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Finnish Defence Forces

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Fighter jets patrol Finland's skies amid heightened surveillance

Domestic news
17.5.
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Training grenade explodes during exercise, injuring conscript's hand

Domestic news
7.5.
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Finland's Defence Minister Häkkänen condemns Ukrainian drone incursions

Foreign policy
5.5.
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Mighty Arrow 26 military exercises begin in Finland

Foreign policy
24.4.
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AP: Nato fighters intercept Russian military bombers over Baltic Sea

Foreign policy
23.4.
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Fighter jets patrol southeastern Finland, as Ukraine drone strike hits Russian oil port

Foreign policy
29.3.
An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet seen from below flying through the sky with a trail of smoke behind the tip of each wing.
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Finnish government, opposition want to give conscripts a raise

Domestic news
2.3.
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Finland to take part in major Nato exercises in March

Foreign policy
21.1.
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Finland's Defence Committee supports increasing reservist numbers

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2025
A reservist firing a Nato-compatible assault rifle at a Finnish Defence Forces demonstration in June 2023.
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Finland's first F-35 fighter jet taking shape in US

Foreign policy
2025
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Finnish Air Force plans to remove swastikas from unit flags

Domestic news
2025
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Finnish Defence Ministry launches programme to boost fitness of incoming conscripts

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2025
Officer candidate Jesper Linden jumps over a concrete barrier on an army obstacle course.
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Defence minister: Situation in Gaza won't affect Finland's arms trade with Israel

Defence policy
2025
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Russian-built Indian warship leaves Finnish waters

Security
2025
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Helsinki appeal court convicts two HS journalists of disclosing state secrets

Crime
2025
Tuomo Pietiläinen ja Laura Halminen.
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Finland honours Defence Forces at Flag Day parade in Kuopio

Domestic news
2025
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Teen spends conscription in Finnish Army tinkering with military drones

Domestic news
20253
A conscript wearing sunglasses holds a black drone in his hands.
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Finnish volunteers in Ukraine: Finland isn't prepared to defend itself from Russia

Foreign policy
2025
Finnish flags at the memorial of the fallen in the war in Ukraine on Maidan Square in Kyiv.
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Finland bans property sales to non-resident Russian citizens

Foreign policy
2025
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Finnish Air Force takes part in Nato exercise in Netherlands

Foreign policy
2025
The cockpit of a Hornet fighter jet, seen from the side.
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Fewer conscripts drop out of Finnish military training as motivation rises

Defence
20251
Airmen Eeli Mättö and Rasmus Reinikainen wearing camouflage suits and helmets, assault rifles in hands. Their faces are painted white.
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Finnish Air Force commander dismisses concerns over F-35 'kill switch'

Foreign policy
2025
Photo shows a F-35 fighter jet.
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Finnish Reservists' Association: Plenty of volunteers for Ukraine peacekeeping mission

Foreign policy
2025
A group of reservists looking at a map in a forest.
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Defence Minister: Nato troops will be stationed in Rovaniemi, Sodankylä

Domestic news
2025
Antti Häkkänen and Pete Hegseth in conversation, with photographers and a Nato official in the background.
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Finnish jets patrol Iceland's airspace in Nato operation

Foreign policy
2025
An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet on a snowy tarmac, with personnel in bright yellow vests working on the plane, as a man in military uniform walks in front of it.
News

Defence Ministry prepares legislation to increase age limit for reservists

Defence policy
2025
A group of reservists looking at a map in a forest.
News

Finnish military revamps sniper training with lessons learned from war in Ukraine

Defence
2025
A conscript aims a sniper rifle at the firing range in Santahamina.
News

Finland concludes Isis operation in Iraq

Foreign policy
2024
Finnish soldiers board a military aircraft in Iraq.
News

Ministry of Defence increases daily allowances for conscripts

Domestic news
2024
Two soldiers in the forest, armed and dressed in military gear, fist bump as a sign of cooperation and good team spirit.
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FDF terminates leases for 64 family homes near critical airfields

Domestic news
2024
A fighter jet refuelling at the Joensuu airfield.
News

One in five young men exempt from military service due to health concerns

Domestic news
2024
New lighter combat equipment for conscripts.
News

Finland co-hosts Nato's largest-ever artillery exercise in Europe

Foreign policy
2024
Photo shows a soldier in a snowy landscape.
News

Finland to host part of Nato's 'largest ever' artillery exercises in Europe

Foreign policy
2024
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Finnish ministers attending EU defence, foreign affairs meetings in Brussels

Foreign policy
20237
Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Elina Valtonen with shoulder length blonde hair, wearing a bright green and yellow-flowered dress speaking into a microphone, in front of a blue background
News

Finnish Defence Forces acquiring new Jorma-class personnel landing vessels

Domestic news
2023
Troops in camouflage uniforms on the shore, disembarking a Jurmo-class personnel landing vessel in cold weather.
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Finland's Patria signs deal with Lockheed Martin to assemble F-35 fuselages

Business
2023
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News

Finland begins international cooperation on domestic airspace surveillance

Foreign policy
2023
Map showing the route of the Jake 11 surveillance airplane.
News

Finland to unveil possible tank delivery to Ukraine on Thursday

Security
2023
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More women interested in voluntary military service; application period ends Sunday

National defence
2023
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Finland sending 10th military aid package to Ukraine

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2022
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