Source link Truckers and farmers have blocked border crossings in protest against the EU’s trade regulations with Kiev Ukraine’s exports through Poland have sharply dropped since Polish truckers and farmers staged a massive protest against the EU’s trade regulations with Kiev and blocked border crossings, the country’s Economy Ministry announced on Saturday. According to the […]
Source link Moscow has countered Helsinki’s claims of “hybrid warfare,” saying no attempts have been made to resolve an ongoing migration issue Finland will completely close its eastern border with Russia on Thursday, shutting down the last open checkpoint for two weeks, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced during a press conference on Tuesday, blaming Moscow […]
Source link The Finnish government is reportedly mulling full closure of its land border with Russia, a decision from which it shied away last week over concerns that it would clash with Helsinki’s commitment to provide refuge to asylum-seekers. Moscow has protested the restrictions and Finnish claims that it was reacting to Russian ‘hybrid warfare.’ […]
Source link Norway is considering the move as Finland accuses Russia of exacerbating the migrant crisis Norway could close its border crossing with Russia, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store has said, according to TV2. This comes amid worsening relations between the Scandinavian states and Russia, with Finland set to close all but one border crossing […]
Source link The $300,000 Flying Spur was allegedly being driven by a 56-year-old businessman from New York, the outlet has determined The individual allegedly responsible for Wednesday’s explosive car crash at the US-Canada border may have been a New York businessman, according to British tabloid the Daily Mail. The outlet claims that the unnamed man was […]
Source link Kiev says it has suffered losses of over $437 million due to Polish trucker protests, which have blocked border crossings to the EU, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Thursday, citing the Federation of Employers of Ukraine. According to the report, every day of strike action by Polish haulers at the border with Ukraine is […]
Source link Surveillance cameras at a US-Canada border crossing captured the moment a speeding vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on Wednesday. The incident remains under investigation, with some sources claiming it was an act of terrorism. CCTV footage posted to social media shows an explosion immediately outside a customs booth, though the car itself does […]
Source link The Finnish government has decided to close three more border crossings with Russia, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced on Wednesday evening, citing an alleged surge in undocumented asylum-seekers from third countries. The closures will go into effect at the end of the day on Friday. Orpo and Interior Minister Mari Rantanen held a […]
Source link The FBI is investigating a vehicle explosion near Rainbow Bridge which injured at least one person Four border crossings between Canada and western New York state were closed after a vehicle exploded at a tollbooth crossing into the US via Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls in what sources told Fox News was an […]
Source link Citizens of Lappeenranta in Finland have said the move unfairly separates them from their families Several hundred residents of a Finnish town bordering Russia protested outside city hall on Sunday, after the government in Helsinki shuttered the checkpoint that served their community. Around 200-300 people gathered in Lappeenranta, according to the Finnish outlet […]
Source link Finland has deployed soldiers to help reinforce the Vartius crossing on its 1,340-kilometer border with Russia. Varius is one of the four crossings that remain open following Helsinki’s decision to close the southern entry points amid the accusation that Russia is “funneling” migrants and asylum-seekers from third countries to the Finnish border. “At […]
Source link Dozens of people sought to get into Finland as the Nordic nation was planning to close border crossings with Russia Finland’s border guards had to resort to “gassing” people at the nation’s border with Russia as the situation became heated ahead of the planned closure of crossing points, broadcaster Yle reported on Friday. […]
Source link Estonia has rolled out anti-tank obstacles at its border with Russia due to an apparent uptick in illegal migration Tallinn is prepared to reinforce – or even fully close – its border crossings with Moscow, multiple senior officials have said. Early on Friday, Estonian authorities brought apparent “dragon teeth”-style anti-tank obstacles to the […]
Source link Ukraine has perpetrated some 128 terror attacks, with over 50 related crimes prevented, Russia’s security chief said Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev revealed on Thursday that Russian regions bordering Ukraine were subjected to 128 “terror attacks” by Ukraine this year. Kiev’s forces also launched some 8,000 artillery attacks on these areas, inflicting […]
Source link Finnish Interior Minister Mari Rantanen claims Helsinki wants to prevent a repeat of the 2015 migrant crisis Finland could soon close border checkpoints with Russia for security reasons, Interior Minister Mari Rantanen announced on Tuesday, citing concerns about illegal immigrants from third countries. Helsinki recently tightened border measures by banning people crossing by […]