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Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen hails a "big day for Finland" says as the Nordic nation becomes the 31st member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in a historic shift that drew an angry warning of "countermeasures" from the Kremlin. Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine last year upended Europe's security landscape and prompted Finland -- and its neighbour Sweden -- to drop decades of military non-alignment. IMAGES
Group photo of European Central Bank Chief Christine Lagarde, Croatian prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, EU Council President Charles Michel, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe as Croatia joins the Euro. IMAGES
Finland's flag flies high for the first time at NATO headquarters, as the country officially joined the US-led defence alliance in a historic realignment of Europe's defences that drew an angry warning of "countermeasures" from the Kremlin. Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine last year upended Europe's security landscape and prompted Finland -- and its neighbour Sweden -- to drop decades of military non-alignment. IMAGES
Eurozone finance ministers meet in Brussels for their monthly Eurogroup meeting to discuss Euro area enlargement and the economic situation. They took the opportunity to come together for a photo and celebrate the incorporation of Croatia into the Eurozone as of January 1 2023. IMAGES
The European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, congratulates Croatia on joining Europe's border check-free Schengen area but expresses disappointment after accession bids by Bulgaria and Romania were blocked in an EU ministers' meeting."You deserve to be full members of Schengen, you deserve to have access to the free movement in the Schengen area," she says. SOUNDBITE
The European Commission says that Croatia has met all the criteria to join the eurozone, paving the way for the country to become the single currency's 20th member on January 1. SOUNDBITE
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