Daily News from Scandinavia

European Union Affairs Committee approved positions on Fit for 55 initiatives

NordenBladet — At its today’s sitting, the European Union Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) discussed two initiatives of the Fit for...

Minister for Foreign Affairs Haavisto and Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to visit Sweden

NordenBladet — Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto and Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will visit Sweden on 2 February and meet with...

EU competitiveness ministers to discuss crisis resilience and strategic dependencies

NordenBladet — The EU ministers responsible for the internal market and industrial policy will meet to discuss the Union’s measures to develop its...

Live webcast: Press Conference of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis...

NordenBladet — The Ministers will discuss bilateral issues, European security and topical international questions.Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will meet Lithuanian Minister...

Nine-month acceptance period of EU COVID-19 vaccination certificates introduced for travel

NordenBladet — From February 2022 onwards, EU COVID-19 vaccination certificates will be accepted for travel purposes for a period of nine months since...

The Chief of the General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces visited Estonia for...

NordenBladet — This week, the Chief of the General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces, Major General Robert Glavaš, visited Estonia for the first time,...

World’s first permanent vehicle-charging electric road to be built in Sweden

NordenBladet — Sweden’s highway network is set to build the world’s first permanent electric road in the country by 2025, which will allow electric...

Internal border control will end, restrictions on external border traffic will continue until 14...

NordenBladet — In line with the Government decision of 27 January, internal border control between Finland and all Schengen countries will end on...

Ratas discussed European security, pandemic and green transition with his Spanish counterpart

NordenBladet — At their meeting today, President of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) Jüri Ratas and President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain...

Prime Minister Marin and UN Secretary-General Guterres discuss European security, strengthening the UN and...

NordenBladet — On Friday 28 January, Prime Minister Sanna Marin and UN Secretary-General António Guterres discussed the security situation in Europe and ways...