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Germany and other European countries suspend decisions on Syrians' asylum bids after Assad's fall

Dec. 09, 2024 12:11 PM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Germany and several other European countries said Monday they are suspending decisions on asylum claims by Syrian nationals because of the unclear situation in their homeland following the fall of Bashar Assad. Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees said...

Finnish authorities open probe into ruptured undersea cable between Finland and Germany

Nov. 20, 2024 12:02 PM EST

HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finnish authorities said Wednesday they have opened an investigation into the rupture of a data cable under the Baltic Sea, adding to a Swedish probe into the possible sabotage of that link and another cable. The C-Lion1 cable, which runs between Finland...

Germany's defense minister says damage to 2 Baltic data cables appears to be sabotage

Nov. 19, 2024 10:37 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's defense minister said Tuesday officials have to assume damage to two data cables under the Baltic Sea, one of which ends in Germany, was caused by sabotage — though he said they have no proof at present. Damage was detected Monday to the C-Lion1 cable that...

Germany and Finland investigate a severed data cable through the Baltic Sea

Nov. 18, 2024 13:35 PM EST

HELSINKI (AP) — German and Finland expressed deep concern over the discovery Monday of a severed undersea data cable between the countries through the Baltic Sea, saying it raised suspicions of sabotage and that an investigation was underway. The foreign ministries of the two...

Finland charges a combatant with war crimes allegedly committed in 2014 in Ukraine

Oct. 31, 2024 15:35 PM EDT

HELSINKI (AP) — Prosecutors in Finland filed charges Thursday over alleged war crimes in 2014 by a combatant who fought against Ukrainian forces in a Russian-backed separatist region of Ukraine. The National Prosecution Authority did not identify the suspect when announcing the...

Norway is mulling building a fence on its border with Russia, following Finland's example

Sep. 29, 2024 13:22 PM EDT

HELSINKI (AP) — Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 198-kilometer (123-mile) border it shares with Russia, a minister said, a move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland. “A border fence is very interesting, not only because it can act as a...