The Interior Ministry says there is still a risk that re-opening border checkpoints could lead to large numbers of migrants arriving at the Finnish border from the Russian side.

An international photography exhibition exploring Europe’s eastern border as a historical, cultural, psychological and perceptual condition will open on Thursday at the gallery of the University of Tartu’s Narva College, ERR reports. titled Unchanged at the Eastern Border, the exhibition presents…

An international photography exhibition at the University of Tartu’s Narva College gallery explores Europe’s and NATO’s eastern border as more than a geographical line, ERR reported. The exhibition examines the border as a historical, cultural and psychological condition. Photographers from sever…

Finland has officially completed construction of a 200-kilometre fence along its eastern border, but more could be built later, Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said, according to Yle. The completion was marked near the Nuijamaa border crossing in Lappeenranta, with representatives of the project …

Finland has completed a 200-kilometre border barrier along its eastern frontier, a project that has created jobs, changed the landscape and led one pensioner into a legal dispute, Yle reports. Jonna Hyttinen, who lives near the border in Värtsilä, in Tohmajärvi, looks towards the Finnish-Russian …

Latvia’s draft order on declaring a state of emergency in the country’s eastern border region is a preventive measure, not a warning of an imminent invasion, Climate and Energy Minister Jānis Vitenbergs said, according to LSM. Vitenbergs told the LETA news agency that the measure is intended to e…

Latvia’s Climate and Energy Ministry has submitted a draft order proposing a state of emergency in the country’s eastern border region, LSM reports. The measure would cover the health, energy supply and water management sectors and is justified by threats of an escalation in Russia’s military act…

Storm damage affected Latvia’s Interior Ministry services, including the State Border Guard, during the weekend, LSM reported. Falling trees damaged the fence built along the country’s eastern border, as well as several buildings and pieces of equipment. The State Fire and Rescue Service and the …

Estonia has completed two more sections of its land border with Russia in southeastern Estonia, Interior Minister Igor Taro of Eesti 200 said on Friday, ERR reported. The new sections between the Koidula road border crossing and Saatse are 26 kilometres long in total. A 14-kilometre stretch is co…

Eastern Border Incidents Raise Security Concerns For India.