To norske frivillige skadet i bombeangrep i Ukraina
De norske frivillige medic-ene Sander Sørsveen Trelvik og Simon Johnsen ble torsdag truffet av et bombeangrep i Ukraina. – Vi er begge på vei ut i ambulanse for behandling. Vi ble truffet direkte i dag, rett på. De jævlene, skriver Simon til VG. Simon og Sander jobber sammen som medicerContinue Reading
Noreg kjøper 54 tyske stridsvogner
Forsvarsministeren, statsministeren og finansministeren fortalde om innkjøpet i dag. Forsvarssjefen anbefalte ikkje dette, men er i dag positiv til antalet. Regjeringa har planlagt for å kjøpe inn fleire nye stridsvogner, sjølv om forsvarssjefen ikkje anbefalte dette. Kor mange stridsvogner dei ville kjøpe, og kva typar har ikkje vore kjent førContinue Reading
Amnesty Norway: Stop the ongoing human rights violation!
For years, Maja Kristine Jåma and the Sámi community in Fovsen-Njaarke have been at odds with the Norwegian state over the decision to construct wind turbines in an area crucial for their reindeer herding. In October 2021, the Supreme Court in Norway unanimously ruled that the wind power plant, nowContinue Reading
Norwegian Exercise Arctic Dolphin to start in Bergen with NATO countries
Arctic Dolphin is an annual military exercise focused on the annual submarine commander course. It involves the participation of Norwegian and allied military ships and aircraft and takes place in the North Sea off the coast of Bergen and in areas between Stord and Sognefjorden. The exercise is important forContinue Reading
Italian PM Meloni in Stockholm to discuss migration with Swedish PM
Meloni, leader of the right-wing populist Brothers of Italy party, is the second government leader to visit Kristersson after Finland’s Sanna Marin, who was in Stockholm earlier this week. The two leaders will discuss migration, as well as how the EU should respond to the American Inflation Reduction Act (IRA),Continue Reading
Baltic prime ministers promise to continue supporting Ukraine
The Baltic states will continue to send military aid to Ukraine, and support the sending of fighter jets, the prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said at a meeting in Tallinn on Friday. Estonia is leading the Baltic cooperation formats this year and the trio discussed Ukraine, joint infrastructureContinue Reading
Bloomberg: Turkey could approve Finland’s Nato bid by March
Turkey may ratify Finland’s bid to join the Nato military alliance by March at the latest, according to a report (siirryt toiseen palveluun) by the Bloomberg news agency. Citing anonymous sources, the agency added that while Finland may have done enough to resolve Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan‘s security concerns,Continue Reading
Denmark plans to provide Ukraine with 20 refurbished Leopard 1A5 tanks
Citing open source information, the German company FFG will have a stock of 100 Leopard 1A5 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) that were in service with the Danish army. In 2010, FFG would have bought 100 Leopard 1A5 in Denmark to transform them and then resell them. Denmark ordered 120 German-madeContinue Reading
Ukraine faces logistics hurdles ahead of tank deliveries from EU
Nearly a year into the war in Ukraine, Western allies finally agreed to send Kyiv the battle tanks it says it so desperately needs. The first battalion will have roughly 40 tanks, including newer German Leopard 2A6s, and could arrive by spring. But the broader package pieced together this weekContinue Reading
Baltics, Poland deepen defense cooperation
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland signed a joint agreement to depend on security cooperation and establish a new platform that spans the four countries. Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) and his counterparts co-signed the document in Riga, Lavia on Tuesday. It “lays the foundation for a cooperation platformContinue Reading