Patria has acquired Belgium-based Ilias Solutions for an undisclosed sum in a deal the Finnish defence group believes will allow it to lead the way in the digitisation of Europe's defence industry. Ilias' digital defence software is used by more than 30 countries,
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 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.
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 has taken on NATO's air defence of Iceland for the first time, having previously flown alliance training sorties from the North Atlantic island.
Planned Russian military reforms that would increase Moscow's troop numbers by 30% are a threat to NATO and should be met with vigilance, the chief of Finland's military intelligence service Pekka Turunen said on Thursday.
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...
Speaking with Turkish reporters after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Berlin, he said that Sweden and Finland must stop supporting terrorists in their countries, provide clear security ...
Senior leaders from U.S. Army Europe and Africa and their Nordic allies gathered at Lucius D. Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, Germany,
NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine countries with shores on Baltic waters
Several undersea cables running under the surface of the Baltic Sea have been damaged in suspected sabotage incidents in recent months.