PM Stefan Lofven said he plans to step down as leader of the Social Democratic Party and as prime minister. The announcement comes ahead of parliamentary elections in 2022. In a move that appears to have caught Sweden off guard, the country’s prime minister, Stefan Lofven, said he intends to stepContinue Reading
Finland has already facilitated the evacuation of more than 200 people from Kabul airport, which remains mired in chaos after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan and thousands of people are trying to flee. Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto reported on Tuesday through his Twitter account that members of the staffContinue Reading
Starting from Monday, August 9, travellers arriving from Monaco must undergo double testing and quarantine entry at government-provided quarantine facilities, as the country has been added to the dark red category, the Norwegian authorities have announced. The colour-coded system, assessed by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health from July 5,Continue Reading
The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian defense ministers have agreed to coordinate their response to the migrant crisis, calling it Belarus’s “hybrid attack” against the Baltic countries, the EU and NATO. The three Baltic ministers held a video conference on Wednesday to discuss the worsening security situation in the region amidContinue Reading
Finland’s head of government, Sanna Marin (SDP), is by far the country’s most popular Prime Minister of this century, according to the results of a survey conducted by news group Uutissuomalainen. Roughly one in three respondents favoured Marin as the best PM Finland has had throughout the 2000s, and sheContinue Reading
Oslon katedraalissa pidetään muistojumalanpalvelus Anders Behring Breivikin 77 uhrille. Norjan pääministeri Erna Solberg pitää puheen, ja kuningasperhe laskee seppeleen uhreille. Tuomiokirkossa muistojumalanpalvelus kello 12 Oslon tuomiokirkossa pidetään uhrien muistojumalanpalvelus kello 12 Suomen aikaa. Tuomiokirkon muistojumalanpalveluksen saarnan pitää piispa Kari Veiteberg ja entinen pääministeri Jens Stoltenberg pitää puheen. Norjan kuningas HaraldContinue Reading
Kinesiske hackere sto bak datainnbruddet mot Stortinget. Det fastslår utenriksminister Ine Eriksen Søreide (H). Både USA og Nato går ut med samme anklage. Utenriksministeren har kalt inn Kinas ambassadør på teppet etter datainnbruddet i Stortingets e-postsystemer tidligere i år. Stortinget varslet 10. mars om datainnbrudd i sine e-postsystemer. Innbruddet bleContinue Reading
Den årligen återkommande större marinövningen Baltic Operations, idag väl mer känd under det kortare och mer använda Baltops, genomförs i år för femtionde gången. Deltagande styrkor kommer från inte mindre än 16 Natoländer: Belgien, Danmark, Estland, Frankrike, Italien, Kanada, Lettland, Litauen, Nederländerna, Norge, Polen, Spanien, Storbritannien, Turkiet, Tyskland och USA.Continue Reading
Lavspenningspolitikk er avgjørende for å hindre bruk av atomvåpen – også i Norge. Tydelig nei til atomvåpen på norsk jord har siden 50-tallet vært sentralt i strategien for å sørge for at Norge ikke skal bli en slagmark eller mål i en stormaktskonflikt, som i verste fall innebærer bruk avContinue Reading
Fennovoima’s plans to build a controversial nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki, on Finland’s northwest coast, will be delayed again, the company announced in a statement on Wednesday. The nuclear power consortium said that it has taken longer than expected to bring the project’s design and licensing materials up to requiredContinue Reading