The Soviets ended up winning the Winter War, but it was a Pyrrhic victory for Moscow. U.S. secretary of defense Pete ...

Hundreds of Finns fought with the German Waffen-SS in Ukraine during World War II. New research shows that many of them were convinced Nazis and may have committed atrocities. The finding has ...

The Turku shu is among a handful of synagogues across Europe that survived WWII with little or no damage. Photo by Jon Kalish “The position of the Jewish community in Finland has always been a ...

In the freezing winter of 1939, the Soviet Union launched an invasion of Finland, expecting an easy victory. Instead, they ...

Quote: "In World War II, Finland maintained independence; we [temporarily] lost sovereignty to decide which organisations we wanted to be in and then we lost 10% of our territory. There are two things ...

There are a number of books in English on the Russo-Finnish “Winter War” of 1939-1940 ... A valuable read for anyone interested in World War II in Europe, coalition politics, and small nations caught ...

Helsinki, Finland (CNN) – On a recent afternoon in Helsinki, a group of students gathered to hear a lecture on a subject that is far from a staple in most community college curriculums.

Stubb outlines potential 3-phase peace process, argues that Western allies should re-arm Ukraine, impose sanctions on Russia ...

Finland proposed legislation in parliament on Thursday that would prohibit foreign real estate acquisitions from countries waging an aggressive war and posing a threat to national security ...

Former Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin will have a memoir out this fall, looking back on a momentous four years in ...

Finland's oldest surviving veteran of the Winter War, Arvi Hämäläinen, died on Monday at the age of 108. Hämäläinen's death was confirmed to the Ilta-Sanomat newspaper by local SDP politician Tuula ...