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  • Over ten men from the special intervention unit practise riot control in a sand field, holding shields and batons in their hands. There are about ten men in camouflage against them.
    20.7.2022 11.57
    Learn about the 30-year history of the Finnish Border Guard’s special intervention units
  • Rajavartija kuvattuna sivulta kulkemassa metsäisellä rajalla.
    3.5.2022 13.53
    The Finnish Border Guard’s annual report 2021 is published
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  • 24.3.2023 14.18
    Firings notice: Kerttuvaara, Inari, 3.– 5.4.2023
  • 22.3.2023 8.30
    Firings notice: Mäkiluoto, Katajaluoto, Gulf of Finland on April 4th 2023
  • 28.2.2023 12.04
    The construction of a pilot of the eastern border barrier fence has begun in Imatra
  • 17.2.2023 12.25
    The opening hours of the Niirala Border Crossing Point will change from 1 March 2023
  • 9.2.2023 9.23
    Boater, make the necessary preparations before heading out onto the water
  • 30.1.2023 16.54
    Finland and Croatia are testing digital travel credentials in external border traffic in a DTC Pilot project
  • 18.11.2022 11.02
    A pilot of the eastern border barrier fence to be built in Imatra
  • 16.11.2022 15.35
    The MVX program carrying out the replacement of Finnish Border Guard’s aircraft will solve the issue with jet aircraft
  • 14.11.2022 11.14
    Information on the border traffic at Finland’s eastern border
  • 24.10.2022 10.29
    Finnish Border Guard to chair the North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum
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