Norway’s land-use neutrality debate is moving to the national level, after the government appointed an expert committee to examine whether development that consumes natural areas should be offset by restoring
European support for Spain over the Ceuta crisis emerged from an emergency meeting of EU interior ministers on Tuesday, reversing much of the criticism directed at Madrid in the previous
Norway’s public services were disrupted by a cyberattack that affected access to government, welfare and healthcare platforms from the early hours of Monday, 3 August. The Norwegian Digitalisation Agency (Digitaliseringsdirektoratet,
Finland restricted traffic in the Gulf of Finland early on Friday after Ukrainian drones struck logistics facilities near St Petersburg, extending the immediate security consequences of the war to the
An EMP attack in Sweden could disable electricity, communications and transport systems across large areas within a fraction of a second, without producing a conventional explosion at ground level. Swedish
Swedish jets intercepted Russian bombers over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday morning, after two Tu-22M3 aircraft were detected flying above international waters. Sweden’s Armed Forces said the operation was intended
GNSS interference in the Baltic Sea has become more systematic and geographically widespread, according to Sweden’s transport authority. The manipulation of satellite navigation signals is affecting south-eastern Sweden and some
A major fire in Drammen has destroyed more than 100 homes and forced over 400 people to leave the Krokstadelva area since Friday afternoon. Firefighters had reduced the risk of
Sweden rail closures and speed restrictions have been introduced across parts of the country after high temperatures increased the risk of damage to tracks and overhead power lines. The Swedish
A Norwegian-owned tanker was hit by an explosion off Oman early on Tuesday, causing a fire in its engine room as maritime security deteriorates around the Strait of Hormuz. All
