Richard Milne
@richardmilne.ft.com
Nordic and Baltic Correspondent, Financial Times
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado www.ft.com/content/472d...
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado
Win for Venezuela’s main opposition leader dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump
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October 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado www.ft.com/content/472d...
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Norway’s ruling Labour party won narrow re-election last night, but will have to rely on a “tutti-frutti” alliance of four smaller parties including Communists, Greens & Eurosceptic agrarians.
“It’s a new terrain,” foreign min Espen Barth Eide told @richardmilne.ft.com
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“It’s a new terrain,” foreign min Espen Barth Eide told @richardmilne.ft.com
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Norway’s resurgent right forces leftwing ‘tutti-frutti’ coalition
Labour wins by narrow margin but has to rely on a ragtag alliance of 4 smaller parties
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September 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Norway’s ruling Labour party won narrow re-election last night, but will have to rely on a “tutti-frutti” alliance of four smaller parties including Communists, Greens & Eurosceptic agrarians.
“It’s a new terrain,” foreign min Espen Barth Eide told @richardmilne.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/280b...
“It’s a new terrain,” foreign min Espen Barth Eide told @richardmilne.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/280b...
Norwegian elections take place today. A few articles as a guide:
The country that got too rich? www.ft.com/content/05b9...
Distance to EU getting bigger www.ft.com/content/6c89...
Oil and gas www.ft.com/content/5ea1...
Wealth tax www.ft.com/content/0d85...
Oil fund www.ft.com/content/845f...
The country that got too rich? www.ft.com/content/05b9...
Distance to EU getting bigger www.ft.com/content/6c89...
Oil and gas www.ft.com/content/5ea1...
Wealth tax www.ft.com/content/0d85...
Oil fund www.ft.com/content/845f...
The country that got too rich? Public spending dominates Norway election
Value for money has become a key campaign issue as voters go to the polls
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September 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Norwegian elections take place today. A few articles as a guide:
The country that got too rich? www.ft.com/content/05b9...
Distance to EU getting bigger www.ft.com/content/6c89...
Oil and gas www.ft.com/content/5ea1...
Wealth tax www.ft.com/content/0d85...
Oil fund www.ft.com/content/845f...
The country that got too rich? www.ft.com/content/05b9...
Distance to EU getting bigger www.ft.com/content/6c89...
Oil and gas www.ft.com/content/5ea1...
Wealth tax www.ft.com/content/0d85...
Oil fund www.ft.com/content/845f...
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Norway is having a big debate over its wealth taxes and how they have spurred some its rich people to leave the country. Other countries are watching - column here from @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/0d85...
Europe’s rich are watching Norway’s election debate on wealth taxes
Changes to taxation are at the heart of the centre-right’s attempts to retake power in Norway
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August 20, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Norway is having a big debate over its wealth taxes and how they have spurred some its rich people to leave the country. Other countries are watching - column here from @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/0d85...
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We shouldn’t be afraid, we should be prepared - the recurring theme of this great visual story of how NATO countries from Finland 🇫🇮 to Poland 🇵🇱 are strengthening their defences to deter any Russian attack. @richardmilne.ft.com @financialtimes.com
For countries on Europe’s easternmost flank, Russia is a present and looming threat – and they are preparing in case Moscow once again decides to test Nato’s defensive resolve https://on.ft.com/3ZZlJNs
July 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We shouldn’t be afraid, we should be prepared - the recurring theme of this great visual story of how NATO countries from Finland 🇫🇮 to Poland 🇵🇱 are strengthening their defences to deter any Russian attack. @richardmilne.ft.com @financialtimes.com
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Always insightful from @richardmilne.ft.com
on EU green industry issues...
Here on H2 Green Steel as was: www.ft.com/content/78da...
on EU green industry issues...
Here on H2 Green Steel as was: www.ft.com/content/78da...
