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President Joe Biden was caught on video getting unusually close to a young toddler on Thursday at the end of his five-day European trip.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to be unhappy with reports that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit currently underway in Vilnius, Lithuania will culminate with an offer of increased support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion, but not an offer of full membership in NATO.

U.S. President Joe Biden flew into the United Kingdom on Sunday night, a stop-off on his way to the NATO summit in Lithuania tomorrow.

Finland’s conservative NCP announced key Cabinet positions for the upcoming government, which is set to be the most right-wing since WWII.

The Eurovision Song Contest will hold its final competition on Saturday, pitting 25 of the continent’s most musical countries – and Australia, for some reason – against each other in an increasingly unsuccessful bid to prevent them from going to war.

Two dozen people, many of them schoolchildren, were injured when a temporary pedestrian bridge collapsed in a southern Finnish city.

It is “obvious” why Russia is interested in European infrastructure and there is suspicion cables and pipes may already have been “mined”. 

Finland’s much-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor, Europe’s most powerful by production capacity, began energy production on Sunday.

The construction of barbed-wired fence along Finland’s border with Russia – primarily meant to curb illegal migration – has broken ground.

Finland’s outgoing prime minister, Sanna Marin, said Wednesday that she will resign as the leader of her Social Democratic Party.

Finland’s President will attend a ceremony at the NATO headquarters in Belgium today to mark the 12th new member this century. 

Right-wing wins spell end of the Marin govt, perhaps best known for partying when she was, by her own virus rules, supposed to be quarantined.

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin could see her time in office come to an end on Sunday, with her left-wing party falling to third place.

The British defence minister appeared to have an unguarded moment on Wednesday, before his office walked the comments back hours later.

Budapest has been irked by “the very disrespectful behaviour of the political elites of [Finland and Sweden] towards Hungary.”

Finland’s Defence Minister has indicated that Ukraine has approached Finland for fighter jets in its ongoing conflict with Russia. 

Swedish lawmakers voted in favour of Sweden joining NATO, signing off on the country’s membership along with the required legislation.

Finnish police and domestic intelligence have arrested a 21-year-old suspected Islamic extremist plotting to carry out a terrorist attack. 

A parliamentary delegation from Hungary said that it supports Sweden’s NATO membership bid after meeting the Swedish parliament’s speaker.

Finland’s Parliament gave final approval to the bid to join NATO, with lawmakers signing off on membership and the required legislation.

The creation of a Eurozone-wide digital currency is to be discussed at a secretive meeting of EU bankers this week, a report has claimed.

MUNICH (AP) — Finland’s defence minister said Saturday that his country will join NATO without waiting for Sweden if its Nordic neighbour’s accession is held up by the Turkish government.

 A poll claims the most popular party among young people getting ready to vote for the first time this year is the populist Finns Party. 

The Finnish president said in an interview published Saturday that he trusts that Finland and Sweden will be admitted into NATO by July, and hinted that he wants the United States to put pressure on Turkey to approve their membership bids.

The Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is developing a policy that could ban people from smoking in their own apartments.

The husband of a Finnish MP noted the passing of the trans-self-I.D. law by sarcastically remarking he’d use it to go into the women’s sauna.

Norwegian authorities cancelled a Qur’an burning protest that was set to take place on Friday after Turkish officials summoned the Norwegian ambassador in Ankara.

Finnish police shut down the burning of the Islamic Qur’an in a demonstration against the country joining NATO.

Finland’s leading expert on pediatric gender medicine dismantled the push to “transition” children with gender dysphoria, a practice heavily promoted by the United States medical establishment.

Lawmakers in Finland approved amendments Wednesday that will make it substantially easier for people to change their legal gender.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) has suggested that Finland is “trolling the woke world” by showcasing a 59-year-old transgender farmer in the European Figure Skating Championships.

Finland’s top diplomat appeared to suggest that the country may have to consider joining NATO without Sweden after objections from Turkey.

The United States is the “most permissive country” for child sex change operations and gender “transition” drug treatments compared to any European country.

Forever war: Finnish PM Sanna Marin said Europe should support Ukraine “as long as needed” even if the war lasts upwards of 15 years.

The Turkish government has demanded both Finland and Sweden extradite 130 alleged terrorists as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes new demands for approval of NATO membership. Turkish President Erdogan spoke on Sunday, saying that Finland and Sweden must deport 130

ISTANBUL (AP) – Sweden and Finland are unlikely to be able to join NATO before June, a senior Turkish official said Saturday.