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“The time for (Israel’s) self-defense is over. I say very clearly: Enough is enough now, the civilian population in Gaza needs an immediate humanitarian ceasefire,” states Finland Foreign Minister, Elina Valtonen. This speech was made during a Foreign Affairs Council meeting on January 22, 2024.   Continuing on the subject, Ms. Valtonen emphasized the need to stop the mass civilian casualties...

Milectria, a contractor that provides electrical equipment such as cables, harnesses and other hardware to the Finnish military, has confirmed it was the victim of a cyberattack on December 26th-27th, 2023. A former employee of the company leaked to Finnish media outlet, IS, that they received a company-wide text message concerning the leak on January 10th, 2023. After that text...

According to the Finnish Prime Minister, the national border with the Russian Federation will close on November 30th and not be eligible for reopening until December 13th due to Russian Border Service allowing an influx of asylum seekers to flood border control posts. Asylum seekers will now only be accepted at Finnish airports and ports. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo at...

In the lasts twenty-four hours, more than 300 Middle Eastern and African migrants have collected at the Salla Border Crossing between Finland and the Russian Federation. This is a sharp increase from the 30 migrants reported by this publication three days ago. In response, the Finnish government has announced that all border crossings except Raja-Jooseppi. https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1727257778669121700?s=46&t=fwloThPnqgTH71QlDeR_hA Russia, Murmansk Oblast Governor Chibis...

At approximately 1900 EST, initial reports indicated that at least nine suspicious letters were identified in the Helsinki Posti Sorting Center. At least three employees are being treated for eye and skin irritation. https://twitter.com/helsinkipoliisi/status/1725309539132551199?s=46&t=fwloThPnqgTH71QlDeR_hA The substance was identified as organic in nature and reportedly not dangerous to humans. Helsinki Police Director General Timo Viipuri has told press that they are investigating. https://twitter.com/helsinkipoliisi/status/1725310045372498292?s=46&t=fwloThPnqgTH71QlDeR_hA