Source link Carrying out prohibited transactions and trade with Russia will now be considered a criminal offence, according to a new law The Council of the European Union adopted a law on Friday that criminalizes the violation and circumvention of EU sanctions. According to a press release published on the council’s website, the law covers […]
Source link NATO should be prepared for an attack from Moscow, although this is “highly unlikely,” Finnish President Alexander Stubb has said The West need not fear a potential Russian attack for at least a few years and should instead devote most of its available security resources to supporting Ukraine, as well as readying its […]
Source link The Finnish government eyes spending cuts and tax hikes to fill a hole in the 2025 budget The Finnish government has no choice but to cut pensions in order to improve public finances, Finance Minister Riikka Purra has said in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat, a local newspaper. The issue of pensions is […]
Source link A Vilnius man has been detained on suspicion of throwing Molotov cocktails at the city’s Russian embassy on two occasions, the Lithuanian police announced on Tuesday. Bottles with flammable liquid were thrown at the diplomatic compound in the early hours of Sunday and Monday. During the second attack, one of the embassy walls […]
Source link A Vilnius man has been detained on suspicion of throwing Molotov cocktails at the city’s Russian embassy on two occasions, the Lithuanian police announced on Tuesday. Bottles with flammable liquid were thrown at the diplomatic compound in the early hours of Sunday and Monday. During the second attack, one of the embassy walls […]
Source link The unnamed woman who had lived in Sweden for years has been declared a security threat Sweden has invoked national security grounds to deport a Chinese national who had lived in the country for 20 years, her lawyer told reporters on Monday. The 57-year-old woman worked as a journalist and allegedly had contacts […]
Source link Finland has decided to keep land crossings closed indefinitely and to ban boats from entering several ports The Finnish government has indefinitely extended a shutdown of its land border with Russia and banned maritime boundary crossings by leisure boats near its Baltic Sea ports. Finland’s Interior Ministry announced the decision on Thursday, saying […]
Source link Secretary of State Antony Blinken has insisted that Kiev will be allowed to join the Western military bloc US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has capped a meeting of NATO diplomats by doubling down on an issue that helped trigger the Russia-Ukraine conflict: allowing Kiev to join the Western military alliance. “Ukraine will […]
Source link Western advisers and instructors are actively supporting Kiev’s forces against Russia, the defense minister has said Every NATO member already has military personnel in Ukraine, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur claimed on Monday. Under no circumstances, however, will forces from the US-led bloc take part in the hostilities against Russia, the minister insisted […]
Source link The French president was right in his attempt to be “strategically ambiguous” on the issue, Finland’s foreign minister says French President Emmanuel Macron has done the right thing with his efforts to maintain “strategic ambiguity” to keep Russia guessing whether the collective West may actually deploy troops to Ukraine or not, Finnish Foreign […]
Source link The military cooperation agreement with Washington limits Helsinki’s sovereignty, the Finnish foreign ministry said on Thursday, advising that its ratification will therefore require a two-thirds majority in the parliament. Finland joined NATO in April 2023, abandoning a decades-long policy of neutrality. It began negotiating a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the US almost […]
Source link The bloc should instead focus on military and financial assistance to Kiev, according to Latvia NATO states are not ready for talks about sending ground troops to Ukraine, even after France hinted at such a possibility last month, Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina said on Wednesday. Silina was meeting with German Chancellor Olaf […]
Source link Lyusya Stein has been sentenced in absentia to six years in prison for discrediting the Russian army A member of the anarchist punk group Pussy Riot, Lyusya Stein, has been sentenced in absentia to over six years in prison for spreading fake news about the Russian army, according to a verdict handed down […]
Source link The level of public confidence in Estonia’s leadership has fallen by 4% this month, a new study has revealed The level of public trust in Estonia’s government is on the decline, as just 17% of the people approve of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’ cabinet, a new poll shows. Overall confidence in the government […]
Source link Moscow is the problem but Ukraine can put a stop to it “once and for all,” the Swedish foreign minister has claimed Sweden is determined to confront Russia as part of NATO, the newest member of the US-led military bloc has pledged. Arming Ukraine is a way to deal with Moscow’s “appetites,” Foreign […]