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https://news.sky.com/story/finland-conf ... y-12613613Sunday 15 May 2022
Finland has confirmed it will apply to join NATO despite Russia's president warning it would be a "mistake" to do so.
Finland's President Sauli Niinisto said joining the military alliance will "maximise" his country's security following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A formal membership application is expected to be submitted to NATO headquarters in Brussels next week.
"This is a historic day. A new era begins," Mr Niinisto said.
Read more here: https://www.sciencealert.com/finland-i ... heres-why(Science Alert) Finland has been the happiest country on Earth for the past six years, according to the World Happiness Survey. This survey relies on the Cantril ladder life evaluation question:Finland comes out top, followed by Denmark and Iceland. Just why Finns are happier than others comes down to a number of factors including lower income inequality (most importantly, the difference between the highest paid and the lowest paid), high social support, freedom to make decisions, and low levels of corruption.
- Please imagine a ladder with steps numbered from zero at the bottom to 10 at the top. The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... um-seekersFinland has said it will close all but one crossing point on its border with Russia in an effort to halt a flow of asylum seekers to the Nordic nation, as Estonia accused Moscow of mounting “a hybrid attack operation” on Europe’s eastern border.
The announcement on Wednesday came after weeks of tension on the 830-mile (1,330km) border across which Helsinki accuses Moscow of guiding refugees and migrants in an apparent act of revenge for the Nordic nation’s cooperation with the US.
From midnight on Friday, said the Finnish prime minister, Petteri Orpo, the only open border crossing of Finland’s eight stations would be its northernmost at Raja-Jooseppi.
weatheriscool wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 4:30 am The announcement on Wednesday came after weeks of tension on the 830-mile (1,330km) border across which Helsinki accuses Moscow of guiding refugees and migrants in an apparent act of revenge for the Nordic nation’s cooperation with the US.