Finland has begun constructing a 200km (124 mile) fence on its border with Russia to boost security. The Border Guard said it will be 3m (10ft) tall with barbed wire on top. Finland shares the ...

The barrier on the Finnish-Russian border will be taller and denser than initially planned. The Finnish border guard expects ...

Construction of a temporary fence has started at the Vartius ... Finland has closed the border with Russia Earlier, Finland decided to close four border crossing points with Russia, citing a ...

If people arrive, we will direct them to where they can enter Finland legally," he said. Lukkari added that if people approach the border from the Russian side, the Finnish Border Guard will "show ...

TASS/. Finland, which has already embarked on a building frenzy along the Russian border in hopes of completing the barrier fence by 2026, now intends to expedite this process, Finnish Interior ...

Citing an "instrumentalised migration threat" from Russia, Finland said on Thursday that its border crossing points with Russia will remain closed until at least April 14. In a statement ...

NATO Eurofighter jets have flown to Finland's Russian border for the first time since the Nordic country joined the alliance, ...

The Rusich group, known for its far-right ideology, has been accused of war crimes in Ukraine. Yan Petrovsky, a leader of ...

Amnesty International has warned that the new law grants a “green light to violence” at the Finland-Russia border, and has also argued that it is illegal under EU migration and human rights law.

In response to the war, Finland joined NATO in April 2023, extending the NATO-Russian border by roughly 1,340 kilometers (830 miles). The proposed ban would not apply to dual nationals or Russians ...

Finland has defended a new law allowing migrants to be pushed back over its border with Russia. The controversial law, passed over the summer, will allow Finnish border guards to force migrants ...