Marie Rantanen, Head of the Finnish Ministry of Internal Affairs, said that the European Commission decided to allocate 62.9 million euros to Finland to create Europe’s largest strategic storage facility in case of a nuclear threat. This was reported by TASS.
“The additional funding proves that we are a strong member of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism and that our expertise is trusted,” Rantanen said.
Previously reportedThe European Commission decided to allocate 800 thousand euros to Finland to cover costs related to damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline. The EC announced that the allocated 800 thousand Euros will be used to ensure security in the incident area and to investigate the incident.
Balticconnector is a pipeline that runs under the bottom of the Baltic Sea and connects the gas networks of Estonia, Finland and Latvia.
Previously Finnish authorities statedThey stated that they hope to cooperate with China in investigating the Balticconnector incident.