International provider of defence, security and aviation life cycle support services Patria has delivered the fourth and last modernized Hamina-class missile boat to the Finnish Navy in Upinniemi. In the mid-life-upgrade (MLU) project Patria has […]
Russia is to open an army enlisting centre on the border with Georgia, where massive queues have formed as Russian men try to flee the country to avoid being sent to fight in Ukraine. Officers […]
Slovakia and Finland have signed a deal that would see the former’s industry participate in producing 76 armored combat vehicles already on order from Patria, the Finnish defense company announced Tuesday. The Slovak government in […]
The Finnish Border Guard (FBG) has awarded a contract to Meyer Turku for two new liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). The new vessels will be an improved variant of the OPV Turva, […]
The exercises come just weeks after Finland and Sweden applied to join military alliance NATO, in the face of an increasing threat from Russia. The RAF has sent four Typhoons and two F-35Bs to Finland […]
Turkiye has lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance after the three countries agreed to protect each other’s security, ending a weeks-long drama that tested allied unity against […]
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Russia will cut off natural gas to Finland after the Nordic country that applied for NATO membership this week refused President Vladimir Putin’s demand to pay in rubles, the Finnish state-owned energy company said Friday, the latest escalation […]
Sweden and Finland have formally submitted their applications to join Nato, in one of the biggest geopolitical consequences to date of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, personally accepted the Nordic neighbours’ membership […]
Finland’s president and government announced Sunday that the Nordic country intends apply for membership of NATO, paving the way for the 30-member Western military alliance to expand amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. President Sauli Niinistö […]
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