Sweden defence minister Pål Jonson said that the materials provided for 14 Gripen aircraft were part of a larger package Sweden minister for defence Pål Jonson has confirmed that items for JAS 39 Gripen fighters, amounting to 14 aircraft, were included in a SEK48.1 (US$4.6 billion) military support package sent to Ukraine.Continue Reading
A Norwegian citizen working as a security guard at the US embassy in Oslo has been arrested on suspicion of espionage. The man, who is in his 20s, was arrested while in his garage on Wednesday, according to the Norwegian Police Security Service. On Thursday, a court decided the manContinue Reading
There has been a dip in support among Finns for membership of the Nato military alliance, according to the results of the latest ‘Values and Attitudes Survey’ carried out by the Finnish Business and Policy Forum (Eva), a think-tank. The poll found that 71 percent of respondents said they hadContinue Reading
The office of Artur Chilingarov, the bearded polar explorer and anointed Hero of the Russian Federation, is at the end of a long hall in the Duma, Russia’s parliament, where he is deputy speaker. Its entrance is guarded by a poster of a nuclear icebreaker, the Yamal, a 492-foot monsterContinue Reading