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                                <title><![CDATA[ Finland counted its bomb shelters and found 50,500 of them ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 01:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The wary Nordic country made the construction of emergency shelters mandatory under apartment blocks and office buildings as early as in the 1950s, which explains their current high number. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Finland's foreign minister Haavisto to run for president ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It will be Green Party member Haavisto's third attempt at becoming Finland's head of state, having been the runner-up in both 2012 and 2018. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Nato launches Arctic manoeuvres, vowing to protect newest member Finland ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 02:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Russia's invasion of Ukraine convinced Sweden and Finland last year to ditch long-held policies of military non-alignment and seek security of Nato's collective defence commitment. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Nato upbeat on Sweden bid as US urges Turkey to say yes ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It says it is 'within reach' for Sweden to join in time for the July 11-12 Nato summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Finland joins Nato, Russia threatens 'counter-measures' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Finland's accession roughly doubles the length of the border that Nato shares with Russia and bolsters its eastern flank as the war in Ukraine grinds on with no resolution in sight. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Finland set to join Nato in historic shift while Sweden waits ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 02:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The military alliance will welcome Finland as its 31st member in a flag-raising ceremony at Nato headquarters on the outskirts of Brussels, attended by Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and government ministers. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Turkish parliament ratifies Finland's Nato accession as Sweden kept waiting ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 04:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Turkish parliament was the last among the 30 members of the alliance to ratify Finland's membership after Hungary's legislature approved a similar bill. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Finnish parliament passes Nato bill with large majority ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ New Nato entrants must be approved by all existing members of the Western military alliance, and support for Finland's application remains pending from Turkey and Hungary. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Finland moves closer to joining Nato without Sweden ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 03:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Spooked by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden dropped their decades-long policies of military non-alignment and applied to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in May last year. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Nato boss: More important Sweden, Finland join soon than together ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Scandianavian nations' bids to join the 30-member alliance, which is arming Kyiv against President Vladimir Putin's army, have been ratified by all but Hungary and Turkey. ]]></description>
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