NATO's newest members offer to buy more US arms for Ukraine as Western backing declines Finland and Sweden say they're ready to buy more weapons from the United States to give to Ukraine The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2025
Distributor Euroelectronics Taps Temu for Rapid Expansion, Adds Jobs Polish distributor Euroelectronics is building a warehouse the size of one and a half football fields and hiring more staff after a surge in sales from Temu, which gave the company access to 18 European markets in weeks — including Greece, Bulgaria and Finland, where it had never sold before. inkl · Oct 14, 2025
Scotland Stay In Contention For 2026 World Cup, Dutch Move Closer Scotland ground out a 2-1 home win over Belarus on Sunday to stay in contention for automatic qualification to the 2026 World Cup, while the Netherlands closed in on securing their berth at the tournament with a win over Finland. International Business Times · Oct 13, 2025
How to watch Netherlands v Finland: TV channel, live streams, match preview Netherlands are unbeaten in World Cup qualifying and host Finland in Amsterdam FourFourTwo · Oct 12, 2025
Perceptions of tax fairness in Europe: Are the rich paying their way? Perceptions of tax fairness are generally higher in Nordic and Western European countries, while they tend to be lower in Eastern Europe. Experts attribute this gap to the quality of public services and the tax system’s capacity to redistribute wealth. Euronews · Oct 12, 2025
Trump Counters Russia, China Presence in Arctic By Acquiring 11 New Icebreakers From Finland US President Donald Trump finalised a deal with Finland to buy 11 new icebreakers. These next-gen boats are expected to arrive by 2028. International Business Times · Oct 10, 2025
Donald Trump Counters Russia, China Presence in Arctic By Acquiring 11 New Icebreakers From Finland US President Donald Trump finalised a deal with Finland to buy 11 new icebreakers. These next-gen boats are expected to arrive by 2028. International Business Times UK · Oct 10, 2025
US, Finland Strike Deal For 11 New Icebreaker Ships To Counter Russia, China In Arctic: 'We Need These Ships Very Badly' The United States and Finland have reached a deal for the U.S. Coast Guard to acquire up to 11 new icebreaker ships, a step intended to strengthen America's presence and security in the Arctic. Benzinga · Oct 10, 2025
Trump suggests Spain should be 'thrown out' of NATO over defence expenditure disagreements The US president’s clash with Spain began in June ahead of the NATO summit, where just days before leaders convened in The Hague, Spain announced that it would not comply with Trump’s demands of raising defence spending to 5% of GDP. Euronews · Oct 10, 2025
The Latest: New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted on fraud charge, AP source says A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2025
People Are Sharing The Most Unbelievable Facts About Their Countries That Are Actually True What’s a fact about your country that sounds fake but is actually true? Bored Panda · Oct 8, 2025
Finland is using drones and AI to tackle congestion. Is it safe? The drones track cars, trams, bicycles, electric scooters, and pedestrians. Eventually, the data gathered from the drones will feed information on congestion formation and traffic flow into the AI to create simulations. Euronews · Oct 8, 2025
Finland adopts an all-society model to build national defence Defence is a hot topic in Europe, with Finland's all-encompassing policy involving the public and private sectors, households and the military, offering a model for others. Euronews · Oct 7, 2025
House prices across Europe: Which countries have the highest increases? House prices in EU countries mostly rose year-on-year from April to June, with the largest jumps seen in countries like Portugal and Bulgaria. Euronews · Oct 7, 2025
International Business Times · Oct 3, 2025 Finland Dismisses Case Over Baltic Cable Cuts A Helsinki court on Friday dismissed a case against three members of a ship from Russia's "shadow fleet" suspected of cutting Baltic Sea cables, saying it was beyond its jurisdiction.
Euronews · Oct 3, 2025 Developing Europeans’ digital skills: learning from the best Fewer than 60% of Europeans have basic digital skills and fewer than 30% have above-basic skills, per the EU’s DESI.
Euronews · Oct 3, 2025 Europe needs a 'sense of urgency' on defence, Finland's defence minister says Antti Häkkänen is urging European and NATO allies to speed up purchasing of weapons defence systems amid increasing incursions into NATO airspace.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025 The Santa Claus effect: how expanding tourism ate into Lapland’s green space The number of visitors to the region has risen 160% in 30 years as concerns grow for its fragile ecosystem and indigenous practices
Euronews · Sep 30, 2025 Finland's president hails 'ingenious' plan to seize frozen Russian assets for Ukraine Alexander Stubb has hailed an EU proposal to confiscate frozen Russian assets unless Russia agrees to pay war reparations to Ukraine. But Belgium calls the plan "problematic."
Euronews · Sep 29, 2025 Alaska summit was a 'victory' for Putin, Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen says Elina Valtonen told Euronews that an end to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine looks "very unlikely now" despite US-led efforts to secure peace.
The Conversation · Sep 23, 2025 Countries are threatening to boycott Eurovision over Israel’s inclusion. How will Australia respond? Last week, Spain joined Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland and the Netherlands in announcing it will not take part in Eurovision 2026 if Israel is allowed to participate. Other countries such as Belgium and Finland have indicated they are considering withdrawing. Boycotting countries would not send an act, pay to participate or…
The Conversation · Sep 23, 2025 Why Ukraine should avoid copying Finland’s 1944 path to peace with Moscow The Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, recently drew parallels between his country’s experience from its conflicts with the Soviet Union during the second world war and Ukraine’s current struggle against Russian aggression. The analogy has gained considerable traction.
Euronews · Sep 23, 2025 'We cannot wait': EU calls for drone wall to deter Russia after new incident in Denmark Denmark has joined Estonia, Latvia. Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria in the project to build a 'drone wall' alongside the Eastern flank.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025 Young Finns snub their mother tongue by reading in English Publishers fear for the future of translated literature as sales of foreign language books rise
The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2025 European countries must be ready to fight Russia, says Finnish president The Finnish leader said new security guarantees being discussed could see European countries engage militarily with Russia