On 1 February, Colonel Marko Saareks took charge of the Kainuu Border Guard, a unit responsible for security and management of a 406-kilometre section of Finland's 1,289 kilometre-long eastern land ...

According to the Russian news website Fontanka, a teenager who crossed the eastern border from Finland into Russia is the son ...

Finland's government said Thursday it plans to keep its border with Russia closed and extend a controversial law allowing border guards to turn away asylum seekers under certain circumstances. The ...

even though the Finnish-Russian border was closed last year. Source: Finnish public service media company Yle, as reported by European Pravda Details: Based on Finnish customs data, over 900 pre ...