Finland plans to lift nuclear weapons import ban

2026-03-05 - 17:44

Finland’s government plans to remove a legal ban that blocks nuclear weapons from entering the country. The proposal links the change to national defence and cooperation with NATO allies. The plan forms part of amendments to Finland’s Nuclear Energy Act. Defence minister Antti Häkkänen announced the proposal at a press briefing in Helsinki on Thursday evening. The current law from the 1980s bans the import, possession, manufacture and detonation of nuclear explosives on Finnish territory.