Säkerhetspolisen, Säpo, säger att den kurdiska gruppen PKK samlar in pengar i Sverige genom att hota folk. Sverige och flera andra länder tycker att PKK är en terrorgrupp. Fredrik Hallström jobbar på Säpo. Han säger till Ekot att PKK samlar in pengar med hot om våld, och att det specielltContinue Reading
Sweden on Friday extradited a Kurdish refugee to Turkey as Ankara keeps pressuring the Nordic country to meet its demands in return for NATO membership. The refugee is among dozens of people wanted in Turkey for terror-related charges. Such steps just show that Sweden will do everything to join NATO.Continue Reading
The Finnish Defence Forces (FD) will hold a combat exercise next week in the Rovaniemi and Rovajärvi areas of Lapland, the FDF said in a press release. The exercise, called Vigilant Knife, will last from Monday to Friday. In addition to the Ground Forces, troops from Sweden and the UKContinue Reading
Representatives from Finland, Sweden and Turkey are to meet in Finland on Friday to discuss the two Nordic countries’ Nato applications, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs told Yle on Wednesday. Officials have not announced the exact location or agenda of the meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to reviewContinue Reading
Trucks packed with military hardware could this weekend be seen in big numbers on the roads that connect northern Sweden and Finland with neighbouring Norway. Several of them carried tanks and heavy armoured vehicles. Sweden and Finland have participated in the bi-annual Cold Response for more than 15 years. ButContinue Reading
Prime Minister Sanna Marin did not want to say on Saturday whether Finland and Sweden were seeking special non-Nato partner status with the United States. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) and her Swedish counterpart, Magdalena Andersson, on Saturday said their countries were deepening cooperation in the wake of Russia’sContinue Reading
When Christopher Gorelczenko left Jeff Bezos’s space startup Blue Origin for a job in Skellefteå, he had only ever seen the isolated Swedish town of 73,000 on Google Maps. A former colleague had described the locale as “moose country”. “The biggest surprise to me is the amount of people IContinue Reading
Sweden has no plans now to apply for NATO membership and isn’t considering the issue, the country’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde said on Monday. This is stated in the foreign policy declaration 2022, released by the country’s government. “Freedom from military alliances serves us well and contributes to stability andContinue Reading
Fem oppositionspartier vill markera det svenska självbestämmandet att kunna gå med i Nato. Men regeringen vill inte ha någon sådan diskussion och tvekar även inför kravet att låta exportera försvarsmaterial till Ukraina. Samtidigt får Sverigedemokraterna kritik för att inte stödja att EU-pengar går till Ukraina. Utrikesminister Ann Linde (S) presenterade påContinue Reading
A new poll suggests that a right-wing government could enter power after Sweden’s upcoming September elections. But a fragmented political map makes predictions difficult. The poll, commissioned and published on 11 February by the newspaper close to the Social Democratic Party, Aftonbladet, shows that the Social Democrats continue to be theContinue Reading