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A Russian Navy research vessel is suspected of violating Finnish territorial waters
HELSINKI (AP) — A Russian vessel is suspected of a territorial violation of Finland’s marine area in the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea, the Finnish defense ministry said on Friday. The suspected violation, which the Finnish Border Guard is currently investigating,...
Finnish lawmakers approve controversial law to turn away migrants at border with Russia
HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish lawmakers on Friday narrowly approved a controversial bill that will allow border guards to turn away third-country migrants attempting to enter from neighboring Russia and reject their asylum applications because Helsinki says Moscow is orchestrating an influx of migrants...
US, Canada and Finland look to build more icebreakers to counter Russia in the Arctic
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States, Canada and Finland will work together to build up their icebreaker fleets as they look to bolster their defenses in the Arctic, where Russia has been increasingly active, the White House announced Thursday. The pact announced at the NATO summit...
Tall Ships Races with 50 classic vessels seek to draw attention to Baltic Sea's alarming condition
HELSINKI (AP) — Dozens of classic sailing vessels from 13 countries that are plying the Baltic Sea arrived in the Finnish capital on Thursday at the end of the first leg of the Tall Ships Races that began in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipeda in late June. This year’s...
Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow with a US diplomat aboard
HELSINKI (AP) — The World War II mystery of what happened to a Finnish passenger plane after it was shot down over the Baltic Sea by Soviet bombers appears to finally be solved more than eight decades later. The plane was carrying American and French diplomatic couriers in June...
Baltic Sea nations react warily to a reported Russian proposal to revise its maritime border
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Leaders around the Baltic Sea reacted warily Wednesday to reports that Russia could revise the borders of its territorial waters in the region, with Lithuania's foreign minister calling it an "obvious escalation” that must be met with an "appropriately firm...
