The Latest Breaking News from Pekka Haavisto

Finland's former prime minister Alexander Stubb and ex-foreign minister Pekka Haavisto lead a pack of nine candidates running in the country's presidential election on Sunday.

As war rages in Ukraine, the Nordic nation’s new leader’s trickiest challenges are likely to regard Russia.

Exclusive: Pekka Haavisto says being ‘united against all external threats’ is key to security amid tension with Russia

Finland’s former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb says he will run as a candidate in the presidential election early next year, in a race that also includes a popular former Finnish foreign minister who was a negotiator of the country’s recent membership in NATO

Finland’s popular outgoing foreign minister, who was one of the key negotiators of his country’s recent membership in NATO, says he will run as a candidate in the presidential election early next year

Finland's foreign minister says Russia has frozen the bank accounts of Finnish diplomatic representations in Moscow and St. Petersburg

Formal accession nearly doubles Nato border with Russia as Moscow warns it will boost its defences if necessary

NATO’s blue and white flags are fluttering against the backdrop of Helsinki deep blue sky as Finland is on the cusp of its historic entry into NATO

Finland officially joins NATO on Tuesday, becoming the 31st member of the world’s biggest military alliance – a step that Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said would make the region safer and the organisation stronger.

Moscow threatens to bolster border defences if western military alliance deploys troops inside Finland

Finland’s membership represents the first enlargement since North Macedonia joined the alliance in 2020