![]() ![]() What is still ingrained into the minds of present-day Finns are the stories and experiences from the Winter War. This led to the birth of a new republic that would clash with its Russian neighbor years later during the Second World War. After 100 years of Russian imperialism, Finns seized independence after the October Revolution of 1917. Geographically placed in northern Europe between Sweden and Russia, Finland was stuck between western and eastern forces for centuries. Unlike many other European countries, Finland did not cut back on military spending during peace times. That effort concluded on Tuesday after Finland officially became NATO’s latest member.īut underneath these heavy changes lies one thing that has remained a constant throughout: Militarization is Finland’s insurance. Marin, together with President Sauli Niinistö, initiated Finland’s application to join NATO last year, once and for all ending decades of their country’s military nonalignment policy in a historical play of survival tactics between East and West amid the war in Ukraine. It's one of several hefty political changes underway in the northern European country.Īfter admitting defeat, outgoing Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin announced her resignation as chairman of the Social Democratic Party on Wednesday, concluding a four-year term that elevated the center-left millennial to international fame. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.(CN) - It became clear after Sunday's election that Finland is ready for a new government. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time. ![]()
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