Tag: Defense
That means the new defense agreements with Ukraine
Today, Ukraine and Sweden signed two agreements on defense cooperation. Partly to protect information that is shared between the countries, partly to give Ukraine a faster track to Swedish military…
Jens Stoltenberg has piloted NATO for almost ten years – now he tells EPN how the Russian attack changed the defense alliance
BRUSSELS interviewed the general secretary Jens Stoltenberg At the NATO headquarters, fresh after the NATO Summit held in Vilnius. Stoltenberg is apparently satisfied with the outcome of the summit, described…
Defense: why India chose the French Rafale fighter
The Indian government has given the green light for the purchase from France of three Scorpene submarines and 26 Rafale fighter jets for the navy. A purchase, the terms of…
The defense wants to buy sabers for 50 million
The Defense Materiel Administration has signed a contract enabling the Armed Forces to purchase thousands of new sabers for a total of more than SEK 50 million, reports P4 Jönköping.…
Biden assured that the United States is committed to the defense of NATO – but dodged the question of how to prevent Trump from withdrawing the country from NATO
President of the United States Joe Biden and the President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö emphasized the countries’ historically close relations at a press conference held after the Nordic-US summit…
Sweden signs two new defense agreements with Ukraine
Two new agreements between Sweden and Ukraine have been signed. The first is a security agreement that allows the countries to share classified information with each other.The second provides a…
No self defense but manslaughter: OM demands 11 years in prison against Leersummer who shot neighbor
During the investigation, several pieces of evidence were found that make the scenario sketched by the suspect implausible, the public prosecutor argued. According to the Public Prosecution Service, the suspect…
“Welcome Sauli!”, promises of Ukraine’s membership and the size of defense budgets – these three issues dominated the day of the NATO summit
The first day of the two-day summit of the military alliance NATO in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, has ended. The first day of the summit was dominated by the…
Violence in France: “The cost for the State is not 650 million, but two billion”
The costs of the riots in France after the death of Nahel reach 650 million euros for insurers. This is much more than for the riots of 2005. Buildings and…
What if the US leaves Europe’s defense?
Russia’s major attack on Ukraine created a clear new mission for the defense alliance NATO. It also quickly led Finland to become a member of NATO – that is, an…