A majority of MPs who responded to an Yle survey asking whether Finland should raise defence spending to three percent of gross domestic product (GDP) were in favour of the idea. The debate on whether Nato countries should invest more in their defence has intensified this autumn as the warContinue Reading

“Rebuilding future and hope: modernizing preschool education in Ukraine,” a project designed and managed by the Estonian Center for International Development (ESTDEV), has been added to the European Council’s 2025 flagship project list. The project, which involved building a kindergarten in Ovruch, Ukraine and facilitating capacity building for teachers andContinue Reading

On November 28, 2024, the NATO multinational brigade in Latvia welcomed the arrival of new Polish Leopard 2PL tanks to replace the current Polish squadron’s PT-91 tanks. The new tanks arrived in Garkalne from Poland by rail, then they were transferred on trailers the short distance to the Ādaži military base, saidContinue Reading

Norway has suspended plans to start giving licences for deep-sea mining next year that had faced opposition from environment groups and international institutions, a party allied with the centre-left government said on Sunday. Norway, Western Europe’s biggest oil and gas producer, had planned to become one of the world’s firstContinue Reading

Finns Party leader Riikka Purra has defended the decision of two Finns Party MPs to participate in the 612 torchlight procession on Independence Day rather than attending the annual Presidential Palace gala. Addressing the matter in a statement on Sunday, she described the 612-march as a nationalist event highlighting patrioticContinue Reading

The heads of government of Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Finland have committed to increasing support for Ukraine following a summit at the residence of Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Harpsund on Wednesday, 27 November. Details: The seven Nordic-Baltic states declared their readiness to take responsibility forContinue Reading