On Wednesday, the NATO Naval Command announced that two ships would be deployed to the Gulf of Finland as part of the new Baltic Sentry mission, which was established at Tuesday's meeting of Alliance representatives in Helsinki.

Russia is believed to be behind dozens of hybrid attacks, like arson or sabotage, on NATO soil since the Ukraine war started.

President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda, in Helsinki, Finland, January 14 ... The new policy will make Lithuania the highest spender on defense in NATO in percentage terms, surpassing Poland, which currently leads with over 4 percent of GDP allocated ...

Lithuania's president says his country has made the decision to raise its spending on defense to between 5% and 6% of overall national economic output starting in 2026.

NATO on Tuesday launched operation Baltic Sentry to deter further attempts to damage critical underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. Secretary General Mark Rutte announced the operation on Tuesday in a joint press conference with Finland President Alexander Stubb and Estonia Prime Minister Kristen Michal at the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit held in Helsinki,

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) HELSINKI - NATO countries on the Baltic Sea met in Helsinki on Tuesday, looking to boost security following the suspected sabotage of undersea cables, widely blamed on Russia.

Latvia's navy has identified a boat they suspect of being responsible for the damage to the cable - with two other vessels also under investigation.

China's customs statistics show Finland exporting 621,000 cubic meters of timber to China last year, a 29 percent drop compared to 2023. Russia is China's main source of foreign timber, accounting for two-thirds of the total.

“NATO’s contribution to Baltic Sea surveillance demonstrates ... with multiple Finnish Navy ships rotating over the coming months. Helsinki Times is the first and only English language newspaper providing news about Finland in English.

Helsinki was resplendent in the sun ... ‘Last year there were opinion polls to see how people felt about Finland joining NATO. The responses showed that 10% more of the Finnish people would be in favour of joining if they knew President Niinistö ...