The Central Criminal Police has not yet found evidence that Russian special services are behind severing the Finland-Estonia underwater cable. However, the incident prompted NATO to launch the Baltic Sentry mission.

In an NZZ interview, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen warns that Russia's aggression is directed against all of Europe. Forcing Ukraine to accept a convenient peace would be dangerous for the whole world,

Finland’s four Hornets arrived on January 24, and are operating from Keflavik Air Base in Iceland, assuming the duties that had been carried out by the Czech Air Force and its Saab JAS 39 Gripen aircraft. The F/A-18s are currently scheduled to conclude their NATO air policing duties at the end of February.

Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkinen (NCP) hosts a meeting with his Nordic counterparts in Helsinki on Thursday. Finland is chair of the Nordic Defence Cooperation group this year, and Thursday's meeting marks its second of the year.

Several undersea cables running under the surface of the Baltic Sea have been damaged in suspected sabotage incidents in recent months.

Finland has taken on NATO's air defence of Iceland for the first time, having previously flown alliance training sorties from the North Atlantic island.

NATO allies recently kicked off Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2022, a maritime-focused training event in the Baltic region, in tandem with Finland and Sweden, two NATO partners that are poised to...

Mads Petersen, owner of Greenland-based startup Arctic Unmanned, sat in a car to keep warm while he tested a small drone at minus 43 degrees Celsius (minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit).

Russia and China have stepped up military activity in the Arctic, while NATO states in the region are reporting more acts of sabotage on energy and communications lines. President Donald Trump has recently revived U.

NATO is ratcheting up its guard against suspected attempts to sabotage underwater energy and data cables and pipelines that crisscross the Baltic Sea.

Russia has condemned the Western alliance for ramping up its naval presence in the so-called 'NATO lake' after alleged sabotage by Moscow-linked vessels.