality for those two countries.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday he was confident that Sweden and Finland would succeed in joining the NATO defence alliance and that Germany was doing everything possible to make that happen.

During the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a 21-year-old Russian soldier asks a Ukrainian widow to forgive him for killing her husband.

THE SNP have come under fire after a senior party figure suggested a Scotland could temporarily host the UK’s nuclear weapons after independence.

BBC Scotland’s The Nine spent more time on Monday covering Saturday's Eurovision final than Nicola Sturgeon’s trip to America – despite the…

After meeting with both countries’ leaders, Biden says Sweden and Finland ‘meet every NATO requirement and then some’.

The leaders of Finland and Sweden pledged to address Turkey's concerns at a White House ceremony.

International relations expert Dr Samuel Ramani says Turkey's move to block the Nordic nations from joining NATO may act as fuel for Russia President Vladimir Putin's hatred of the alliance