Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says Turkey is making demands that Sweden cannot accept. Ankara’s stipulations were to lift its veto on Stockholm’s bid to join NATO. Kristersson made the comment at the annual Security and Defence meeting where politicians, authorities, and members of civil society gather to discuss defenceContinue Reading
Ruotsin maahanmuuttoministeri Maria Malmer Stenergard vahvistaa ruotsalaiselle SVT:lle, että Ruotsi on karkottanut PKK-järjestöön lukeutuvan turkkilaismiehen. Asiasta uutisoivat aiemmin useat turkkilaismediat. – Kyseessä on karkotustapaus, jossa henkilön turvapaikkahakemus hylättiin, Stenergard sanoi SVT:lle. Tänään mies vangittiin Turkissa, kertoi esimerkiksi turkkilainen TV-kanava NTV. Maahanmuuttoministeri Stenergardin mukaan Ruotsin hallitus ei ole osallistunut päätöksentekoon turvapaikkahakemuksenContinue 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
Said to be breakthrough sustainable innovation for the mining industry’s transition to low-carbon production, the very first battery-powered MT42 truck was presented this week. LKAB, Europe’s largest iron-ore producer, is ready to put the vehicle into operations hundreds of meters under the surface at its mine inside the Arctic Circle.Continue 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
The two Nordic nations continue to work closely together, with Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) meeting his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde in Helsinki on Friday. Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) will visit Berlin next week at the invitation of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. In a press release, the government’sContinue Reading
Swedish tech company Anodox Energy Systems has announced plans to produce electric vehicle batteries in Latvia, with the first factory in the Port of Rīga expected to be operational by December 2022. The news was announced by the Economics Ministry March 25, with a promise that a second factory for Lithium Ion Phosphate (LFP)Continue 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
Russia’s operation in Ukraine has resulted in the rise of energy resource prices, as gas price soared by nearly 40% and the price of oil reached USD 105 (EUR 94.18) On the day of Russian operation, Thursday, February 24, Brent crude oil price hit USD 105 per barrel for theContinue Reading