Alongside spending plans, the 2025 budget proposal outlines several tax-related changes to support fiscal goals and economic ...

The Finnish Border Guard reported that dozens of migrants without proper documentation or visas had arrived at the two checkpoints by late Thursday. The Vaalimaa and Niirala crossings briefly ...

HELSINKI — Finnish border guards and soldiers have begun erecting barriers, including concrete obstacles topped with barbed wire, at some crossing points on the Nordic country’s long border ...

A former mercenary of the Russian private military company Wagner, who had applied for asylum, was detained in Finland.

The Finnish Border Guard said in a social media post that “Finland’s goal is to end the illegal entry from Russia.” “Finland takes care of its own border security and the Finnish ...

The fence, initially proposed by the Finnish Border Guard, is set to be built in stages, ranging from 3 miles to 32 miles. It would be erected mainly in southeastern Finland, where most border ...

VAALIMAA, Finland, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Finland said on Thursday it was considering barring most Russians from entering the country as traffic across the border from its eastern neighbour ...

Some 300 asylum seekers, mostly from Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and Syria, have arrived in Finland this week, according to the Border Guard. Nearly 100 had entered Finland from Russia by midday on ...

Finnish border guards are seen at the Vaalimaa border check point on Dec. 15, 2023, between Finland and Russia in Virolahti, Finland. Finland will extend the closure of its border crossing points ...

But on Finland’s eastern border, Europe’s longest with Russia, its guards have become used to this dangerous new reality and the ever-present possibility of Russian incursion.. Tuomas, 27, is ...

Finland has started erecting barriers at some of the crossings, officials said, and Mr. Hassinen said guards were prepared to respond if migrants attempted to traverse the border away from ...