Off the wire
• Urgent: Chinese president arrives in Turkey for G20 summit  • Finland condemns attacks in Paris  • NATO chief condemns terrorist attacks in Paris  • HKSAR gov't issues amber outbound travel alert on France  • EP President condemns Paris terrorist attacks  • France suffers from savage terror as Syrian people have been: Assad  • Update: Israel demolishes homes of Palestinians accused of killing citizens  • It's Lin versus Lee again, but the Malaysian wins this time  • Hungary shocked, horrified by Paris carnage: president  • 17 militants killed in air strikes in NW Pakistan  
You are here: 　 Home

Finland to upgrade terror preparedness

Xinhua, November 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

Nordic country Finland will raise its own degree of terrorism preparedness, Finnish Interior Minister Petteri said on Saturday.

Orpo made the statement on Twitter after a series of deadly attacks left at least 140 people dead and 200 wounded in Paris, France on Friday.

Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila condemned the attacks and expressed condolences on behalf of the Finnish Government to the French Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

"The Government of Finland strongly condemns the terrorist attacks carried out in France. They were also an attack against our democratic and open societies," said Sipila. Endit