Tag: Niinistö
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.
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.
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 […]
The Governor General of Canada is on a state visit to Finland
The discussions between the President and the Governor General will focus on bilateral relations between Finland and Canada, security issues, climate change and Arctic cooperation. The day ends with a state dinner hosted by President Niinistö and Dr. Haukio at the Presidential Palace. Governor General Mary Simon will also meet the Prime Minister during her […]
Keskivikko lehdet: While traveling alone, Niinistö meets students in Ukraine and Finland’s future in the game
The newspaper wonders if Finland would really join NATO without Sweden.
The president meets Zelensky in Ukraine, visits the destroyed cities
Niinistö’s visit to the war-torn country was not publicly announced in advance for security reasons.
President Niinistö is visiting Ukraine
After the joint press conference after the meeting, the presidents will continue the discussion at a working lunch. In addition to meeting with President Zelensky, President Niinistö will visit Borodianka and Bucha, where the local authorities will show him the destruction of the war and tell about the suffering caused to civilians by the Russian […]
Niinistö: We are used to a standard of living that has not been earned
He also expressed his confusion that the size of the indebtedness problem is not known and the need to change the line of economic policy. He believes that central banks are the root cause of the problem because they have implemented excessive asset purchase programs that have distorted public understanding of the realities of the […]
President Niinistö: Finland has no intention of placing nuclear weapons on its territory
Sauli Niinistö considers it dangerous that talk of nuclear weapons has become more common.
President Niinistö promised to extend the Russian visa ban
Sauli Niinistö was on a working visit to Lithuania.
Niinistö and Haavisto are soon waiting for Hungary’s NATO approval
The president and the foreign minister were enthusiastic about the progress of Finland’s NATO application.
Marin: Finland does not set conditions for NATO membership
“Finland has announced that it is not going to set preconditions, and we are not actively discussing this. We look forward to joining and these are things that can be discussed later,” he said quoted saying Helsingin sanomat newspaper. Leading Finnish decision-makers have previously stated that the country should refrain from imposing national restrictions on […]
The President of Finland: It’s colder than the Cold War
“The climate of world politics today is colder than during the Cold War. Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine brought war to Europe,” President Sauli Niinistö said.
Behold our most golden queen: Diamond’s eternal immortality beckons
The timing of the Copenhagen cultural festival Golden Days could not have been better. Coinciding with the month chosen to celebrate Queen Margrethe II’s golden jubilee, a full 50 years and eight months after she acceded to the Danish throne in January 1972, Her Majesty visited Kongens Nytorv on September 2, where 50 female icons […]
The Finnish president is “optimistic” about finding a NATO solution with Turkey
President Niinistö and his Icelandic host, President Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, met in Reykjavík to discuss Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the security situation in Europe and efforts to deepen Nordic cooperation.
Wednesday’s papers: Insights from the president, downtown slide, promised blackout
President Sauli Niinistö talks to Helsingin Sanomat about his role in Finland’s NATO membership, freedom of speech and “a person named Sauli Niinistö”.
The president spoke at the NATO parliamentary seminar in Helsinki
President Niinistö suggested that China, the United States and the EU should discuss together how to avoid the escalation of the deadly conflict in Ukraine.
Ukraine and the climate on the agenda when Haavisto heads to Luxembourg, Niinistö to Iceland
Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (green) will discuss Russia’s military attack with EU colleagues on Monday before the president raises the issue in Reykjavik.