Denmark’s sky-high gamble threatens aviation future Airports Council International Europe has issued a cautionary note to the Danish Government, discouraging the introduction of a passenger tax averaging 100 Danish krone or $14 (€13.41) on air travel. The advisory, delivered on Wednesday, emphasizes potential drawbacks, including the undermining of decarbonization, connectivity,Continue Reading
Sweden is planning a“massive” expansion of new nuclear power, the government said. By 2045, it wants the country to have the equivalent of 10 new reactors, two of which will already be operational by 2035. This would mean“a historic restructuring of Sweden’s energy policy,” Minister for Energy, Business and IndustryContinue Reading
Evecon, an Estonian renewable energy company, and Corsica Sole, a French company, will build two battery energy storage systems with a total capacity of 200 megawatts in Harju County by 2025. The battery parks will be located in Kiisa in Saku Rural Municipality and Arukylä in Raasiku Rural Municipality, correspondingly.Continue Reading
The latest shipment brings the total value of defence support provided by Finland to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in February 2022 to 1.5 billion euros. Finland is preparing to send additional defence materiel to Ukraine, the Finnish Ministry of Defence announced in a press release on Friday. The latest shipmentContinue Reading
Finland will send more defence materiel to assist Ukraine. The President of the Republic decided on the matter on 17 November 2023 on the proposal of the Government. – What is at stake in Ukraine’s defence struggle is the security environment outlook on Europe and Finland in the current decade.Continue Reading
The European Commission has estimated that Estonia will have experienced the largest recession of any European Union Member State, with a contraction of 2.6 percent. In 2024, however, the commission says in its recently published autumn forecast that the Estonian economy should grow, by 1.9 percent, while inflation will fall,Continue Reading
Sweden’s much-lauded model of prosperity and social comfort is threatened by a lack of public investment. The former United States president Ronald Reagan famously declared: ‘The nine most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”.’ This is often rehearsed to assertContinue Reading
New research suggests that ancient polar bear populations shrank as sea ice dwindled, adding weight to concerns about the predator’s future as climate change melts the Arctic. “The population size seems to have decreased at a time when temperatures went up and sea ice went down,” said Paul Szpak, aContinue Reading
Joining NATO is not like joining the Schengen Zone — it is a commitment to shed blood for one another in the event of any invasion, Dr Gladden Pappin writes. Fifteen months after Sweden was invited to join NATO, its accession to the joint defence alliance is at a clearContinue Reading
Dock workers in Sweden are threatening to block deliveries of new Teslas entering the country, in the most serious labor dispute the company has faced in Europe to date. Teslas arrive into Sweden via four ports, Malmö, Gothenburg, Trelleborg, and Södertälje, according to the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union, which representsContinue Reading