Sweden and Finland will receive NATO planes and open up the sky for the Trident Juncture Alliance exercises - NATO
1 year agoThe massive amount of equipment/troops that need to be moved to Norway for NATO's TridentJuncture is an exercise in itself, says US Adm James Foggo. Norway is going to see some "stress testing" of its highway system and weather will be a factor too.
1 year agoAdm James Foggo tells a press conference at NATO that the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier will participate in ex #tridentjuncture18 , bringing the total number of participants up to about 50,000.
Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to stop sexual violence
"Nord Stream 2" will be launched in 15 months on January 1, 2020 - Gazprom Chairman Oleksiy Miller
1 year agoHere are the 17 nationalists who are prosecuted after the violent march in Gothenburg.
1 year agoThese are the land, sea and air boundaries of exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE. Source: Norwegian armed forces
Swedish court rules Jean-Claude Arnault, the man at the center of the Nobel Literature Prize scandal, guilty of rape, jails him for two years
1 year agoDanish musician Kim Larsen is dead, announcing his agent.
Police in Denmark say the eastern island of Zealand where Copenhagen sits has been cut off citing "a major police operation"
Two individuals arrested in Denmark yesterday for allegedly buying drones for IS.
NBI's Cybercrime Center will investigate yesterday's DoS attack and establish whether this latest incident has any links to similar DDoS attacks committed in the past few months.
Approximately 3 million euros confiscated at AiristonHelmi properties during raid. Not just €s but other currencies too.
1 year agoFinnish social insurance institution KELA again report problems with their services today, begun 10:42 local time. So far no other reports.
1 year agoDDoS attack hits suomi.fi , Finnish identification services (social insurance institution, tax office etc e-Services depend on this)
Sweden PM Lofven loses confidence vote in parliament
Russian MFA summoned Norwegian Ambassador after security services have detained Russian spy in Oslo
1 year agoOn shady property purchases (and couple attempted ones) near or at sensitive areas in Finland. Infographics by Iltalehti originally published already in 2014.
The Norwegian Police has detained a Russian citizen on suspicion of illegal intelligence activities. The man had attended a seminar this week on digitalization in the Norwegian Parliament.
Company under searches confirmed as "Airiston Helmi" - widely believed to be as a Russian controlled shell company with very little real business. Been buying surplus Finnish navy vessels and properties next to strategic maritime lanes.
1 year agoNo-Fly Zone declared to Finnish archipelago area. National Bureau of Investigation jointly with other authorities conducting multiple searches of unnamed company's properties over financial crimes.
1 year agoA rapidly deepening cyclone in the North Sea will bring dangerous severe winds into N Denmark, S Norway and SW Sweden this afternoon. Stay alert for winds up tp 150 km/h locally.
NBI investigates Turku stabbing hero's crowdfunding activities
Sweden: Explosion at Syrian association's entrance in Södertälje - no one's injured
Adger police arrest 6 anti-fascist activists during a political festival as a preventative measure. Police allege the arrests were made on suspicion of planning to disturb public peace, an unprecedented police action for Norway.
Stockholm police shoot and kill Eric Torrell, a 20-year-old man with Down's syndrome. Police allege that Torrell was carrying a realistic toy gun when they received an emergency call.
2 year agoPolice investigate blast in Malmö apartment block
2 year agoSweden: 4 wounded in shooting assault in Trelleborg (South SWE). Police do not treat incident as terrorism related.
2 year ago4 taken to hospital, several more seriously injured after shooting in Trelleborg Sweden
2 year agoBig police operation in Trelleborg, Sweden, after several people shot
