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'We will raise the Finnish flag for the first time here at the NATO headquarters,' says alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg.

State Department in Brussels on Tuesday” before the start of NATO foreign ministers’ session. The alliance “remains vigilant, we monitor very closely what Russia does,” he said. Her Social Democrats finished third, with the center-right National Coalition Party coming out on top. “This is an historic week,” the NATO chief told reporters. “We will raise the Finnish flag for the first time here at the NATO headquarters,” Stoltenberg said, adding: “It will be a good day for Finland’s security, for Nordic security, and for NATO as a whole.” “Tomorrow, we will welcome Finland as the 31st member of NATO, making Finland safer and our alliance stronger.”

Moscow threatens to bolster border defences if western military alliance deploys troops inside Finland.

“In case of deployment of forces of other Nato members on the territory of Finland, we will take addition steps to ensure Russia’s military security.” “We seek to promote stability and security throughout the Euro-Atlantic region.” It will be a good day for Finland’s security, for Nordic security, and for Nato as a whole.” “From tomorrow, Finland will be a full member of the alliance.” He said he hoped Stoltenberg said he would then invite Finland to do the same. “It is a historic moment for us.

Finland will officially become a member of the military alliance on Tuesday (4 April) as foreign ministers gather for their meeting in Brussels, ...

“We should not leave the impression Sweden is left alone”, the secretary-general said about it already participating in most of the Alliance’s meetings. “All allies agree that Sweden’s accession will have to be completed quickly”, Stoltenberg said. “They’ve trained and built a large army and maintained a high level of readiness”. “We will raise the Finnish flag for the first time here at NATO headquarters. Then, he will “notify Finland”. Finland and Sweden jointly applied for NATO membership in May 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Editorial: Defeat for the social democrats and a charismatic leader is a result that reverberates beyond the country's borders.

Following the [election](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63029909) of Giorgia Meloni as Italy’s prime minister, and events in Sweden, a “blue‑black” coalition in Finland would further normalise far‑right positions on issues such as climate targets and migration policy. [accession](https://news.sky.com/story/finland-to-officially-join-nato-on-tuesday-12849033) to Nato and fierce support for Ukraine – both policies influenced by a 805-mile eastern border with Russia – little will now change, whatever the makeup of the new government. Those who fear the general hardening of a “Fortress Europe” mentality and a growing pattern of evasion on climate goals must hope that he does. Having assumed leadership of a coalition in which all five parties were led by women, she was accomplished in her handling of the Covid pandemic and the crisis that followed Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. [Finnish election](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/02/sanna-marin-finland-election-sdp-social-democratic-national-coalition) turned out to be an unwelcome repeat episode of Nordic noir. Though Ms Marin’s Social Democratic party actually improved its vote share, it narrowly came in third behind moderate conservatives and the radical right in what was a photo-finish.

Finland to become 31st member of world's biggest military alliance, prompting a warning from Russia. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a ...

“In case of deployment of forces of other NATO members on the territory of Finland, we will take addition steps to ensure Russia’s military security.” Turkey has sought guarantees and assurances from the two countries, notably on tackling groups it considers “terrorist” organisations. The former Norwegian prime minister said that on Tuesday afternoon that “we will raise the Finnish flag for the first time here at the NATO headquarters. “From tomorrow, Finland will be a full member of the alliance.” We seek to promote stability and security throughout the Euro-Atlantic region.” Stoltenberg said he would then invite Finland to do the same.

Does an international post await Finland's outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin after her election loss? What explains the nationalist party's record score?

And are the nationalists reliable partners for a government coalition? They can sense what the emerging concerns are," Jutila said. A "blue-red" government with SDP and the National Coalition -- not uncommon in Finland -- would be easier for smaller parties to join. While SDP is a "tried and tested" partner, the Finns Party could be "unpredictable," Majander said, noting that its voter base could have a hard time accepting budget austerity. What explains the nationalist party's record score? While the Finns Party is closer to the centrer-right when it comes to economics — the most important election issue for Orpo — allying with the far-right would make it harder to find other parties to build a majority.

BRUSSELS: Finland will join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday (Apr 4), marking the completion of a swift journey into the military ...

He also stressed that NATO and Swedish officials were already working to bring Sweden closer to the alliance even as they wait for membership to be finalised. "President Putin went to war against Ukraine with the clear aim to get less NATO," Stoltenberg said. "We will raise the Finnish flag for the first time here at NATO headquarters.

Finland's flag will be hoisted outside Nato headquarters on Tuesday when it becomes the newest member of the alliance. Read more at straitstimes.com.

“President Putin went to war against Ukraine with a clear aim to get less Nato,” said Mr Stoltenberg. Now, all that is left are the last highly choreographed formalities at Nato headquarters in Brussels. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022 upended European security and pushed Finland – and its neighbour Sweden – to drop decades of non-alignment and seek to join Nato’s protective umbrella.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to hold talks with Belarus' leader Alexander Lukashenko. Battle-watchers are eyeing Bakhmut after Russia's Wagner Group ...

