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    Richard Milne

    Nordic and Baltic Correspondent

    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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    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Swiss National Bank
      Switzerland presses ahead with rate rise despite banking crisis

      Central bank efforts have ‘put a halt’ to country’s financial turmoil, says governor Thomas Jordan

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Turkey drops opposition to Finland’s bid to join Nato

      Move paves way for military alliance to expand its direct border with Russia

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      EU energy
      Nato and EU chiefs mount show of strength at North Sea gas platform

      Trip to Norway’s Troll site shows leaders’ determination to protect energy installations against sabotage

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      Finland hopes for Erdogan’s magic words on Nato membership bid Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: the deep divisions undermining this weekend’s Serbia-Kosovo talks

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      Northvolt: the Swedish start-up charging Europe’s battery ambitions

      The company is helping the region compete with the US and Asia in a sector that is crucial to the green transition

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Fincantieri SpA
      Fincantieri says wind farm work will double offshore revenue

      Norwegian shipbuilding unit pivots from oil to renewables

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      US Inflation Reduction Act
      VW puts European battery plant on hold as it seeks €10bn from US

      Europe’s largest carmaker is ‘waiting’ for an EU response to Biden administration’s subsidies

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Lego
      Lego bets on collaboration with Epic Games after outpacing rivals

      Revenues at world’s largest toymaker increased 17% in 2022 while net profits rose 4%

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      Estonia
      Estonia’s prime minister wins landslide election victory

      Poll result a triumph for Kaja Kallas, one of EU and Nato’s most pro-Ukraine voices

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Estonia PM urges allies to stay united in face of Russian aggression

      Kaja Kallas warns against appeasing Moscow in an effort to halt war in Ukraine

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why the EU’s public prosecutor wants a slice of the sanctions action Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: the Estonian nationalists seeking power in Sunday’s election

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      InterviewDanfoss AS
      Energy efficiency neglected in fight to cut emissions, warns Danish boss

      Too much focus on renewable power and not enough on issues such as reusing excess industry heat, says Danfoss’s Kim Fausing

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Lithuanian energy group to consider donating share of profits to Ukraine

      Ignitis launches public appeal to more than 50 companies in US and Europe to follow suit

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Klarna AB
      Klarna’s annual loss widens to $1bn but chief’s pay jumps 35%

      Swedish fintech says it is on track to return to profit this year

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU keeps the champagne on ice over tentative Serbia-Kosovo deal Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: signs of progress in Finland and Sweden’s Nato journey

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Greenwashing
      Greta Thunberg accuses Norway of ‘green colonialism’ over wind farm

      Climate activist and members of Sami community stage protest after Oslo ignores court ruling

    • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
      Pandora AS
      Pandora takes advantage of property downturn as it opens new stores

      Danish jeweller bucks trend with bricks and mortar expansion

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Europe Express
      The argument for splitting Sweden and Finland’s Nato membership bids Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: the messy fight over how to put the EU’s fiscal rules back in place

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Working It podcast19 min listen
      Should you know how much your colleagues earn?

      Examining the pros and cons of pay transparency

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Nato
      Nato suggests Finland and Sweden could join alliance separately

      Turkey is blocking joint membership bid from Nordic countries over dispute with Stockholm

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Container shipping
      Container shipping costs plunge as consumer spending declines

      Global maritime trade has fallen to a shadow of pandemic peak as high inflation and reopenings hit goods purchases

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      AP Møller-Maersk AS
      Maersk forecasts plunge in profits

      Danish group expects drop from last year’s record $31bn to $2bn-$5bn in 2023

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Food & Beverage
      Carlsberg seeks buyback clause as it nears exit from Russia

      Brewer’s chief wants to give successors options in event that country takes ‘different direction’

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Norway's Oil Fund
      Norway’s $1.3tn oil fund bounces back after worst year since 2008

      Sovereign wealth fund has gained 5% so far this year but chief executive warns of ‘uncertain’ 2023

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Adani Group
      Adani pulls off $2.4bn share sale despite short-seller report

      Norwegian oil fund has ‘massive underweight position’ in controversial Indian group

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