The Arctic Century

Swedish 15-year-olds lost a full year of reading ability in three years, and the rest of the Nordics fell with them. The minister blames screens.

France's Arctic commitment is real. But does Paris move only when Russia, NATO, or Greenland force it—and borrow the means to get there?

Brussels put 1.5 billion kroner on the table in Nuuk. But membership is still Greenland's call—and Trump and Beijing are bidding for the same island.

Finland's jobless rate hit 10.5 percent in July, the worst in the EU. The economy is growing again—so why are companies still not hiring?

Around 20 organized crime groups now operate in Iceland, half again as many as a decade ago, and in 2025 alone the police registered nearly 140 large-scale smuggling cases and found 36 potential victims of human trafficking. A Justice Ministry bill published on September 2 would redefine what counts as a crime group, double the maximum penalty to eight years, extend pre-trial detention to six months and let police search seized phones, confiscate unexplained assets and use facial recognition.

Norway's biggest offshore polluter wants Nordland VI, closed since 2001, back in the licensing round—reopening a question settled 25 years ago.

FMV has signed a SEK 47 billion contract with France's Naval Group for four FDI frigates, the largest combat ships the Swedish navy has ever operated, with deliveries running from 2030 to 2034. Kristersson and Macron framed the Luleå class as a capability for waters far beyond the Baltic—the North Atlantic and the High North—which raises the question of whose fleet, and whose war, these ships are really meant for.

Norway's supply industry cheers the drive for more shelf exploration, while campaigners promise a fight over the disputed LoVeSe waters off Nordland.