Vili Kanerva was born in the southeast corner of the former Grand Duchy of Finland, which was then part of the Russian Empire. After World War II, this part of Finland was ceded to the Soviet Union ...

HELSINKI - Finland said on May 14 that it was looking at increasing the maximum age of reservists to 65 as part of plans to strengthen security because of tensions with neighbouring Russia.

The European Union on Wednesday (May 14, 2025) approved a fresh package of sanctions on Russia, clamping down on its "shadow" oil fleet, as Europe threatens further punishment if Moscow does not ...

In a bid to further increase the pressure on Russia, the Council of the European Union has adopted additional measures which have been introduced in its 16th sanctions package. The new measures ...

In a little story called "The Small and the Big," Aho, Finland's most popular novelist, speaks in symbolic terms of Russia and Finland ... of the Diet of the Grand Duchy of Finland, and ...

After two and a half years of what a union leader called “bitter negotiations,” the union representing Nunavik teachers and Kativik Ilisarniliriniq, the region’s school board have reached an ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a Florida State University student on murder charges for the killings of two people and the wounding of six others in a mass shooting on campus ...

Estonian politicians welcomed the European Union's plans to ban Russian gas in the coming years, saying Russia has no place in the bloc's energy markets. The European Commission on Tuesday said it ...

The Soviet Union lost a staggering 27 million people ... Moscow and severe disruptions at the capital’s airports. Russian flag carrier Aeroflot on Wednesday morning canceled more than 100 ...

New satellite images show a surge in Russian military activity near the border with Finland, analysts say. A significant increase in barracks, aircraft and other infrastructure were identified at ...

allowing only the Union flag, county flags and St George’s flags on council buildings. Councils across the country have flown the blue and yellow flag of Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale ...