An agreement between Finland and Sweden to enhance police cooperation in their shared northern border areas officially came ...
On 1 February, Colonel Marko Saareks took charge of the Kainuu Border Guard, a unit responsible for security and management of a 406-kilometre section of Finland's 1,289 kilometre-long eastern land ...
Russia-Finland border In the fall of last year ... to provocations by Russia involving migrants from Arab and African ...
Imatra and Niirala border posts in south-east Finland. These points have seen a surge in illegal crossings by citizens of countries including Syria, Yemen and Iraq. Mr Peskov said: "(One can ...
Finland, which shares a 832 mile border with Russia, joined NATO in April last year as the military alliance's 31st member.
Finland's government said Thursday it plans to keep its border with Russia closed and extend a controversial law allowing border guards to turn away asylum seekers under certain circumstances. The ...
(Timo Valtteri Sihvonen / Yle) Large-scale illegal immigration is still the biggest risk on Finland’s eastern border, says Colonel Marko Saareks, the new commander of the Kainuu Border Guard ...