Sweden gives another SEK 1.4 billion in financial aid to Ukraine
Sweden is to give SEK 1.4 billion to Ukraine to help the civilian population through the winter. The money will
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Geopolitics
BBC: Russia recruiting migrants near Finnish border to fight in Ukraine
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reported that Russian authorities are allegedly enticing migrants seeking to enter Finland with expired
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Moscow aims for another grab: Navy Chief says Russia will expand into Arctic Ocean
Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov underlines that it is a national priority for Russia to make a “full-scale takeover” of Arctic territories
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Sweden and the US sign historic defence deal
Sweden and the United States have signed a historic defence cooperation agreement. Under the deal, the US military gain access
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Finland closes several border-crossing points to Russia
Following a rapid growth in illegal border traffic, the Nordic country closes four of its border-crossing points to Russia. The
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Cabinet postpones meeting on border crossings; Russia ‘deeply regrets’ Finnish moves
The Kremlin has reacted with displeasure to statements by Finnish leaders, who accused Russia of funneling asylum-seekers to its border.
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Russia: No signs of any imminent nuclear tests at Novaya Zemlya
Amid dark rhetoric from the Kremlin, lawmakers and propagandists with threats to abandon the test ban treaty, there are hardly
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Border trouble not on agenda when FSB boss visited Norway
Last year’s controversial illegal border crossings and Russia’s military exercises troubling Norwegian fishermen in the Norwegian economic zone were not
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Finland deploys round-the-clock control to stop Russian cars transiting via Norway
Two weeks have passed since Finland, like the Baltic states and Poland, decided to turn around all Russian vehicles with less than
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US Navy brings massive fire power to Tromsø
For the first time a guided missile submarine of the Ohio-class makes port call to Northern Norway. It was Thursday
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With northern focus, Finland applies EU funding to improve military mobility
The Finnish Government said an application of €43 million has been sent to the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CAF), a funding
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Finland issues Nato stamp
Finland is to issue a postage stamp to commemorate its accession to Nato’s military alliance. The national postal service says
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Finland counted its bomb shelters and found 50,500 of them
Finland has finished inventorying its existing bomb shelters in a government effort prompted by neighboring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year,
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Another illegal crossing, Norway considers new means at Europe’s last unbarred border with Russia
In late July, one more person walked across the northernmost frontier. Not the way you should think, but from Norway
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Russian bombers fly over international waters in Arctic
Russian strategic bombers have carried out routine flights over international waters in the Arctic, the defence ministry said on Monday.
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