Norway Gas Scare Puts European Market on Edge
Prices jumped Monday as jittery traders responded to an unexpected cutoff in supply. Europe’s gas market has been jolted out of its slumber. An outage in key supplier Norway sent prices up Monday by the most this year, and uncertainty over the duration of repairs has traders on edge. AContinue Reading
US and EU countries must take measures in the investigation of the Nord Stream pipeline bombings
The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has sent additional requests to the United States, Germany, France and Cyprus regarding terrorist acts committed against the interests of Russia and its citizens, including the undermining of the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines. The agency notes that the designated countries are partiesContinue Reading
Majority of Finns would tighten EU external borders
Asylum policy and support for Ukraine are two issues in which the views of a majority of voters and most candidates in the EU parliamentary election diverge. A new report by the Natopoll research project has found that people in Finland are far more in favour of turning back irregularContinue Reading
The New Arctic Frontier: Geopolitical Competition and Militarization of the Arctic
The earlier conflicts among arctic stakeholders included disputes over natural resources including fisheries, delineation, conflict between the USA and Canada over war and peacekeeping identities. Conflict between Norway and Sweden where the union king was considered threat to Norway’s autonomy. Where circumpolar states including Sweden, Norway, and Greenland remained aContinue Reading
Russia-China Arctic Partnership Bother NATO, Why?
The Arctic region is increasingly becoming a new frontier for geostrategic competition between the powers. Moscow and Beijing see eye-to-eye on the need to preserve the Arctic as “a territory of peace, low military-political tension, and stability,” as President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to China underlined. Russia and China willContinue Reading
Norway to add millions more to historic increase in defense spending announced last month
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Norwegian center-left government said Thursday that it wants to add 7 billion kroner ($630 million) to the Scandinavian country’s armed forces over the next 12 years amid increased tensions in the region. The announcement came on top of plans announced last month of a “historic increase”Continue Reading
Germany’s Scholz heads to Sweden to talk security with Nordic leaders
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is due to travel to Sweden on Monday to hold talks with the prime ministers of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway. The main topics of discussion are expected to be the security situation in Europe, support for Ukraine in its defence against Russia, but alsoContinue Reading
Plastic pollution talks end & Arctic peoples return home to a ‘sink’ of plastic
Global plastic pollution talks in Ottawa came to a close April 30, and with them a group of Indigenous leaders from the Arctic are on their way home. But the mood remains bittersweet for the delegation that must return to a region that has become a “sink” collecting plastic pollutionContinue Reading
Arctic security on the agenda for Northern Premiers’ Forum
Federal ministers, premiers meet in Iqaluit on Sunday before forum opens in Pond Inlet Arctic security will be on the agenda this week as federal politicians and territorial premiers meet in Nunavut. The Northern Premiers’ Forum is being held Monday through Thursday in Pond Inlet, with Nunavut Premier P.J. AkeeagokContinue Reading
Russia announces nuclear drills after Western officials talk of deepening involvement in Ukraine
Referring to certain ‘provocative’ statements made by NATO leaders in recent days, Russia announced it would be holding tactical nuclear weapon drills. Russia said Monday it plans to hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid rising tensions following comments by senior Western officials about the possibility ofContinue Reading