In this file photo dated Jan 25, 2023, Finland's Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto attends a joint press conference with Latvia's foreign affairs minister (unseen) after talks in Riga, Latvia. (PHOTO / AFP) HELSINKI – Finland is sticking to its plan to join NATO at the same time as Nordic neighbor Sweden, and hopes to […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hand with visiting Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Ankara, Türkiye, on Nov 8, 2022. (MUSTAFA KAYA / XINHUA) ANKARA – Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Tuesday promised to meet Turkish security demands in an effort to get Türkiye's approval of his country's bid to join the […]
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto addresses a joint press conference with the Lithuanian President following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania on Nov 4, 2022. (PETRAS MALUKAS / AFP) HELSINKI – Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on Monday underlined the need to assess the possibility of peace in the Ukraine conflict "also elsewhere than […]
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (right) and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (left) address a press conference after their meeting at The Foreign Ministry in Istanbul, on Nov 3, 2022. (OZAN KOSE / AFP) ISTANBUL – Sweden and Finland have fulfilled their obligations to Türkiye and should be allowed entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization […]
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Oct 20, 2022. (GEERT VANDEN WIJNGAERT / AP) HELSINKI – Ways to further enhance cooperation between Finland and Sweden, especially on their path to membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), topped the agenda of talks here between the prime ministers of […]
TOKYO, Jul 29, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team will compete on home soil at Rally Finland on August 4-7 and target another victory on the fastest round of the season with its driver line-up of championship leader and hometown hero Kalle Rovanpera, his fellow Flying Finn […]
A picture taken on Nov 20, 2019 shows a NATO flag at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, during a NATO Foreign Affairs ministers' summit. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) OTTAWA – Canada became the first country to formally ratify Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO in an accelerated process completed shortly after member nations signed off […]
A picture taken on Nov 20, 2019 shows a NATO flag at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, during a NATO Foreign Affairs ministers' summit. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) OTTAWA – Canada became the first country to formally ratify Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO in an accelerated process completed shortly after member nations signed off […]