The Economist
🔵 In passing
259 d ago
🇫🇮 The article says that almost no foreign leader is as reasonable as Finland’s president, Alexander Stubb. Finland is thus singled out as an example of reasonable leadership.
Alas, almost no foreign leader is as reasonable as Finland’s president, Alexander Stubb.
Baltic Times
🔵 In passing
Karis: The wisdom of the nation is to adapt to every situation, hardship, and crisis
🇫🇮 Karis said Estonia can rely on its friends and allies, especially the Nordic and Baltic countries, to help maintain external peace. Finland was not named individually, but is included in the reference to the Nordic countries.
While in maintaining external peace we can also rely on soft diplomacy and on our friends and allies—especially those closest to us, the Nordic and Baltic countries—in maintaining internal peace, we have no one to rely on but ourselves.
Baltic Times
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Lithuanian PM urges Ukraine to target more data centres in Russia
🇫🇮 Finland is not mentioned directly in the article. It is connected indirectly through the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8), a cooperation format that includes Finland; Lithuania says it values Norway’s partnership within this framework.
Lithuania highly values Norway's contribution to the security of NATO's eastern flank, our close ties and our like-minded partnership in formats such as the Nordic-Baltic Eight.
Baltic Times
🔵 In passing
Estonian flags to fly on Finno-Ugric Day
🇫🇮 The article says that Finns are among the Estonians’ closest linguistic relatives, alongside the Livonians. Finns are mentioned as kindred people in connection with Estonia’s Finno-Ugric Day.
Estonians' closest linguistic relatives are the Finns and Livonians, while more distant kindred peoples include the Hungarians, Sami, Karelians, Vepsians, Maris, Udmurts, Komis, Erzyas, and Mokshas, among others.