Tuesday

19th Mar 2024

Ticker

Finland announces increase in defence spending

The Finnish government said on Tuesday it will increase its annual €2.4 billion military spending by €55 million before ramping up to €150 million from 2021. It cited tensions with Russia as a reason for the increase. "Russia aims to strengthen its great-power status, and it has expressed the goal of a sphere-of-influence based security regime," Finland, a non-NATO member, said.

Read and decide

Join EUobserver today

Get the EU news that really matters

Instant access to all articles — and 20 years of archives. 14-day free trial.

... or subscribe as a group

Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

Opinion

Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

Join EUobserver

EU news that matters

Join us