Denmark to hold ‘historic’ referendum on abandoning EU defense opt-out

The Danish PM warned Russia’s offensive in Ukraine has ‘heralded a new era in Europe’ Denmark’s Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, announced on Sunday that the country will hold a referendum on June 1 to scrap the opt-out from the European Union (EU) defense policy, declaring that “historic times call for historic decisions.”

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Trump and Johnson’s populism have shaken the old Establishment, and raised some very interesting questions about who is and who is not nowadays inside the Establishment and a beneficiary of the protection of the liberal elite. Yesterday two startling examples in the news coverage cast a very lurid light on this question, and I ask […]

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Finnish companies leave Russia amid predictions of significant sanctions impact

Valio, Fazer, and Paulig are quitting the Russian market due to the situation in Ukraine Finnish companies are leaving Russia in protest over its actions in Ukraine, with many saying the sanctions imposed on Moscow by the West would negatively affect their business.

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