[past recaps here](https://www.npr.org/series/1084620843/russia-ukraine-recap). [A rehab center revives traumatized Ukrainian troops](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/30/1166441588/russia-ukraine-war-ukrainian-soldiers-rehab) before their return to battle. Moscow [blamed Russian opposition](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/03/world/russia-ukraine-war/a-woman-is-arrested-in-connection-with-the-killing-of-a-prominent-russian-blogger?smid=url-share) activists and Ukraine. [Evan Gershkovich](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/30/1166984608/russia-detains-wall-street-journal-reporter-accuse-espionage), drawing condemnation from the U.S. Ukraine denied and [mocked claims](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelenskiy-situation-bakhmut-especially-hot-2023-04-02/) by Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries that they captured the city and raised a Russian flag on an administrative building there. [killed by an explosion](https://www.npr.org/2023/04/02/1167675096/explosion-russia-pro-war-military-blogger-ukraine) in a St. [Sweden applied jointly](https://www.npr.org/2022/05/15/1099003708/ukraine-war-finland-sweden-nato) with Finland, alarmed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the Swedes are still waiting for approval from both Hungary and Turkey. [crucial role in the Russia-Ukraine war](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/21/1164977056/a-chinese-drone-for-hobbyists-plays-a-crucial-role-in-the-russia-ukraine-war). [dollar in Ukraine](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/30/1167044819/the-cost-of-a-dollar-in-ukraine). [Ukrainian troops to be sent to the front](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/27/1164935413/russia-ukraine-war-foreign-veterans-train-ukrainian-soldiers). [what Russia left in its wake](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/30/1167185936/doctors-without-borders-in-ukraine-reports-on-what-russia-left-in-its-wake). [arrest of a Wall Street Journal reporter](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/30/1166984608/russia-detains-wall-street-journal-reporter-accuse-espionage).

Finland swaps partying Sanna Marin for prudent Petteri Orpo as economic fears grow. TOPSHOT-FINLAND-POLITICS-VOTE. The ...

Orpo said he could rebuild unity in the party and take it back to power, and handily beat Stubb in a party vote. He set about rebuilding its standing as a traditional center-right economic alternative that was willing to cut public spending and limit tax increases. He is married with two children, and profiles of him [suggest](https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-1083665) his hobbies include cooking and fishing. If he is able to pull off a deal satisfying both the conservative and liberal wings of the NCP, that would be a solid early achievement, observers say. He played on deeply rooted (if mundane) Finnish fears about rising government debt and offered concrete (if workaday) solutions, such as cuts to public services. Marin, a popular personality on the left of EU politics, found herself in hot water last year after a video emerged of her

Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, in a historic strategic shift provoked by Moscow's war on Ukraine, which doubles the US-led alliance's ...

Ni icyemezo cyatewe no kuba Uburusiya bwaragabye igitero kuri Ukraine, Finland ikaba ibigezeho nyuma yuko Turukiya iretse gutambamira ubusabe bwayo.

Finland iraba igihugu cya karindwi cy'ikinyamuryango cya OTAN gikora ku nyanja ya Baltic (Baltic Sea), ibi bikaba birushijeho gushyira mu kato kugera ku nkombe y'inyanja kw'Uburusiya ku ruhande rw'umujyi wa St Petersburg no ku gace kabwo ko kuri Kaliningrad. Suède (Sweden) na yo yatanze ubusabe bwo kwinjira muri OTAN mu gihe kimwe na Finland muri Gicurasi (5) mu 2022, ariko Turukiya irimo gutambamira ubusabe bwayo mu kwinubira ibintu bimwe nk'ibyo yinubiye ku busabe bwa Finland. Kuri uyu wa kabiri Finland iraba umunyamuryango wa 31 mu muryango w'ubwirinzi bwa gisirikare bw'Uburayi n'Amerika (OTAN/NATO), nkuko byatangajwe n'umunyamabanga mukuru wawo.

Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, in a historic strategic shift provoked by Moscow's war on Ukraine, which doubles the US-led alliance's ...

"President Putin went to war against Ukraine with a clear aim to get less NATO," Stoltenberg said. [Finland's](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/finland/) arrival nevertheless remains a bittersweet moment for the alliance as the hope had been for Sweden to come on board at the same time. NATO was created as a counterweight to the Soviet Union at the onset of the Cold War era that began immediately after the Allies defeated Nazi Germany. Invaded by its giant neighbour the Soviet Union in 1939, Finland -- which has a 1,300-kilometre (800 mile) border with Russia -- stayed out of NATO throughout the Cold War. Last year, the Kremlin's all-out invasion of Ukraine upended Europe's security landscape and prompted Finland -- and its neighbour Sweden -- to drop decades of non-alignment. Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, in a historic strategic shift provoked by Moscow's war on Ukraine, which doubles the US-led alliance's border with Russia.