There are currently as many as 20,000 people who have applied for Finnish citizenship waiting for their applications to be processed, according to Anna Lindström, head of the Immigration Service’s (Migri) permits and citizenship unit. During a normal year, the agency receives around 10,000 applications for citizenship. However, in 2021,Continue Reading
Denmark’s Leopard 2 tanks are training alongside the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) this week in Lääne County. President Alar Karis visited the exercise on Wednesday. While military training exercises are often held in Estonia among NATO allies and the EDF, this event is unusual as the targets are located atContinue Reading
The area earmarked for wind farms in the maritime spatial plan will be divided into three to four parts and put up for auction in September. The winners of the auctions will play a key role in Estonia’s energy future. A total of 44 construction permit applications have been submittedContinue Reading
The Ukrainians who first sought protection in resource-strained Estonia but decided to take up an invitation to live in Finland began arriving in Helsinki on Tuesday, according to the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri). Given the relatively small size of Estonia, the country has received a “considerable number” of Ukrainians fleeingContinue Reading
Denmark and the US are negotiating a defense agreement in the backdrop of the Ukraine conflict, confirmed Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on Monday night. After meeting with his American counterpart Anthony Blinken, the Danish foreign minister told local media that the US-Denmark Defense Cooperation Agreement was discussed betweenContinue Reading
NATO’s secretary-general has said it is more important that Finland and Sweden join the military alliance quickly rather than at the same time amid tensions between the pair and Turkey, which has refused to ratify the Nordic nations’ membership bids. Speaking before a meeting of NATO defence ministers at theContinue Reading
Spain will deploy NASAMS air defense systems to Estonia for four months to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank after the two countries struck a deal on Tuesday. Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur (Reform) and Minister of Defense of Spain Margarita Robles made the agreement on the sidelines of the NATO defenseContinue Reading
After a long period of consideration, Norway has decided to buy new tanks. A total of 54 Leopard 2 tanks are to boost Norwegian defence capability. The first ones will be delivered in 2026. The deal with manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann includes the possible acquisition of another 18 Leopards, Jonas GahrContinue Reading
Finland is facing a changed foreign and security policy environment, especially since Russia’s operation in Ukraine, the Interior Ministry’s latest national risk assessment report has outlined. The report, published on Tuesday, is the first national risk assessment since 2018 and the authors noted the extent to which the threats FinlandContinue Reading
The EU should give the European defense industry a “clear signal” to produce more and stressed that military aid to Ukraine must be sped up, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) said on Thursday. “First of all, it’s very important that we speed up military aid to Ukraine,” Kallas told reportersContinue Reading