Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas has unveiled an urban model for the 190-hectare Rūdninkai military campus being built to host the German brigade. The EUR 995-million-worth project is expected to be completed by the end of 2024. The key task now is to approve an investment project for theContinue Reading
For the second time in as many years a U.S. aircraft carrier has entered Norwegian waters for a joint exercise. After USS Gerald R. Ford’svery public sailing into Oslo last summer, less information has been revealed about the latest visit of the USS Harry S. Truman. The U.S., Norway and their alliesContinue Reading
Finland’s biggest opposition party plans to seek a vote of no confidence in Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio (Finns) due to his recent decision to withdraw Finland from a gender-equality alliance for the rebuilding of Ukraine. The leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) parliamentary group, TyttiContinue Reading
President To Lam on June 5 sent greetings to King Frederik X of Denmark on the occasion of Denmark’s Constitution Day (June 5) Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also extended congratulations to his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen, and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man sent a congratulatory message to SpeakerContinue Reading
In the months before Russia – Ukraine war, many European leaders buried their heads in the sand, refusing to acknowledge the impending threat of war. Now, with the conflict into its third year, they don’t dare speak about peace. When Pope Francis floated the idea on March 9 that negotiationsContinue Reading
Among the main demands of representatives of the agricultural sector were: provision of subsidies for diesel fuel and gasoline, exemption from part of taxes and excise duties, as well as strengthening control over imports of products from Ukraine. Interestingly, the subsidies were in effect earlier since 1967, as long asContinue 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
Last June, the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) contracted the purchase of 91 of Patria’s 6×6 armoured vehicles. That deal included an option for an additional 70, of which the FDF Logistic Command is now ordering 40. Patria’s 6×6 armoured vehicles are manufactured in Hämeenlinna. “The future looks good,” Jussi Järvinen,Continue Reading
Among other topics the prime ministers will focus on the “close cooperation between Finland and Sweden in the Nato membership process”. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) is scheduled to meet with his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, on Monday 27 November. Following bilateral talks, the PMs will join Finnish andContinue Reading
Finland announced plans to close four border crossing points in the southeast from midnight on Friday, but four more will remain open further north along the country’s frontier with Russia. Finland’s government is prepared to take further action if Thursday’s decision to close four crossing points on the border withContinue Reading