Sauli Niinistö

The Turkish Interior Ministry has suspended provincial security officials over the Oct. 10 Ankara bombings which killed at least 97 people, as President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has acknowledged the presence of "security shortcomings."

Finland's president opposed to NATO membership

WASHINGTON -- Finnish President Sauli Niinisto has said that his country, balancing between Russia and the West, should not join NATO.

Niinisto maintains this position despite the Ukrainian crisis and calls from some Finnish politicians for the country to become a part of the western military alliance.