Elina Valtonen

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with his British, Finnish, Greek, and Bulgarian counterparts on the sidelines of the NATO foreign ministers' summit in Brussels on Wednesday.

Fidan and British Foreign Minister David Cameron discussed a variety of topics, including the Gaza and Ukraine conflicts, according to diplomatic sources.

Finland on Monday has signed an agreement to enhance military cooperation with the United States, saying it saw a long-term threat from Russia, a day after its giant neighbor issued a warning over Helsinki's recent entrance into NATO.

Ukraine's foreign minister warned European Union leaders yesterday that if they fail to agree to open membership talks with Kiev at their summit this week it will have "devastating consequences."

"I cannot imagine," Dmytro Kuleba told reporters in Brussels "I don't even want to talk about the devastating consequences that will occur shall the Council fail to make this decision."

SKOPJE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic met with Finnish FM Elina Valtonen in Skopje on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations and exchanges of visits at all levels.

A group of masked assailants attacked the Turkish Embassy in Finland on Oct. 25 using a smoke grenade and paint, the Turkish diplomatic sources and the Helsinki police have announced.

The sources from the embassy said the attackers arrived on Wednesday at the scene in the Finnish capital Helsinki on rental bicycles.

Finland's conservative National Coalition Party, the winner of April's general election, on Sunday unveiled its picks for key Cabinet posts in the upcoming government that observers say will be the most right-wing in the Nordic country's recent history.