The Blue Spear mobile anti-ship missile system arrived in Estonia. The government made the decision to purchase the missiles, which an Israeli and Singaporean joint venture produced in 2020. The project will cost €100 million, including infrastructure investments and future costs. The missiles will strike sea and land targets withContinue Reading
Commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade Col. Andrus Merilo, told “AK” that his nomination as a candidate for the EDF chief did not surprise him, but the offer came sooner than expected. The final rationale was that the threat of possible war in Estonia is serious and must be addressed.Continue Reading
Finland is sending its 22nd military aid package to Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence announced on Friday. In a press release, the ministry said the package would cost Finland around 190 million euros. The shipment will bring the total value of defence aid packages Finland has sent to Ukraine toContinue Reading
According to Jyri Häkämies, Director General of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK), the impact of political strikes on Finland’s gross domestic product will rise to almost one billion euros if political strikes planned for next week go ahead as planned. Häkämies was interviewed on commercial TV broadcaster MTV onContinue Reading
The terrorism case in the small town of Kankaanpää in the region of Satakunta, originally involved five suspected members of a neo-Nazi group. On 10 January, Deputy Prosecutor General Jukka Rappe charged two of the suspects with crimes committed with terrorist intent. The case marks the first time charges haveContinue Reading
Former Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has joined the newly established International Task Force on Security and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, aimed at bolstering the country’s security position. The high-profile task force held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday, hosted by the Office of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Besides Marin,Continue Reading
The number of fast and ultra-fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Denmark has quadrupled and doubled respectively over the last year, according to figures from the Ministry of Transport. The number of charging stations increased by 8,100 nationally in 2023, giving a total of 17,400 charging points across theContinue Reading
“We understand perfectly well that if we are preparing for war the war would be dissimilar due to geographic reasons and other circumstances. However, Lithuania can learn from Ukraine’s experience. (&) It seems that Ukrainians are interested in moving part of production to Lithuania,” Landsbergis said. In early January, theContinue Reading
Initiating the world’s largest combat robotics program, Estonian defense industry company Milrem Robotics has inked a deal with the Ministry of Defense of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to supply 20 tracked robotic combat vehicles (RCVs) and 40 THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). Milrem Robotics is tasked by the contractContinue Reading
For the first time, the spouse of Finland’s next president will be of foreign origin. The spouses of both the National Coalition Party candidate Alexander Stubb, and his rival Pekka Haavisto (Green/independent) were born abroad. Stubb’s wife Suzanne Innes-Stubb is English and was born in Solihull. Haavisto’s partner Antonio FloresContinue Reading