Tag: consulate
Finland closes the Russian Consulate General in Turku
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed the Russian ambassador about the closure. The measure is a countermeasure against Russia’s announcement in July that it was closing Finland’s consulate general…
Diplomatic expulsions and the closing of the consulate general from Russia towards Finland are “historically very rare”, says a researcher of intelligence history
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that it would expel nine Finnish diplomats. Russia justifies its deportation decision in response to the policy of the Finnish authorities. Intelligence history…
There were interruptions in the mobile phone connections of the Finnish consulate in St. Petersburg – according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the problems were related to the freezing of bank accounts
Mobile connections that were interrupted last week will work normally again from the end of the week. The Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg noticed interruptions in mobile phone…
Senegalese consulate in Paris closed after acts of vandalism
On Tuesday June 6, the Senegalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the closure of all consulates general throughout the world, “ following the series of attacks perpetrated against diplomatic missions…
Mosse demonstrates outside the Russian consulate on Åland – every day
Åland is strategically located between Finland and Sweden and is a demilitarized zone. No military personnel or military facilities are allowed here. Under a 1940 agreement, Russia has the right…
Russia closes the Swedish consulate in St. Petersburg, expels Swedish diplomats and closes its own consulate in Sweden
Russia’s actions are a response to Sweden’s decision in April to expel Russian diplomats suspected of espionage. Russia has announced its decision to close the Swedish consulate in St. Petersburg…
Details: Planned attack against the Swedish consulate
In Istanbul, 15 people with connections to the terrorist group IS have been arrested since plans for attacks against, among other things, the Swedish and Dutch consulates were revealed, reports…
In Turkey, angry protesters burned the Swedish flag and sabotaged the Swedish consulate
Demonstrations were seen in both Istanbul and Ankara. Participants criticized Sweden’s decision to allow the burning of the Koran at yesterday’s anti-Turkey demonstration in Stockholm. 11:40am•Updated 11:44am The Swedish flag…
The Finnish consulate is the only foreign representation in Murmansk – the Norwegian consulate general closed in the summer
There is only one diplomatic representation in Murmansk today – Finland. Finland was the only one left when Norway closed its main consulate in this summer, the largest city in…
Drone Explodes Near US Consulate in Erbil
Three people were injured and several vehicles were damaged as a result of the explosion of an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) in the city of Erbil in northern Iraq. In…