Tag: fence
Now it starts to be built: Finland’s fence against Russia
The first works have begun on the border fence between Finland and Russia. It is to protect Finland against migrant flows that Russia might conceivably send across the border, but…
Remarkable decision from the Scandinavian country: They started to fence their borders with Russia!
Finland, which increased its security measures after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, started the construction of the 200-kilometer fence planned to be built on the Russian border. In the…
Border fence hot topic at EU migration meeting: “Clear proposals”
On Thursday, the EU’s migration ministers gathered in the city of Arlanda outside Stockholm for the first informal council meeting under Sweden’s presidency. The issue of border fences at EU…
The first fence against Russia is being built this spring
Published: Less than 30 min ago full screen One of the border crossings between Finland and Russia. This is in northern Finland. Archive image. Photo: Jussi Nukari/AP/TT During the spring,…
The first fence against Russia is being built this spring
In its fourth supplementary budget for 2022, the Finnish government has proposed funding of six million euros, equivalent to SEK 66 million, for a three-kilometer fence at Imatra in the…
Poland is building a barbed wire fence on its border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad
Poland accuses Russia and its Belarusian ally of sending migrants from the Middle East and facilitating their passage to the borders of the European Union. To discourage the Kremlin in…
Criticism of the Finnish border fence: “Politicians paint threatening pictures”
We walk in the autumn landscape along the border zone near the town of Kides in northern Karelia. The national border is only a few hundred meters beyond the big…
The fence doesn’t prevent crossing the border, it just makes it dangerous – Finland’s million-dollar project may do more harm than good
Building border fences has become a trend all over the world. Back when the Berlin Wall fell, fences and walls were quite rare. Johanna Laakkonen, Sampo Vaarakallio A fence is…
Drunk man allegedly jumps fence at site of Wheatley gas explosion
News Local News An intoxicated 20-year-old male was apprehended by Chatham-Kent police after he was seen by officers jumping a fence early Sunday morning to gain access to the area…
Stolen dump truck used to smash through work yard fence in Sarnia
News Local News Sarnia police says they’re looking for someone alleged to have driven a stolen dump truck pulling a mini excavator on trailer through the fence of a Scott…