Finland is barely out of the treaty banning them but the country’s armed forces are already training soldiers to lay ...

Exactly 85 years ago — on Nov. 30, 1939 — the USSR’s aggression against Finland began. This “Winter War,” as it came to be known, was part of the Soviet leadership’s grand plan to divide Eastern ...

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has accused neighbouring Finland of pursuing a course of war against Russia - and has renewed claims for reparations for World War II. "After joining NATO, ...

The French author travelled to Finland’s icy forests to get closer to his subject – sniper Simo Häyhä and the Finnish soldiers whose bravery helped to change the course of the Second World War. The ...

The sharp loss in the Winter War came as a surprise to many Finns, as emergency wartime censorship created the impression that their military was doing well and not on the verge of major defeat. This ...

Pasi Tuunainen grew up observing the academic career of his researcher father and decided that he would never become one ...