Panic in Sweden and Norway as they realise life without cash causes major problems
Sweden, in particular, has been at the forefront of pioneering non-cash payment methods using phone apps. A former deputy ...
How Sweden is strengthening its defences as Nato's newest member
Sweden’s defence exports surged to a record 29 billion kronor ($2.9 billion) in 2024, marking a 63 per cent increase from the previous year. Now a full Nato member, Sweden is deploying Gripen jets to ...
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EU's defence push puts its neutral members in tough spot
Austria, Ireland and Malta rethink what neutrality means in an era of militarisation and renewed defence spending.
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Feature: Changing warfare renews focus on unmanned turrets
The Russia-Ukraine war and Israel's conflicts with Hamas, Hizbullah, and Iran have provided a fresh avenue to discuss the ...
Ukraine war or Indo-Pacific, India & EU must stick together as democracies, back rules-based order: Sweden minister
Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard emphasized the importance of democracies upholding a rules-based order, ...
The EU will shrug off Hungary’s opposition to Ukraine support at a summit. What’s Orbán’s next move?
Hungary is poised to do it again. For the second time in a month, every other European Union nation is ready to sign a joint ...
How do you save a language from extinction? With creative thinking—and some help from Wikipedia
In the 1990s, fewer than 350 people spoke Inari Sámi. Today, experts say about 500 people speak the near-extinct language, ...
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Ukraine war latest: US-Russian officials holding talks in Saudi Arabia - after Trump's envoy talks up Putin 'friendship' and hits out at Starmer
Russian and US officials are holding talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this morning as efforts to end the Ukraine war continue. Meanwhile, Kyiv has woken up after a third consecutive night of strikes ...