Finland to host Nato research centres
Finland’s Defence Ministry announced on Thursday that the country will host two Nato test centres for new technologies and a business accelerator. Finland proposed their establishment last year, a few months after joining the alliance. The plan was given the green light by the board of Nato’s Defence Innovation AcceleratorContinue Reading
Norway to Raise Defense Budget to Meet 2% NATO Target
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store announced on Thursday plans to raise the nation’s defense spending this year to equal 2% of its GDP. Norway was initially set to meet the goal in 2026 but will hit the goal early amid a potential threat from what the prime minister calledContinue Reading
New NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence facility opens in Tallinn
This Friday, March 15, marks the inauguration of the €6.2 million NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence’s new building in Tallinn. The center provides facilities needed for the day-to-day work of cyber experts from almost 40 nations. “The fact that the NATO CCDCOE is the only center of excellenceContinue Reading
Incoming Supo chief says Russia is Finland’s greatest security threat
Finland’s government has chosen Juha Martelius to serve as the new head of the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo), beginning from 1 April. Martelius will continue to work as State Secretary to Interior Minister Mari Rantanen (Finns) until the end of March. Martelius himself is a member of theContinue Reading
Norway’s Ambitious Plan to Store Carbon Dioxide in the North Sea
Norway has big plans to pump waste carbon from oil and gas operations and heavy industry under the seabed of the North Sea to be stored safely underground. It believes this method will be key to decarbonizing its fossil fuel activities in the coming years and supporting a green transition.Continue Reading
Sweden’s First Task in NATO: Defend Key Island on Baltic’s Sea Lanes
The government of Sweden is looking at ways to reinforce the garrison on Gotland, the strategically-located island in the center of the Baltic Sea. Gotland is critical for the control of the sea lanes in the region, and it gives Sweden – and its new NATO allies – a profoundContinue Reading
Arms Trade Shift: EU Imports Surge, US and French Exports Rise, Russian Exports Plummet
The global volume of international arms transfers fell slightly by 3.3 per cent between 2014–18 and 2019–23, according to new data on international arms transfers published recently. States in Europe almost doubled their imports of major arms (+94 per cent) between 2014–18 and 2019–23. Far larger volumes of arms flowedContinue Reading
There is no need to station nuclear weapons in Sweden, the prime minister said.
There is now no need for NATO bases or nuclear weapons on Swedish soil, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Monday. ⠀ “Now we do not see the need for Sweden to place permanent (NATO) bases or nuclear weapons on Swedish soil in peacetime,” he said at a pressContinue Reading
Nato exercises set to cause traffic jams in Finland
The Nordic Response 24 exercise, taking place in Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian Lapland, is set to end this week and the Finnish Defence Forces say that could cause traffic disruption in the north of Finland. Altogether some 4,100 soldiers from Finland participated in the exercises, along with about 800 vehicles.Continue Reading
Denmark establishes itself as one of Europe’s biggest donors to Ukraine
When it comes to his country’s support for Ukraine, Denmark’s Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen sees only one red line: “We do not plan on sending soldiers to the field and do not consider this an option,” he said in an interview with Le Monde. For the rest, Denmarkis notContinue Reading