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National security

2 days ago
Revealing a national secret is considered treason in Finland, and the maximum penalty for the crime is four years imprisonment.
7 days ago
Finnish authorities have dealt with a number of damaged data and power cable incidents in the Baltic Sea suspected to have been deliberately caused by ships.
7 days ago
Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP) said there were “dubious purposes” behind the attempted property acquisitions.
2 weeks ago
FI-Alert will use cell broadcast tech, enabling warnings to be sent directly to people’s phones without the need for a separate app.
3 weeks ago
Finland had a supplementary police force in the late 1990s, although in practice the reservists were never deployed.
1 month ago
Last month the Security and Intelligence Service said it was seeking ordinary people who are fluent in foreign languages, particularly Russian and Chinese.
2 months ago
The individuals who lost their status were citizens of Iraq or Russia, according to commercial broadcaster MTV.
5 months ago
Miltary officials from Germany and the Netherlands have also since departed Greenland.
5 months ago
Finnish President Alexander Stubb and the committee also discussed the situation in Venezuela.
7 months ago
Energy production in the capital would help balance the country’s electricity grid and smooth price fluctuations, according to Olli Sirkka, CEO of Helsinki’s energy firm Helen.