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Helsinki gathering likely to discuss Ukraine’s Nato and EU membership bids
Russia’s war in Ukraine has shifted Helsinki’s decades-long neutrality with the focus now on Nato and foreign policy
Moscow threatens countermeasures and says Helsinki’s move is an ‘encroachment’ on its security
Also in this newsletter: China’s man in Brussels warns Nato to stick to its own territory
Centre-right opposition leader Petteri Orpo claims mandate to form new coalition government
Sweden still waiting for Turkey and Hungary to approve own bid to enter alliance
Prime minister is lauded abroad but cuts a polarising figure in her own country, jeopardising chances of re-election
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán starts turning his back on Russia as businesses seek to diversify
Move paves way for military alliance to expand its direct border with Russia
Also in today’s newsletter: Turkey back at the negotiation table on Sweden and Finland’s Nato bids
Poland says 14 of its Leopard 2A4s will cross the border ‘in a few days’
Ulf Kristersson insists on strategic reasons for joining alliance at same time as Nordic neighbour
Hidden deep within the Finnish embassy, the diplomatic sauna is a secret weapon in promoting the nation
Also in this newsletter: the messy fight over how to put the EU’s fiscal rules back in place
Turkey is blocking joint membership bid from Nordic countries over dispute with Stockholm
The country has instilled a national will to protect in the majority of its citizens — this is no mean feat
Also in today’s newsletter: pitching Ukraine as the Israel of eastern Europe
Negotiators still expect Ankara to approve joint accession but Helsinki might need a plan B
Relations between Ankara and Stockholm have worsened since a rightwing activist set fire to a Koran in the Swedish capital
Defence minister Hulusi Akar backs expansion and defends against criticism of his country’s role in the alliance
Stockholm seeks to tone down criticism of Ankara for blocking accession
Stockholm has fulfilled commitments made to Ankara at Madrid summit, says premier Ulf Kristersson
Benefits of lucrative ‘green steel’ must be balanced against mine’s impact on traditional herders
Sanna Marin says like-minded nations should cut their dependency on authoritarian regimes
Pekka Haavisto appeals to Turkey and Hungary to ratify Finnish and Swedish memberships
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