“The first column of troops and combat equipment from the US Army’s 3rd Cavalry Regiment crossed the Lithuanian border near Kalvarija at around 3 a.m.,” the Lithuanian Armed Forces said. The troops and equipment, including infantry fighting vehicles, armored SUVs and trucks, will be taking part in the Saber StrikeContinue Reading
President Alar Karis has held his post for approximately five months. He will make his first speech on the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia tomorrow (February 24). This anniversary will be again celebrated in a more modest manner due to the corona crisis and due to the threat ofContinue Reading
Venäjä käynnisti viikonloppuna suuren strategisten ydinaseiden harjoituksen Barentsinmerellä. Harjoituksen ajankohta on poikkeuksellinen, sillä yleensä se on järjestetty syksyisin. Norjassa arvioidaan, että Venäjä lähettää harjoituksella viestin Natolle ja länteen. TUKHOLMA Samaan aikaan, kun maailman huomio on Venäjän ja Ukrainan rajalla, on Venäjä aloittanut (siirryt toiseen palveluun)strategisten ydinaseiden suuren harjoituksen Barentsinmerellä. HarjoitusContinue Reading
Norway’s blustery Fosen peninsula is a long way from anywhere, its mountains sustaining the Indigenous Sami and their reindeer for centuries. These same peaks are vital to the kingdom’s wind energy plans, and native herder Lena Haugen says her people pay the price. Snaking through the snowy terrain are dozens ofContinue Reading
No cyber incidents linked to the existing geopolitical tensions in Ukraine have been recorded yet, the head of Lithuania’s national cyber security center says, adding, however, that the danger level in the country has increased. “We have not recorded any specific incidents but the alarm level has gone up. Today’sContinue Reading
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) has pursued a successful foreign policy course amid the current security crisis facing Ukraine, senior ERR journalists Anvar Samost and Huko Aaspõllu find. On the other hand, defense minister Kalle Laanet (Reform) has been irresponsible in stating that if Ukraine falls before Russia’s objectives, theContinue Reading
Finnish foreign policy specialists are critical of a possible summit between the presidents of Russia and the United States, as they note the dangers of European issues being discussed only between the two former Cold War adversaries. The BBC is among many media outlets reporting on Monday morning that RussianContinue Reading
BEIJING — They’re doing it again. Norway, with a population of just 5 million, is executing its quadrennial triumph over the rest of the world. It may not surpass the historic 2018 Pyeongchang Games, when Norway won 39 medals, eight more than its closest competitor, Germany, which has 16 timesContinue Reading
Minister of Finance Annika Saarikko has announced a series of temporary measures aimed at easing the impact of higher energy costs. The Finnish government has outlined a series of temporary measures in response to rising energy prices. Minister of Finance Annika Saarikko (Cen) told a press conference that the mostContinue Reading
When Christopher Gorelczenko left Jeff Bezos’s space startup Blue Origin for a job in Skellefteå, he had only ever seen the isolated Swedish town of 73,000 on Google Maps. A former colleague had described the locale as “moose country”. “The biggest surprise to me is the amount of people IContinue Reading