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  • Öljyntorjuntapuomia meressä Arctic Guardian 2025 harjoituksessa
    15.4.2025 9.30
    Arctic Guardian 2025 exercise in Norway – Finland in charge of the following exercises
  • 18.3.2025 15.42
    Development of an international maritime situational picture is timely
  • Safety and security in all circumstances – Strategy of the Finnish Border Guard 2030.
    20.6.2024 16.57
    Strategy of the Finnish Border Guard 2030 has been published
  • Kaksi henkilöä asentaa letku laivan kannelle öljyntorjuntaa varten.
    24.5.2024 14.39
    The Finnish Border Guard’s annual report 2023 is published
  • 27.4.2023 15.55
    Tip-off form is published on our website
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  • 27.12.2024 14.58
    Police: Gulf of Finland cable rupture: Investigation of the seabed underway
  • 26.12.2024 22.10
    Estlink 2 electricity transmission cable damaged in the Baltic Sea on 25 Dec 2024
  • 20.12.2024 11.23
    Finland’s BSRBCC chairmanship came to its end
  • 25.11.2024 11.09
    Promotions among the general officers of the Finnish Border Guard as from 6 December 2024 and 1 January 2025
  • 22.11.2024 16.19
    The Border Guard supports the Central Criminal Police in preliminary investigations at sea.
  • 14.8.2024 8.59
    The Finnish Border Guard participates in the EU’s Multipurpose Maritime Operation in the Baltic Sea area
  • 8.8.2024 8.35
    Finland halfway through their BSRBCC chairmanship
  • 16.7.2024 13.57
    Ministry of the Interior: Finland enacts legislation to combat instrumentalised migration
  • 12.7.2024 17.19
    Government session to decide on border security act on week beginning 15 July
  • 27.6.2024 11.31
    Sierra Nevada Corporation to deliver Finnish Border Guard’s new aircraft
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