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March 24, 2023

Finland

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Finland to start building fence on Russian border next year

November 18, 2022 Jari Tanner, Associated Press

HELSINKI — Construction of a planned barbed-wired fence along the Finland’s long border with Russia will start early next year, Finnish border guard officials said Friday, amid concerns in the Nordic country over the changing […]

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NATO nations sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland

July 5, 2022 Raf Casert, Associated Press

BRUSSELS — The 30 NATO allies signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday, sending the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative approvals — and […]

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Turkey’s Erdogan still against Finnish, Swedish NATO bids

June 2, 2022 The Associated Press

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s president has told journalists he still intends to block Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO.  Recep Tayyip Erdogan said meetings with Finnish and Swedish delegations had not been “at the expected level,” noting […]

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McConnell: Finland, Sweden ‘important additions’ to NATO

May 19, 2022 Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday that Finland and Sweden would be “important additions” to NATO as he led a delegation of GOP senators to the region in a show of […]

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Finland moves toward joining NATO amid Russia threats

May 13, 2022 Olesksandr Stasghevskyi, Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Finland’s leaders Thursday came out in favor of applying to join NATO, and Sweden could do the same within days, in a historic realignment on the continent 2 1/2 months after Russian […]

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Neutral Finland, Sweden warm to idea of NATO membership

March 4, 2022 Jari Tanner, Associated Press

HELSINKI — Through the Cold War and the decades since, nothing could persuade Finns and Swedes that they would be better off joining NATO — until now. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has profoundly changed Europe’s […]

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