President Niinistö: Possible NATO membership not a joint Finnish-Swedish decision
byPresident Sauli Niinistö has told Yle that there is no automatic link that would require Finland and Sweden to coordinate application for NATO membership….
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Russia Threatens Sweden with Missile Deployment
byIn a recent interview, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov told Sweden’s Dagen Nyheter warned that “it’s every country’s right to decide what form its security…
The King of Sweden: should he stay or should he go?
byAs Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf turns 70, a royalist and a republican argue head-to-head in a Radio Sweden debate about the future of…
Sweden Adapts Cold War Strategy to Modern Times
byHow to survive during a war? For the armed forces of both Finland and Sweden the strategy includes fighter jet operations from regular roads….
Nordic and Baltic Ministers to Putin: “We won’t forget Crimea”
byOn the second anniversary of Russia’s illegal annexation, European foreign ministers call for sanctions to be upheld in a joint statement. By Margot Wallström,…
The Estonian Defence Model: “Shoot to kill, on the spot!”
byKaliningrad, autumn of 2006. I had just finished up a term as a visiting professor at the old Königsberg, Immanuel Kant University. The last…
The Åland Regime After Crimea
byThe annexation of Crimea was a definite wakeup call telling us that Russia has turned down the European Security Order and assumed a policy…
US Musician David Lowery Sues Sweden’s Spotify for $150m
byUS singer-songwriter and musician’s rights advocate, David Lowery, who fronted alternative rock acts Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, has filed a proposed class action suit…
Baltic and Nordic Leaders In Reykjavik For Northern Summit
byThe Northern Future Forum opened with a press conference at Grand Hotel, Reykjavik where Iceland’s PM Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson stressed the importance of the…
Henning Mankell, one of Sweden’s best loved authors remembered
byTributes poured in on Monday following the death of one of Sweden’s best-loved authors, Henning Mankell. Krister Henriksson, the actor who played Mankell’s famous…