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A handout image shows Russian military satellite Cosmos 2612 making a very close approach in space to Finnish company ICEYE's X36 satellite, as captured by satellite imaging company Vantor. The satellite approached, called X36, is operated by Finnish company ICEYE and provides radar imagery to Western governments and militaries, including Ukraine.

Finland are among several countries that say they will refuse to play Russia at next year's men's World Championships. Latvia and Finland have also said their teams will not play Russia, while the Finnish city of Turku threatened to drop hosting duties for the 2028 World Junior Championship.

Retailers in Italy, Germany, Romania and the UK were targeted on Tuesday, after Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden reported problems with their refrigeration systems the previous day.

Saildrone’s managing director for Europe, Robert Kleist, cited an alliance of Northern European nations: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Finland, Norway, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Denmark and Sweden have announced that they will not play Russia at the 2027 championship. Finland’s Ice Hockey Federation said it would not play Russia until the country ended its ongoing full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. Chair Heikki Hietanen said Finland was working to coordinate a joint position among as many countries as possible to tell the IIHF that “none of us will play against Russia” in the current situation. Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said that “Russian athletes will not be welcome in Finland next year if Russia continues its aggressive war.”

The Thai-Nordic Association will celebrate the Finnish tradition of Pikkujoulu in Bangkok on 20 November 2026. Pikkujoulu, meaning “Little Christmas” in Finnish, is a tradition of celebrating the festive season with friends and colleagues before Christmas itself.

Visit Finland is inviting international singles to explore the country’s food culture on four-day trips. Visit Finland will pick 16 international travellers for four-day, all-expenses-paid food trips in February 2027. Eight travellers will head to Helsinki and eight to Tampere. Each group will share a tasting menu with two local Finnish singles on a blind group date.

Problems were reported in at least nine EU countries on Monday: Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden.

Military drones, mostly of Ukrainian origin, have strayed into the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, creating concerns that the war in Ukraine is spilling over into NATO countries that border Russia and its ally Belarus.

Denmark, Norway and Sweden join Finland in refusing to face Russia in the 2027 World Championships in Germany next May. Denmark, Norway and Sweden say they would refuse to play against Russia in the ice hockey world championships next year because of its war in Ukraine, a day after neighbouring Finland said it would also refuse. Finland players celebrate with the trophy after winning gold in 2026.

Norway and Finland to boycott Russia in ice hockey world championships.

When Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO in May 2022, it was hailed as the Baltic Sea’s transformation into “a NATO lake.” Sweden, Finland, and their allies now face a challenge in countering Russian behavior without stoking tensions further.

Supermarkets have reported problems in Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden, and the significant increase in freezer temperatures has forced retailers to discard food.

In other news, there's fresh outrage at big tech, after Google went rogue in Finland and cut down 250,000 trees for data centre projects.

Lithuanian President Nauseda, seen here in Finland in September, is to open the conference.

A British paratrooper takes part in a previous Nato training exercise less than 50km (31 miles) from the Russian border in Finland.

Ukrainian military drones have been straying into the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, creating concerns that the war in Ukraine is spilling over into NATO countries that border Russia and its ally Belarus.

Supermarkets in Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden reported refrigeration problems that forced some retailers to discard food after temperatures rose overnight.

Supermarkets in Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands were among at least eight countries affected in the incident.