Picking apart the rubble left in the economy by Iceland's previous government, the country's new government is looking to clean up the financial sector by continuing the privatisation of banks in which the state has held a stake. The 'casino nation', Iceland, whose record bankruptcy in 2008 stunned Europe, and especially depositors from the UK and the Netherlands, is looking to clean up its increasingly private banking sector to make it more attractive to investors.

For a long time, after the 1980s, the Arctic region gained significance as an exceptional zone of peace, a region that bears no pretext for conflicts and may even become a sort of olive branch that, instead of generating conflicts, resolves them.

In the summer of 1962, an American spy flew a first-generation hang glider to cross the Soviet-Finnish border and carry out a CIA mission...

We focus on Finland, which has emerged as one of Europe's leading Powers in the sphere of icebreakers.

This year's forum, Arctic: Today and the Future, was held for the 14th time. The event was named after its legendary pioneer, polar explorer Artur Chilingarov. As outlined in the programme, the priority of the event focused on a 'human-centred' Arctic.

Past, present, and future of the Northern Forum.

Military solutions received the most attention in Europe and the U.S. during the first two and a half years following the escalation of conflict in Ukraine in February 2022. In late 2024, the situation has started to change...

Strategically located between Russia, China, India and the Greater Middle East, Kazakhstan may have a bright future in what some analysts call the upcoming Asian Century...