Finland used to follow a policy of neutrality, staying out of military alliances, especially to avoid upsetting Russia. That ...

It’s likely to be the quickest NATO enlargement ever and one that would redraw Europe’s security map. Finnish leaders announced Thursday their belief that Finland should join the world’s biggest ...

Some of America's closest European allies say they're already in a gray zone between peace and war with Russia.

Air force jets from NATO, the US, the UK and Norway have been conducting a flurry of operations near the border with Russia ...

A web of undersea cables connects our lives and our global economy. As U.S. adversaries are accused of sabotage, they're ...

Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone tells the BBC the Russia-Ukraine war is bogged down, and it is "almost time to sit and talk".

The drawing once again of even the remotest parts of Europe into the rapidly escalating worldwide struggle between the major ...

NATO allies must respond swiftly to Russian provocations so Moscow questions the value of threatening alliance members, ...

Leaders of Finland, Latvia and Estonia tell The Independent that Ukraine’s victory over Russia is vital to the defence of a ...

Sanna Marin was celebrated as a pathbreaking feminist when she became Finland’s prime minister at age 34. Two years after ...

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