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In Finland, the idea of a unified Greater Finland gained popularity and influence rapidly in 1917, but lost support after World War II and the Continuation War.. In 1917, 1918 and 1940, the Estonian president Konstantin Päts wished for a union of Finnic countries in his political testament, writing an outline of a unification plan.
The idea of a union of countries was relegated to the background after the end of the Estonian War of Independence, but on July 30, 1940, Päts suggested to Finland's Estonian ambassador P. J. Hynninen that Estonia unite into a federation with the same defense, foreign and economic policy and currency. Päts was arrested on the same day by ...
Finland was governed as a part of Sweden, while Estonia was under a Baltic German knightly brotherhood before becoming parts of Russian Empire. Finland and Estonia became independent in 1917–1918 (see history of Finland and history of Estonia). The Karelians remained under Russian and then Soviet rule, and their absolute and relative numbers ...
Estonia has been a NATO member since 2004 and is pressing member states to increase defence spending. "(Regarding) our role in NATO, yes, we are very vocal," said Estonian Defence Minister Hanno ...
Greater Finland (Finnish: Suur-Suomi; Estonian: Suur-Soome; Swedish: Storfinland) is an irredentist and nationalist idea which aims for the territorial expansion of Finland. [1] It is associated with Pan-Finnicism .
Finland first recognised Estonia on 20 June 1920. Finland has an embassy in Tallinn and an honorary consulate in Tartu. Estonia has an embassy in Helsinki and six honorary consulates in Kotka, Mariehamn, Oulu, Tampere, Turku and Vaasa. Both countries are full members of the Council of the Baltic Sea States and of the European Union and of NATO ...
The Estonian language is closely related to the Finnish language; both are Finnic languages. The Swedish indigenous minority called eestirootslased or rannarootslased in Estonian, and estlandssvenskar or aibofolket in Swedish, has attestably lived in Estonia since the 13th century, similarly to Finnish Swedes in Finland. The extensive ...
Gasgrid Finland and Elering, the Finnish and Estonian gas system operators, said they noted an unusual drop in pressure in the pipeline shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, after which they shut down the ...