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A media campaign is gradually unfolding in Finland, aimed at potentially forcing the country to withdraw from the icebreaker deal signed in October 2025...
Trine Lise Sundnes, a member of parliament for the Norwegian Labour Party and leader of the Norwegian European Movement, wants Norway to join the European Union as soon as possible. There is a window to reach a good deal now, but in five years it will be too late. Norway is in danger of being left behind if Iceland joins.
Trump's announcement last Sunday, dispatching one of two American military hospital ships to provide medical assistance to residents of Greenland, an autonomous region within the Danish Realm, came as a bolt from the blue for Denmark, the EU, and NATO.
A book has just been published in Finland that could easily be the biggest sensation of the year just beginning. The only thing that could surprise the Finnish reading public more would be a book written by aliens from Area 51, located in southern Nevada near Groom Lake...
An international team of scientists from Russia and China has begun work on a three-year study Development of the Russian-Chinese Trans-Arctic/Pacific Transport Corridor Based on Blue Economy Principles. The main goal of this project is to identify prospects for the creation and development of a maritime transport corridor between the Russian Arctic and China's Pacific coast based on high environmental standards and the concept of sustainable development in the Arctic and Pacific regions.
Greenlanders have mixed feelings about the three-day visit of King Frederik X of Denmark from February 18 to 20, as reflected in coverage in the Danish and Greenlandic press.
The 1928 Italia expedition is remembered not only for its courage and technological daring, but for its tragedy—an episode where politics, pride, and the limits of human endurance collided at once. This is the dramatic story of the Italia—a story of visionaries, rivals, and the high cost of chasing glory at the top of the world.
In October 2023, Finland laid down the first of the four-ship Pohjanmaa-class corvette series, which will be completed in 2029, when all four warships will reach full operational capability.
In 2026, the waters of the North Atlantic will welcome a British carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier Prince of Wales, widely known to naval enthusiasts for its severe technical problems, which meant the £3 billion ship spent more time in dry dock than at sea. The carrier is also known for its technical cannibalism with the sister ship Queen Elizabeth.
