Finland’s unemployment rate stood at 7.7 percent last month. The number of people out of work in Finland increased by over 30,000 last month compared to February 2023, according to figures released on Tuesday by both Statistics Finland and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. The ministry’s report putContinue Reading
Washington’s ‘unilateral steps do not comply with rules, procedures’ of international law, says Russian Foreign Ministry Russia on Monday said it sent a demarche to the US over the country’s decision to extend its continental shelf in December 2023. A statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry said Washington’s “unilateral stepsContinue Reading
Norway estimated the damage inflicted to its territory by NATO’s Nordic Response exercise at up to 8 million Norwegian kroner ($750,000), says Forsvarets Forum, a journal published by the Norwegian armed forces. According to the journal, the country’s authorities received lots of various complaints after the exercises, ranging from brokenContinue Reading
The Arctic environment has spurred the US Marine Corps (USMC) as the land-component lead for ‘Nordic Response 2024′ NATO exercise held in March in Norway to recalibrate the most effective and safest way to move equipment and people, according to Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Fitzsimmons, senior watch officer for the exercise’sContinue Reading
NATO has completed the maritime component of ‘Steadfast Defender’ – its major exercise for developing and demonstrating the capability and capacity to surge reinforcements across the Euro-Atlantic theatre – with the conduct of the Norway-hosted exercise ‘Nordic Response 24’. ‘Steadfast Defender’ is designed to exercise the delivery of reinforcements acrossContinue Reading
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo‘s (NCP) coalition government presented a supplementary budget to parliament on Thursday, which called for borrowing another 1.5 billion euros this year to cover a decline in state revenues as the economy stutters. The proposal also includes plans to expedite the construction of an eastern border fence,Continue Reading
The ruling National Coalition Party is still Finland’s most popular party, according to Helsingin Sanomat’s March survey. Support has declined slightly for the two main government parties the National Coalition Party and the Finns Party, accoridng to Helsingin Sanomat’s latest opinion poll. Support for the Prime Minister Petteri Orpo‘s NCPContinue Reading
The vessels will transit through Romania to Ukraine, according to Romanian media outlet, Defence and Security Monitor. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis informed the Romanian Parliament on Monday that he has approved the transit of the military vessels donated by Finland to Ukraine through Romania. Romanian news outlets, Observator and theContinue Reading
The Danish and Swedish Air Forces have conducted their first aerial combat training drills together as NATO allies in and around Danish airspace. Denmark’s F-35 Lightning II and Sweden’s JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets took part in the exercise, which consisted of one-to-one fighter maneuvers and coordinated flying. The F-35s flewContinue Reading
Global defence spending rose by 10 percent to reach $2.2 trillion, with NATO members accounting for half the total, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Military analyst Igor Chibisov explains whether this relates to military conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine or whether it is aContinue Reading