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Santa’s New Neighbor: NATO in Lapland

The possibility of Lapland becoming a central NATO stronghold in Northern Europe would be a new major chapter in the alliance's “Arctic pivot”. NATO troops and a new command centre may soon appear right next door to Santa Claus's “village”, as Finland and its allies negotiate over the deployment of NATO troops to Lapland, states Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen to STT (Finnish News Agency) on August 21. Together with Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, he attended the summer meeting of the ...

17.09.2024

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