Finland faces more hybrid influencing and energy supply threats, ministry’s risk assessment finds
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
Estonian PM: EU should tell defense industry to produce more for Ukraine
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
Activists halt logging again at Lapland site
A group of protesters disrupted logging operations at Aalistunturi in Kolari, Finland, on Sunday. According to the Forest Movement (Metsäliike in Finnish), five activists from the group are preventing logging on lands administered by the state-owned forest management organisation Metsähallitus. This marks the fourth time the logging has been disrupted.Continue Reading
Danske Leopard 1 kampvogne til Ukraine kan være et stort korruptionsprojekt
For et par dage siden meddelte forsvarsministeriet, at landet ville donere omkring 90 af sine Leopard 1A5DK kampvogne til Ukraine, så Kyiv bedre kan modstå Ruslands militær. Ideen viste sig dog at være meget dyr. De kampvogne, som Danmark vil give til Ukraine, ikke er danske nu lovligt set. ForContinue Reading
US bombed Nord Stream gas pipelines, claims investigative journalist Seymour Hersh
The bombing of the Nord Stream underwater gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea was a covert operation ordered by the White House and carried out by the CIA, a report by a veteran investigative journalist claims. Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, has claimed that US deep-sea divers, using aContinue Reading
Kallas: Security cooperation with Sweden, Finland strong despite NATO delay
Estonia’s defense cooperation with Finland and Sweden is already very good, and it will not be damaged by delays in the two countries’ accession to NATO, said Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) on Tuesday. “Our security cooperation with both Finland and Sweden is very strong. We are in theContinue Reading
In joining NATO, Sweden sees contributions to be made to Estonian security
Complicated talks with Turkey have dampened neither the Swedish government’s desire nor the desire of the Swedish people to join NATO, that country’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billström says. When it comes to joining the alliance, Sweden also sees contributing to the defense of the Baltic States as one of itsContinue Reading
Finland’s parliamentary parties agree to push ahead with NATO legislation
Finland’s parliamentary parties, with the exception of the Left Alliance, have reached a broad consensus on proceeding with Nato legislation before the end of this parliamentary term. Although the governing coalition partner the Left Alliance is opposed to moving ahead in the accession process without Nordic neighbour Sweden, the partyContinue Reading
Niinistö: Finland aims to join NATO with Sweden “as soon as possible”
Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö said on Tuesday that Finland is proceeding with its Nato process in “complete understanding” with Sweden. Niinistö noted that the two Nordic nations have received different types of messages from Turkey about their Nato membership ratifications. Finland’s President was speaking on Tuesday during a press conferenceContinue Reading
Sami mark 30th national day in the cold
Sami in Norway are also awaiting an official report aimed at correcting past wrongs from a state commission named for what it’s seeking: truth and reconciliation. It’s due this summer, after a lengthy investigation into how Norwegian- and church authorities tried for generations to strip the Sami of their ownContinue Reading