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Exclusive: Pekka Haavisto says being ‘united against all external threats’ is key to security amid tension with Russia

Tributes paid to former leader who oversaw his country’s vote to join EU and won Nobel peace prize in 2008

Finland’s former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb says he will run as a candidate in the presidential election early next year, in a race that also includes a popular former Finnish foreign minister who was a negotiator of the country’s recent membership in NATO

After years of carefully balancing relations with Russia and the West, Finland is finally set to become NATO’s newest member.

The timing couldn’t have been worse. Turkey had already threatened to derail Sweden’s NATO aspirations when a far-right extremist set fire to a Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. On Friday, Ankara issued its verdict on Sweden and Finland’s joint NATO bid: For now, Turkey would only start ratifying…

From Europe to India and the US, the revelations have fuelled anger from the drivers to politicians

Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - Ukraine's foreign minister, lawmakers and mayors made long journeys by car, train and plane to the Swiss Alps to convince global elites to send more help to repel Russian invaders.

Sweden and Finland are starting to win assurances of help if threatened by Russia in the interim period between an expected application to join defense alliance NATO and an eventual entry.

Alexander Stubb, who has long backed NATO membership, speaks to Al Jazeera about Helsinki’s decision to join alliance.

Finland’s parliament has begun discussing report outlining implications and risks of Nato membership

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