BILLION PLAN: Jens Stoltenberg, on his way to meet the press at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday morning. Photo: OLIVIER HOSLET / EPA / NTB NATO wants to ensure that Ukraine receives financial support over several years. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced this at a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday. reporting from Brussels on … Read more
In February, Maksim Kuzminov was found murdered in a parking garage. Photo: Rafa Arjones/Informacion.es / Reuters / NTB Spain believes that Russia has upgraded its intelligence after the murder of the Russian defector Maksim Kuzminov. Monday 1 April at 01:51 The short version Russian defector Maksim Kuzminov was killed in Spain in February. In 2023, … Read more
Poland sent up planes in connection with the Russian attacks. Friday 29 March at 09:13 Ukrainian energy facilities were attacked with Russian rockets and drones on the night of Good Friday, according to authorities in the country. In connection with the attacks, the Polish army wrote the following at 03.39: – Polish and allied aircraft … Read more
– Damn guys, says a female voice in Italian over a connection at a platform set up at Badderen along the Badderfjord in Kvænangen, north of Troms. In the sea beyond, an Italian-led group of nine countries – among them Sweden – is preparing to move closer. They practice what can be called a “d-day” … Read more
Yulia Navalnaya, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and Olena Zelenska. Three women, three big movements. They stand up for freedom. The women’s struggle gives Vladimir Putin nightmares. Per Olav ØdegårdCommentator Info Commentator in VG. Former foreign journalist and correspondent for VG in the USA. Writes mostly about international affairs. Drawing: Roar Hagen Friday 8 March at 13:55 The … Read more
Hardly anyone believes that Viktor Orbán in Budapest or Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara will give up another slip to push forward negotiations on completely different things. Such is the essence of bazaar politics. On Tuesday, the Hungarian foreign minister said their support for Mark Rutte would be “bizarre”. In 2021, the then Prime Minister … Read more
GRIPEN: A Swedish fighter plane takes off from Kallax airbase outside Luleå. Photo: Anders Wiklund/TT / TT Nyhetsbyrån / NTB If Sweden is threatened, the air force can deploy its Jas Gripen fighter jets into deep forests to protect them. In a number of places in the country, wide stretches of national highway are also … Read more
Vladimir Putin photographed when he delivered his speech on “the state of the kingdom” last week. Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP / NTB More and more Russians want an end to the war – but the Kremlin still has support to continue, says an expert to VG. Sunday 3 March at 20:26 The short version … Read more