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              Richard Milne

              Nordic and Baltic Bureau Chief

              Richard Milne covers Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden for the FT. He was previously capital markets editor, European business correspondent, Frankfurt and Paris correspondents at the FT. He started as a graduate trainee in 2003. He won the business and finance journalist of the year in 2015 at the Press Awards for his coverage of Volkswagen's dieselgate scandal.
              Email Richard Milne @rmilneNordic  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
              • Saturday, 11 January, 2025
                FT News Briefing podcast15 min listen
                Swamp Notes: Greenland, USA

                Donald Trump wants new territory. He’s threatening to invade American allies to get it.

              • Friday, 10 January, 2025
                Greenland
                Greenland wants to be independent, not American or Danish, says premier

                Múte Egede open to continuing co-operation with US, but rejects Donald Trump’s attempt to buy Arctic island

                Greenland prime minister Múte Egede at a news conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Christiansborg, Copenhagen, Denmark on January 10 2025
              • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
                News in-depthGeopolitics
                Why Donald Trump wants Greenland

                The Arctic island has long been vital to US security and its importance is only increasing

                The Pituffik Space Base; Donald Trump and a map showing Greenland
              • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
                European Union
                EU leaders warn Trump not to meddle with Europe’s borders

                Comments from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French foreign minister follow US president-elect’s Greenland threats

                French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot
              • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
                Global InsightArctic
                Trump’s icebreaker leaves Greenland and Denmark adrift

                US president-elect’s gambit in the Arctic has unnerved Nuuk and left Copenhagen struggling to respond

                A plane with a Trump logo at the airport in Nuuk, Greenland
              • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
                Greenland
                Greenland ‘not for sale’, says Danish PM after Trump call for US to buy it

                US president-elect’s renewed interest in Arctic island poses challenge for Denmark’s government

                Icebergs near Ilulissat, Greenland
              • Monday, 6 January, 2025
                FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
                Finland fuels children’s future with financial literacy and food

                World-beating ambition drives real-life business practice and free lunches for kids

                Children walking and interacting in an educational indoor setup resembling a miniature town, with storefronts like Lidl and Helen displayed on the walls
              • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
                Finland
                Finland seizes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after cable-cutting incident

                Helsinki opens investigation into damaged power line in latest suspected sabotage attack on Baltic Sea infrastructure

                small jetty and crane by coastline
              • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
                Sweden
                Sweden criticises China for refusing full access to vessel suspected of cable sabotage

                Swedish public prosecutor denied permission to board Yi Peng 3 despite open investigation

                Yi Peng 3
              • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
                Business InsightFamily businesses
                Lessons from an unusual corporate succession plan

                The Wallenbergs hope more openness can avoid pitfalls suffered by other family

                Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg
              • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
                EU energy
                Sweden open to power cable project if Germany reforms, minister says

                Swedish energy minister Ebba Busch prepared to move on Hansa PowerBridge project if Berlin overhauls electricity market

                Ebba Busch
              • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
                Financial fraud
                British hedge fund trader jailed in Denmark over ‘cum-ex’ tax fraud

                Sanjay Shah receives 12-year sentence for masterminding scheme that led to billions in refunds of non-existent tax payments

                Sanjay Shah
              • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
                Norway
                Norway campaigns to cut energy links to Europe as power prices soar

                Country’s energy minister describes ‘shit situation’ as domestic prices hit highest level since 2009

                Newly-built power lines and pylons, that will transport electricity to western Europe, stand near the road between Alta and Skaidi, Norway
              • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
                Financial services
                Klarna fined $50mn and reprimanded by Swedish regulator

                Buy now, pay later specialist found to have broken anti-money laundering rules

                The Klarna website on a laptop screen
              • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
                Business InsightNorthvolt AB
                Troubled Northvolt may struggle to find a buyer

                The one-time great European hope for the battery industry faces an uphill task to secure a financial rescue

                Northvolt former CEO Peter Carlsson at the Northvolt gigafactory near the town of Skellefteå, near the Arctic circle in Northern Sweden.
              • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
                Behind the Money podcast28 min listen
                Why Northvolt failed to become Europe’s battery champion

                How battery maker Northvolt went from Europe’s best-funded startup to filing for bankruptcy

              • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
                Geopolitics
                China’s support for Russia has hurt its relations with Europe, say Nordic and Baltic states

                Leaders warn Beijing’s backing for Moscow and the war in Ukraine is having a negative impact

                (Left to right) Latvian foreign minister Baiba Braze, Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Store, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk, Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson, Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen, Finnish prime minister Petteri Orpo and Estonian prime minister Kristen Michal stand for a family photo during a meeting at the Swedish prime minister’s summer residence, Harpsund on November 27
              • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
                Ikea
                Ikea warns of potential hit from Trump’s tariffs as earnings halve

                Net profit slides amid campaign to shield consumers from higher inflation

                A customer rests in an armchair inside an Ikea AB store in Khimki, Russia
              • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
                EU defence
                Tusk calls for naval patrols in Baltic Sea to counter Russian sabotage

                Polish PM urges Europe to act against threats from Moscow without waiting for cues from US

                Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland
              • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
                Geopolitics
                Chinese ship linked to cable sabotage urged to move into Swedish waters

                Stockholm steps up probe after two lines were cut in Baltic Sea

                Chinese bulk carrier  Yi Peng 3 in the Kattegat, Denmark, on November 20 2024
              • Monday, 25 November, 2024
                Deutsche Post DHL Group
                One killed as DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania

                Police refuse to rule out terrorism as possible cause after recent fires in packages sent from Baltic state

                Emergency workers in protective gear examine debris at the site where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near Vilnius, Lithuania. The area is strewn with wreckage and fallen trees.
              • Monday, 25 November, 2024
                FT Globetrotter’s guide to fine-dining in Copenhagen
                Koan: a thought-provoking addition to Copenhagen fine dining 

                Kristian Baumann’s haute mash-up of Korean and Danish cuisine is intense and dazzling

                Mandoo (fried Korean dumpling) nestling on edible flowers at Koan
              • Monday, 25 November, 2024
                FT Globetrotter’s guide to fine-dining in Copenhagen
                Geranium: delicate fine-dining, in a football stadium

                Is the first Danish restaurant to have won three Michelin stars still at the top of its game?

              • Monday, 25 November, 2024
                Northvolt AB
                The Northvolt dilemma: can European EVs avoid relying on Asian batteries?

                Governments, carmakers and investors must recraft the region’s strategy after the fall of the Swedish group

                Workers at the Northvolt gigafactory near the town of Skellefteå, near the Arctic circle in Northern Sweden.
              • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
                Northvolt AB
                Goldman Sachs takes $900mn hit on Northvolt investment

                US bank is second-largest shareholder in Swedish battery maker which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week

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