Finland News » South Karelia News Finland » South Karelia: In Russia’s Karelia, neighboring Finland’s NATO membership deepens divides
Finland and Britain on Saturday wrapped up the Northern Axe 25 joint military exercises, one of several early winter drills held by the Northern European nation and attended by NATO allies this year.
News Finland » South Karelia: Russia’s New Regiment Sounds Warning to Finland
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Large-scale changes to Russia's military announced on Tuesday will ...
News Finland » South Karelia: Once booming, now bleeding: South Karelia suffers $1 million loss after Finland shuts Russia border
Finland’s decision to seal its border with Russia was meant to protect its sovereignty — but it’s now tearing through its economy. In South Karelia, once buzzing with Russian shoppers and cross-border ...
News Finland » South Karelia: Karelia: A Focal Point of Tensions Between Russia and Finland
The Republic of Karelia is a land that is bringing tensions between Russia and Finland. Since the Scandinavian country joined NATO, relations between the two countries have been compromised. Let us ...
News Finland » South Karelia: The beautiful but tense autonomous region split between Finland and Russia
For years, foreign migrants have gathered at Russia's border with Finland in the hope of crossing into the country to find safety in the EU. Karelia is the region they flock to, a mostly barren and ...
News Finland » South Karelia: Nearly 700 health and social services jobs at risk in Lapland and South Karelia
The wellbeing services counties of Lapland and South Karelia have announced sweeping job losses. The Lapland health, social and rescue services provider, known as Lapha, has decided that a maximum of ...
News Finland » South Karelia: Finland's Border Region Once Profited From Russia. Now Unease Is Growing
(Bloomberg) — As a child during the Cold War, Sari Tukiainen would climb a hill in her hometown of Imatra and look over the border to the smokestacks of Svetogorsk, wondering about the Soviet Union ...