Finnish President Sauli Niinisto claims polls already show public support for the US-led military bloc The president of Finland, which borders Russia, has claimed that the widespread support for NATO membership expressed in recent opinion polls could pave the way for joining the US-led military bloc without a referendum. The attitude of the Finns towards…

Moscow accused the organization’s monitoring mission of a “selective approach to facts” The Russian Foreign Ministry has called on the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretariat “to immediately launch measures for winding down” its Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine.

Consumer prices in the 19 countries that use the euro currency rose by an annual rate of 7.5% in March, according to data released on Friday by the European Union statistics agency. Spiking energy costs are the main factor driving inflation higher, Eurostat said.