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A temporary pedestrian bridge in Espoo, a city near the Finnish capital of Helsinki, collapsed this morning, injuring approximately 24 individuals, most of whom were children, according to local rescue services. The Helsinki Hospital Authority confirmed in a statement that none of the injuries sustained were life-threatening. As per a report from Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat, the children were eighth-grade students...

Finland has officially become the 31st member of NATO after submitting its accession papers to the United States.

Finland's application to join NATO has been ratified by all member states, inching the Nordic country closer to making it official. As far as next steps go, Finland needs to complete and submit its accession documents to the United States to finally join the treaty organization. https://twitter.com/MarinSanna/status/1641547911530967044?s=20

The General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly has voted to approve Finland’s ascension to NATO. This means all 30 NATO countries have reached unanimous consent in approving Finland’s NATO ascension. Finland will now become the 31st member of NATO and the 4th member that possesses a land border with the Russian Federation. Russian leadership has said for months...

The Hungarian Parliament today voted unanimously to allow Finland into NATO. After Turkey recently voted to allow the same, Finland now has no more barriers to joining the alliance. Hungary had been debating the issue of Finland and Sweden’s ascension into NATO due to several diplomatic disputes after they “rudely, baselessly and casually insulted Hungary”, largely in reference to...