Tag: NATO
Haavisto: Finland has the patience to wait for NATO membership – along with Sweden
When the reporter asked how long Finland can wait for Sweden, Haavisto said: “We have patience.”
Right now: Finland’s foreign minister is holding a press conference about the NATO process
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto is holding a press conference on the Finnish NATO process on Monday afternoon. On Sunday, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, opened up to admitting Finland, but not Sweden, into NATO. Listen to Ekot’s live broadcast with political reporter Mats Eriksson and Sveriges Radio Finska’s news director Riitta Niemi.
Niinistö: Enter Finland "direct" contact Turkey after Erdogan’s comments
President Sauli Niinistö spoke with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday, but the details of the call have not been disclosed.
Monday’s papers: Erdoğan hints at NATO acceptance for Finland, discovery expeditions, slippery roads
Most morning newspapers report that the Turkish president has expressed his support for Finland’s NATO membership, but is still delaying Sweden’s application.
Haavisto: Finland and Sweden continue their journey to NATO
Last week, Turkey broke off tripartite talks on Finland’s and Sweden’s membership applications in response to the burning of a Koran outside its embassy in Stockholm. Rasmus Paluda, a Danish-Swedish far-right decision-maker. Helsingin sanomat newspaper was revealed Last week, the decision-maker received support for his protest Chang Fricka Swedish journalist who has collaborated with an […]
NATO negotiator on deadlock, listening party leaders, “City in light”
NATO talks in limbo Continued talks about the NATO issue with Sweden are pointless in the current situation, according to Turkey. At the same time, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that Sweden is in the most serious security policy situation since the Second World War. What does Sweden’s chief negotiator, the diplomat and […]
Foreign Minister Haavisto: The road to NATO is still open for Finland and Sweden
Finland does not expect progress on the ratification of its NATO membership before Turkey’s elections in May, Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) told Yle.
Magdalena Andersson (S): The government has gone further than the agreement with Turkey requires
Social Democrats party leader Magdalena Andersson is interviewed about the NATO process, what the Social Democrats want with nuclear power and what she wants to do in the meantime in opposition. This week, Turkish President Erdoğan said that Sweden should not expect Turkey’s support with the NATO application, after first a doll representing Erdoğan was […]
Niinistö: "Serious discussion" Erdoğan is ahead
The Finnish president hopes that the country’s NATO membership application will proceed before the alliance’s Vilnius summit in July.
Friday’s papers: Sweden’s worst nightmare, a state secrets trial and a pizza death threat
Finnish newspapers consider possible scenarios if Finland joins NATO but Sweden does not.
YLE: The President’s Office rejected the proposal to become the Prime Minister’s security policy advisor
The current system is estimated to work well, and it is based on a clear division of work and responsibilities and smooth and reliable cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Therefore, the agency does not consider it necessary or appropriate to establish a new unit in the prime minister’s […]
Effective protected areas needed to prevent biodiversity loss: A review
However, a new study that collected nearly a million records of more than 1,230 invertebrate species between 1990 and 2018 suggests that these protected areas are just as vulnerable to the country’s overall decline in biodiversity. The authors found that protected areas were more species-rich than unprotected areas of the country, but both areas experienced […]
The President’s Office rejects the Prime Minister’s NATO advisor proposal
The President’s Office says that the current security policy arrangements work well enough.
456: The government’s first 100 days
The right-wing extremist Rasmus Paludan’s Koran burning angered Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who blocked Sweden’s path into NATO even more. How does Prime Minister Kristersson intend to navigate this storm, and could it even be that NATO membership slips out of his hands? At the same time, the government is celebrating 100 days in […]
APN podcast: Will Finland join NATO without Sweden?
This week’s program asks whether Finland can complete NATO membership without a Nordic neighbor, learns about the government’s energy subsidies and learns more about Finland’s mysterious name committee.
We believe they are ready: USA for Sweden, Finland for NATO candidacy
“The issue of Sweden and Finland is not a bilateral issue. We have been very clear in public, and we have also been very clear in private about our views on Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership candidates. We believe they are ready, we believe they are ready. should be added to the world’s strongest defense […]
Savola: Finland participates in the international supply of tanks to Ukraine
“Finland’s contribution cannot be too great in light of our defense capabilities. We are not yet a member of NATO, and we cannot compromise on our own defense, Savola said. He estimates that Finland could offer training and maintenance services to Ukraine in addition to tanks. Although decisions on the details of the support package […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the idea of a security adviser to the prime minister
The prime minister’s office raised the idea of establishing the position a couple of weeks ago, saying that the advisor and the special unit they lead would strengthen the agency’s capabilities to assist the prime minister in security policy issues within his own field. As required by NATO membership. The advisor was supposed to be […]