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A World War II-era airplane is seen after crashing minutes after takeoff, near the Rayskala aviation airfield, southern Finland, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Juha Tamminen/Lehtikuva via AP)

2 German pilots killed when WWII-era airplane crashes after takeoff in southern Finland

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People walk at Baltic train station, with the Stenbock House, left, and St Mary's Cathedral, top, in background, in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

New Trump book defends Putin meeting, taunts rivals and threatens to imprison Mark Zuckerberg

By Nicholas Riccardi and Jill Colvin - Associated Press

People receive their ballots at a polling station during a presidential election in Espoo, Finland, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Voters in Finland are choosing Sunday between two experienced politicians to be their next president. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Finns vote for a new president who will guide policy for the new NATO member and neighbor of Russia

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during presidential election in Helsinki, Finland, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Finns go to the polls to elect a new president at an unprecedented time for the NATO newcomer

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Migrants look at a Finnish Customs official's dog at the international border crossing at Salla, northern Finland, on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland erects barriers at border with Russia to control influx of migrants, closes crossing points

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Martti Ahtisaari, U.N. Special Representative for Namibia, speaks at a press conference where he declared that the voting in Namibia had been free and fair, Saturday, Nov. 11, 1989. Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland and global peace broker awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his work to resolve international conflicts, died Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. He was 86. (AP Photo/Billy Paddock, File)

Martti Ahtisaari, former Finnish president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 86

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson smiles as he meets with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FIle)

Biden is heading to Europe. A king and a war are on his agenda

By Chris Megerian and Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

Finns Party leader Riikka Purra meets supporters during a campaign rally in Kirkkonummi, Finland, Saturday, April 1, 2023. A parliamentary election in Finland on Sunday is shaping up as an extremely close race between three parties as Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democrats fight to secure a second term running the government. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Finland’s center-right party claims win in tight election

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Parliament members attend the plenary session where Finnish Parliament voted on Finland's accession to NATO in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday March 1, 2023. Finnish parliament said yes to Nato, with 184 parliament members voting yes and seven members voting no. One voted empty and seven members were not at the session. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland’s Parliament gives final approval for NATO bid

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Prime minister of Finland Sanna Marin holds a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Aug. 19, 2022. Marin, who in December 2019 became Finland’s youngest prime minister ever, said Friday she has taken a drug test “for her own legal protection” after a video was leaked of her at her private party dancing and mimicking singing. (Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland asks: Does a prime minister have a right to party?

By Kostya Manenkov and Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin, right, and Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen attend a press conference of the Finnish government in Helsinki, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Finland has decided to deliver arms assistance to Ukraine. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP)

Neutral Finland, Sweden warm to idea of NATO membership

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 24, 1952, file photo, British athlete Christopher &quot;Chris&quot; Chataway falls as Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia, followed by Alain Mimoun of France and German bronze medal winner Herbert Schade, leads near the end of the Men's final 5000 meter race at the Summer Olympic Games on in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/File)

1952 Helsinki: The Cold War comes to the Olympics

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Sunday, March 1, 2020, Turkey-backed opposition fighters transport a fellow fighter for treatment after he was wounded in fighting with Syrian government forces and their allies in Sarmin, south of Idlib, Syria. Fighting on the ground in Idlib continued Monday, with heavy clashes between Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed fighters. (AP Photo)

Turkey downs Syrian fighter jet in northwest Idlib

By SUZAN FRASER and ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, Finland's coach Markku Kanerva during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Greece and Finland at Olympic stadium in Athens. Finland could seal a place in the finals of next year’s European Championship for the first time in its history on upcoming Friday Nov. 15, 2019, if they beat Liechtenstein at home. It’s a day many in this Nordic country thought would never arrive after so many past disappointments but Finland’s ex-school teacher coach Markku Kanerva could be changing the mentality of a nation. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, FILE)

‘It will go crazy’: Finland close to 1st major soccer finals

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press