TRONDHEIM, Norway (2/20/23) – Celebrating one-half century of training together last week, Norway and the Minnesota National Guard further strengthened ties by formally pairing in the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program. The addition of Norway to the 30-year-old, 100-nation security cooperation program adds a Nordic country withContinue Reading
In the first month of 2023, energy prices dipped by 27.4 percent, meaning inflation according to the CPI – total inflation including energy prices and interest rate changes – fell by 1.1 percent to 11.7 percent. Despite falling energy prices putting the brakes on inflation as a whole last month,Continue Reading
A small military town in Sweden’s frozen north is on course to produce Europe’s first commercial green steel. Giant diggers and excavators are powering through layers of mud, ice and snow at the site of a new steel plant just outside Boden, 900 km (559 miles) north of Stockholm. AtContinue Reading
The prime minister of Sweden has warned against delinking his country’s Nato membership bid from Finland’s, after the alliance acknowledged for the first time that the two might have to join separately owing to Turkey’s obstruction. Ulf Kristersson said in an interview that for strategic reasons, the two membership applicationsContinue Reading
In order to secure long-term aid from Western countries, Ukraine needs to find success on the battlefield, while no new offensive to push out Russian troops seems to be happening in the coming months, security expert Indrek Kannik said. “To make sure the West remains united behind Ukraine, the latterContinue Reading
There are currently as many as 20,000 people who have applied for Finnish citizenship waiting for their applications to be processed, according to Anna Lindström, head of the Immigration Service’s (Migri) permits and citizenship unit. During a normal year, the agency receives around 10,000 applications for citizenship. However, in 2021,Continue Reading