In December a majority of centre-right Swedish lawmakers said "Sweden should, like Finland , state that it is in favour of having a 'NATO option,'" referring to the defence alliance.
Finland stresses the importance of speeding up vaccine delivery to the Member States and supports the Commission’s efforts to increase production in Europe.
The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell renewed the threat of sanctions on Russia on Sunday, a day after two court rulings against the Kremlin's opponent.
From December to January, the month-on-month change of consumer prices was 0.3%, which was caused by higher prices of petrol compared to the previous month.