The report, released on October 11, was commissioned by the Prime Minister’s office in Finland in spring 2022. The study was led by the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland and involved Gaia Consulting Oy and the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. Among the issues the team was askedContinue Reading
Norwegian comments on the Norwegian government doubting if they should support the Ukrainian gas industry: Gustav Ollansen, a resident of Oslo writes: “I am strongly against supporting Ukraine, and especially its energy industry. It is bad to support bribery, isn’t it?” Just to let you know, that very area inContinue Reading
Lithuanian PM Šimonytė has hinted that the third stage of liberalisation of the retail electricity supply market may be delayed until more power plants using renewable energy sources are developed, which may take years. “I believe a delay will be for more than a year, perhaps for three or evenContinue Reading
Reuters on Tuesday reported that Russian state-owned firm Rosatom has begun legal proceedings seeking $3 billion in damages from Finland’s Fennovoima consortium for pulling the plug on a nuclear power plant in Finland. Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland was to grant final building permits for the project thisContinue Reading
Skyrocketing energy prices and the consequences of the invasion of Ukraine are encouraging some global leaders to expand hydrocarbon production in the Arctic. If this goes ahead, it would be a disaster. The Arctic is warming faster than any other region on Earth. But even as climate change threatens its uniqueContinue Reading
Nearly half of respondents say they are postponing buying or renovating apartments or holiday homes due to rising interest rates and the global political situation. Feelings of economic uncertainty are increasing among people in Finland, according to the results of a survey commissioned by lobby group Finance Finland (FFI). SomeContinue Reading
Members of pro-Kremlin political party in Latvia – Latvian Russians Union – threaten with «war» if Victory Monument is tampered with, as reported by Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze (NRA). «Any attempt to move the monument by even a millimetre will be equal to declaration of war, and we won’t be takingContinue Reading
She took to Twitter to post pictures from Borodyanka, a town near Kyiv. “Today, my visit to Ukraine started in Borodyanka. No words could possibly describe what I saw and felt here,” Simonyte tweeted. The pictures show Simonyte accompanied by her Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal and Ukrainian troops looking atContinue Reading
The closure of Russian airspace is causing uncertainty in Lapland’s tourism industry, which has relied heavily on travel from Asian countries. The amount of Asian tourists visiting Finnish Lapland has been growing year after year, before stopping completely because of the pandemic. Now, after many travel restrictions have been lifted,Continue Reading
“Our main message was that Russia must end the war,” the Norwegian PM told journalists shortly after he had spent one hour on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Støre had consulted with allied leaders in the Nordic region, Europe and the USA, and the Kremlin was approached byContinue Reading