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    Richard Milne

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    Richard Milne covers Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden for the FT. He was previously capital markets editor, European business correspondent, correspondent in both Frankfurt and Paris as well as a graduate trainee, all at the FT, where he started in 2003.
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    • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Finland and Estonia urge EU to stop issuing tourist visas to Russians

      Helsinki says Russians are entering the country and then using its airports to fly elsewhere in the bloc

    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      Energy crisis
      Norway set to curb electricity exports in blow to European energy supplies

      Lack of rainfall has hit Nordic country’s production of hydroelectric power

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      Nato
      Washington ratifies Sweden and Finland’s Nato membership

      US becomes 23rd country to approve Nordic countries’ membership but Turkey remains a holdout

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      AP Møller-Maersk AS
      Maersk raises profit forecasts for third time this year as supply chain hit persists

      Container shipping group says normalisation in freight rates will take longer than expected

    • Sunday, 24 July, 2022
      Streaming services
      Scandinavia’s Viaplay defends streaming model ahead of UK launch

      Swedish group touts appeal of sports rights after adding almost 1mn subscribers in latest quarter

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      FT Magazine
      Life on the idyllic Swedish island where WW3 could start

      Experts say that a Russian invasion of the Baltic states could begin on Gotland, a quiet 1,200-square-mile island

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      Norges Bank
      Norway makes surprise 50 basis point rise

      Policymakers in Oslo announce biggest rate increase in almost two decades

    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
      Nato
      Estonia’s PM says country would be ‘wiped from map’ under existing Nato plans

      Kallas says alliance strategy would see Baltic states overrun in event of Russian invasion before being taken back

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Russia warns Lithuania of serious consequences over Kaliningrad rail ‘blockade’

      Close confidant of Putin says Moscow’s measures would have ‘serious negative influence’ on Lithuanian population

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      Lithuania
      Russia threatens retaliation against Lithuania following rail ‘blockade’

      Baltic state halts transport via train of Russian goods under EU sanctions to exclave of Kaliningrad

    • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
      Global trade
      Global trade is not going into reverse, says Maersk boss

      US and European companies spreading production around Asia rather than reshoring, shipping group chief claims

    • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
      ExplainerMarket Questions
      Did UK inflation steady last month after April’s surge?

      Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      Nato
      Turkey rejects Nato offer of trilateral talks with Sweden and Finland

      Ankara wants Nordic applicants to security alliance to address concerns on terrorism

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      EU defence
      Germany plans to base extra Nato troops at home rather than Lithuania

      Berlin proposes 3,500-strong brigade for its own soil, which could be quickly deployed to Baltics if necessary

    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
      InterviewNato
      Nato chief says he had ‘no reason to believe’ Turkey would block Nordic membership

      Jens Stoltenberg says it is still possible to overcome Ankara’s ‘legitimate’ concerns

    • Saturday, 11 June, 2022
      Estonia
      Estonian PM set to form new coalition after conservative party joins talks

      Kaja Kallas cites ‘strong common ground’ with Pro Patria amid Russia’s war in Ukraine

    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Latvian and Lithuanian leaders urge western unity to defeat Russia in Ukraine

      Countries should focus on stopping Moscow’s aggression and overlook cost of living crisis, say Baltic prime ministers

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      Nato
      Germany backs Baltic demands for more Nato troops

      States bordering Russia want to replace ‘tripwire’ approach with robust forces and air defence mission

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      Sweden
      Sweden’s government survives after MP secures pledge on Kurds

      Deal with Amineh Kakabaveh seen as complication for Stockholm’s Nato bid, which is being blocked by Turkey

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
      InterviewNato
      Sweden must not bow to Turkey over Nato bid, Kurdish-born MP warns

      Amineh Kakabaveh holds decisive vote in parliamentary poll that could bring down government

    • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
      Finland
      Finland’s spy chief surprised at lack of Russian reprisals over Nato bid

      Antti Pelttari says Helsinki remains vigilant to threat from neighbour as it works on soothing Turkish terrorism concerns

    • Saturday, 4 June, 2022
      Estonia
      Estonian coalition collapses after tension over ‘core values’ escalates

      Prime minister accuses Centre party of failing to protect the country’s independence amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Europe’s new defence bloc: Nordics and Baltics unite in face of Russian threat

      Denmark’s vote to end EU opt-out and Nato bids by Finland and Sweden redraw regional security map

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      Inside BusinessNuclear energy
      The project that marks a blemish in Finland’s dealings with Russia

      Critics say the now abandoned Fennovoima nuclear plant stands as a symbol of hubris over handling Moscow

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      EU defence
      Denmark votes to end EU defence opt-out

      Large majority in favour of joining Brussels policymaking body after Russian invasion of Ukraine

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