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Sweden halts plans for power cable to Denmark over disagreement with EU funding plan

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 13:10
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Sweden will put on hold plans for a new power cable to Denmark, Energy Minister ​Ebba Busch said on Friday,

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Two held in Sweden over suspected deliveries of hi-tech gear to Russia

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 10:16
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Two people have been detained in Sweden on suspicion of helping Russia procure advanced engineering products that could be used

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Politics Politics (Sweden) Society (Sweden) 

Sweden arrests Chinese captain of suspected Russia-linked vessel

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, May 4, 2026 at 15:00
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The Chinese captain of a seized oil tanker with suspected Russian links has been placed under arrest on suspicion of 

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Nordic leaders meet in Oslo as Arctic tensions sharpen over Greenland, Russia

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 16, 2026 at 11:08
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The leaders of five Nordic countries — plus Canada — gathered in Oslo for a mini-summit to discuss strengthening defence capabilities

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) 

Carney heading to Norway to watch NATO exercises, meet with PM

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 11:05
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Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to travel to Norway on Friday to observe the Norwegian-led NATO Cold Response exercise above

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Swedish military intelligence on the great power rivalry over Greenland

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, January 19, 2026 at 12:17
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The Swedish military intelligence and security service (Must) sees developments in the Arctic, including Greenland, as a result of increasing

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Swedish military to Greenland ahead of exercise

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 12:43
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Sweden is sending Swedish Armed Forces officers to Greenland. The deployment is at Denmark’s request ahead of Operation Arctic Endurance.

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Russia withdraws from Euro-Arctic rescue cooperation

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 28, 2025 at 14:27
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The Foreign Ministry in Moscow announced on November 26 that it formally had terminated the agreement with Norway, Finland and

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Sweden looking for Canadian partnership to ramp up fighter, surveillance plane production

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 14:43 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 14:46
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By Murray Brewster  Saab-Bombardier partnership ‘really blossoming,’ says Swedish defence minister Canada’s top flight aviation industry and aerospace expertise makes

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Energy products continue to make up the majority of Finland's imports from Russia. (iStock)
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Electricity to get more expensive in the north due to new Sweden-Finland powerline

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 16:00
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A new electricity transmission line between Sweden and Finland is set to come online on Wednesday afternoon. The Aurora Line

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General Sweden 

Proposal: Sweden’s 2030 climate targets to remain unchanged

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, October 31, 2025 at 11:50
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Sweden should keep its climate emissions targets agreed upon for 2030, but adapt them to harmonise with the EU’s base

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Sweden to lead NATO force in challenging Arctic region

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 10:13 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 10:14
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Sweden is taking command of NATO’s FLF Finland force that will operate across the far north of Sweden, Finland and

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Swedish glaciers are still melting — but by less than last year

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 15:54
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Sweden’s glaciers are still shrinking, but this year’s melt was much smaller compared to 2024’s record. Glaciologist Nina Kirchner from

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Europe should wage information warfare inside Russia says professor

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, October 3, 2025 at 14:39
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Europe should fight Russia’s information war inside Russia. Current measures taken by Western countries, such as fact-checking and sanctions, are

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Finland pushes EU drone wall as northern countries’ security investments expand

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2025 at 16:09
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As Arctic states continue to expand surveillance across the polar region, Europe’s northern flank is preparing its own response, with

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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