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  • Rajavartija kuvattuna sivulta kulkemassa metsäisellä rajalla.
    3.5.2022 13.53
    The Finnish Border Guard’s annual report 2021 is published
  • Kaksi rajavartijaa maskit kasvoillaan rajatarkastusasemalla. Kuvassa on myös Rajavartiolaitoksen partioauto ja linja-auto, jonka matkustusasiakirjoja toinen rajavartijoista tarkastaa.
    14.1.2021 14.08
    Citizen counselling services in an exceptional situation
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  • 12.4.2021 19.32
    Finland allows entry from other Schengen States with the purpose of picking up a pleasure boat from winter storage
  • 18.3.2021 15.33
    International Balex 2021 exercise promotes preparedness for marine multidisciplinary accidents and environmental damage on the Baltic Sea
  • 18.3.2021 10.00
    Laser interference may have serious consequences in air traffic – a laser is not a toy
  • 22.2.2021 15.52
    Several unauthorised national border crossings at Pukari, Kuusamo
  • 15.2.2021 16.05
    Suomen ja Norjan sekä Suomen ja Ruotsin välisen maarajan rajanylityspaikkojen aukioloajat 15.2.2021 alkaen
    Opening hours of land border crossing points between Finland and Norway and Finland and Sweden as of 15 February 2021
  • 12.2.2021 15.14
    Changes to restrictions on entry into Finland
  • 22.1.2021 20.35
    Restrictions on entry into Finland to be tightened on 27 January
  • 18.12.2020 13.58
    New website published – the site is constantly being improved
  • 14.10.2020 13.21
    Gulf of Finland Coast Guard District continues RPAS missions on Eastern Gulf of Finland
  • 7.10.2020 17.34
    Subjects to consider in cross-border traffic when travelling as a border community member
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