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President Joe Biden greets U.S. Ambassador to Finland Douglas Hickey as he arrives on Air Force One at Helsinki-Vantaan International Airport in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Biden attended the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania and is visiting Helsinki for a meeting with Nordic leaders. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden is closing out his Europe trip by showcasing new NATO member Finland

By Seung Min Kim, Chris Megerian and Jari Tanner - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden gestures during a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Biden is in Finland to attend the US–Nordic Leaders' Summit. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Biden: ‘I will absolutely guarantee’ the U.S. will remain in NATO

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - A security guard walks in front of a banner outside the venue of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 9, 2023. When Sweden applied for NATO membership together with Finland, both expected a quick accession process, but more than a year later Sweden is still in the alliance's waiting room. New entries must be approved by all existing members and as NATO leaders meet for a summit in Vilnius, Sweden is missing the green light from two: Turkey and Hungary. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

Sweden’s rocky road from neutrality toward NATO membership

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto speaks during press conference at the President's official residence M'ntyniemi in Helsinki, Finland, Sunday, July 2, 2023. (Seppo Samuli/Lehtikuva via AP)

Russia expels Finnish diplomats, shuts down consulate in a tit-for-tat move

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Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama, Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander de Croo, Polish President Andrzej Duda, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, Romania's President Klaus Iohannis and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, from left, are seen during a joint press conference at Rutte's Catshuis residence in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Leaders of seven NATO allies met in the Netherlands with Secretary-General Stoltenberg for talks ahead of the alliance's summit in Lithuania next month. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

NATO chief convenes July 6 talks hoping to convince Turkey to let Sweden join

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National Coalition Party chair Petteri Orpo speaks during his press conference after the parliament elected him as a new Prime Minister, at the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki, Finland, Tuesday June 20, 2023. (Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva via AP)

New NATO member Finland swears in government regarded as country’s most right-wing in decades

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

From left, Swedish People's Party chair Anna-Maja Henriksson, National Coalition Party chair Petteri Orpo, The Finns Party chair Riikka Purra and Christian Democrats chair Sari Essayah announce that the government programme is ready in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday, June 15, 2023. The head of Finland’s conservative National Coalition Party, which came first in the April 2 elections, will present Friday, June 16, 2023, a government program for a center-right coalition that includes a far-right anti-immigration party with “saving measures.” NCP leader Petteri Orpo, who is expected to become the Nordic nation’s next prime minister, said four parties had agreed to form a government. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland’s conservative party picks ministers for right-wing coalition government

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

From left, Swedish People's Party chair Anna-Maja Henriksson, National Coalition Party chair Petteri Orpo, The Finns Party chair Riikka Purra and Christian Democrats chair Sari Essayah announce that the government programme is ready in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday, June 15, 2023. The head of Finland’s conservative National Coalition Party, which came first in the April 2 elections, will present Friday, June 16, 2023, a government program for a center-right coalition that includes a far-right anti-immigration party with “saving measures.” NCP leader Petteri Orpo, who is expected to become the Nordic nation’s next prime minister, said four parties had agreed to form a government. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland’s center-right leader announces four-party coalition including anti-immigrant party

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Sweden's new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, speak to the media after their talks at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Nov. 8, 2022. Erdogan has said that NATO should not bet on his country approving Sweden's application to join the Western military alliance before a July summit because the Nordic nation has not fully addressed his security concerns. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan says Sweden shouldn’t expect to join NATO any time soon

By Suzan Fraser and Robert Badendieck - Associated Press

Rihards Bukarts of Latvia, centre, makes a shot past the goalie Henrik Haukeland of Norway during the group B match between Latvia and Norway at the ice hockey world championship in Riga, Latvia, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)

U.S. beats Austria 4-1 for 4th straight win at ice hockey worlds

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Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Olavi Haavisto speaks at the "Baltic Offshore Wind Forum" in Berlin Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Russia freezes bank accounts of Finland’s diplomatic missions, prompting cash payments

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

United States Connor Mackey, centre, passes the puck during the group A match between Germany and United States at the ice hockey world championship in Tampere, Finland, Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) **FILE**

U.S. overcomes Germany, Canada prevails against Slovakia in shootout at ice hockey worlds

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National Coalition chair Petteri Orpo during his press conference at the Parliament House in Helsinki, Finland on Thursday, April 27, 2023. Orpo announced his partners to form the new government to Finland. In background, from left, Finns Party chair Riikka Purra, Swedish Peoples Party chair Anna-Maja Henriksson and Christian Democrats chair Sari Essayah. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finnish center-right to start coalition talks with far-right

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US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, and Sweden's Minister for Defence, Pål Jonson, hold a joint press conference at the Muskö Naval Base, in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

Lloyd Austin hopes Turkey will act on Sweden NATO bid before July

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

The turbine hall of the nuclear power plant Olkiluoto 3 'OL3' is pictured under construction in Eurajoki, south-western Finland, March 23, 2011. Finland’s much-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor, Europe's most powerful by production capacity, has completed a test phase lasting over a year and started regular output, boosting the Nordic country’s electricity self-sufficiency significantly. The Olkiluoto 3 reactor, which has 1,600-megawatt capacity, was connected into the Finnish national power grid in March 2022 and kicked off regular production on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Antti Aimo-Koivisto, File)

Nuclear confusion: Finland powers up as Germany shuts down

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

United States forward Hilary Knight, center, celebrates her goal with teammates during the third period of the gold medal game at women's world hockey championships in Brampton, Ontario, Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Frank Gunn//The Canadian Press via AP)

Knight’s hat trick leads to gold, USA tops Canada

By John Wawrow - Associated Press

A Russian border guard officer walks at Pelkola border crossing point in Imatra, south-eastern Finland, Friday, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

NATO member Finland breaks ground on Russia border fence

By Kostya Manenkov and Sergei Grits - Associated Press

Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, shakes hands with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, after handing over his nation's accession document during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Finland joined the NATO military alliance on Tuesday, dealing a major blow to Russia with a historic realignment of the continent triggered by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Standing alongside NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (center), Mr. Blinken quipped that the alliance can thank Russian President Vladimir Putin for Finland’s decision to join NATO. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

Biden welcomes Finland into NATO, presses allies to ratify Sweden’s bid

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, hands over his nation's accession document to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Finland joined the NATO military alliance on Tuesday, dealing a major blow to Russia with a historic realignment of the continent triggered by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

Finland joins NATO; Sweden’s membership still uncertain amid Turkey’s objections

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

NATO and Finland flags flutter over the building of Ministry of Internal Affairs in Helsinki, Finland, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Finland prepared to make its historic entry into NATO Tuesday, a step that doubles the Western alliance’s border with Russia and ends decades of non-alignment for the Nordic nation. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Finland set to join NATO, dealing major blow to Russia

By Lorne Cook and Matthew Lee - Associated Press