Test for Europe as it tackles a crisis of confidence in green projects
The green steel plant of Sweden’s Stegra is being held back over delays in state aid
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June 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Always insightful from @richardmilne.ft.com
on EU green industry issues...
Here on H2 Green Steel as was: www.ft.com/content/78da...
on EU green industry issues...
Here on H2 Green Steel as was: www.ft.com/content/78da...
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Europe’s defence champions are very good at making big expensive things. What it needs though is cheap weapons en masse. That’s why it needs to back the new start ups emerging, argues @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/b840...
Europe has to back its new defence start-ups
Cheaper and quicker-to-produce weapons are needed to deter Russia and other threats
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June 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Europe’s defence champions are very good at making big expensive things. What it needs though is cheap weapons en masse. That’s why it needs to back the new start ups emerging, argues @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/b840...
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TikTok vs defence: Europe faces a reckoning over the allocation of energy - column here from @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/8cc0...
TikTok vs defence: Europe faces a reckoning over the allocation of energy
Competition for electricity is growing rapidly as conflicts in Scandinavia show
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May 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
TikTok vs defence: Europe faces a reckoning over the allocation of energy - column here from @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/8cc0...
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European companies are looking at how to de-Americanify - column by @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/eabd...
April 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
European companies are looking at how to de-Americanify - column by @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/eabd...
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European companies rush to tap defence spending boom - column by @richardmilne.ft.com. Chart by @raydouglas.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/f4ae...
March 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
European companies rush to tap defence spending boom - column by @richardmilne.ft.com. Chart by @raydouglas.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/f4ae...
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The EU should brace for 20 per cent tariffs from the US from April 2, the bloc's top trade negotiator has privately warned, after holding crisis meetings with Donald Trump's team.
Great scoop from @aimewilliams.bsky.social @andybounds.bsky.social & @richardmilne.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/c5d9...
Great scoop from @aimewilliams.bsky.social @andybounds.bsky.social & @richardmilne.ft.com
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Top EU official expects Trump tariff of about 20%
Maroš Šefčovič shared assessment after meetings in Washington this week
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March 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The EU should brace for 20 per cent tariffs from the US from April 2, the bloc's top trade negotiator has privately warned, after holding crisis meetings with Donald Trump's team.
Great scoop from @aimewilliams.bsky.social @andybounds.bsky.social & @richardmilne.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/c5d9...
Great scoop from @aimewilliams.bsky.social @andybounds.bsky.social & @richardmilne.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/c5d9...
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Trump’s dogsled diplomacy has spooked and angered Greenland - @richardmilne.ft.com column. Nobody in Greenland or Denmark is accepting the cited reason for the US national security adviser, vice-president’s wife & secretary of energy to the island - a dogsledding contest www.ft.com/content/079a...
Trump’s dogsled diplomacy has spooked Greenland
Nuuk and Copenhagen’s attempts to placate the US president have given way to anger — and fear
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March 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Trump’s dogsled diplomacy has spooked and angered Greenland - @richardmilne.ft.com column. Nobody in Greenland or Denmark is accepting the cited reason for the US national security adviser, vice-president’s wife & secretary of energy to the island - a dogsledding contest www.ft.com/content/079a...
The Baltic Sea was meant to be a NATO lake. Then came the sabotage of numerous cables. Fab work from FT visual journalism team here ig.ft.com/baltic-sea/
Inside Russia’s shadow war in the Baltics
A series of suspected sabotage incidents has exposed the vulnerability of Europe’s undersea infrastructure
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March 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Baltic Sea was meant to be a NATO lake. Then came the sabotage of numerous cables. Fab work from FT visual journalism team here ig.ft.com/baltic-sea/
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One potential big story for Europe looming -
Could Trump resurrect the idea for the US to buy Nokia or Ericsson? or pressure the companies to move HQ to the US? column here from @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2834...
Could Trump resurrect the idea for the US to buy Nokia or Ericsson? or pressure the companies to move HQ to the US? column here from @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2834...
Could Trump resurrect the idea for the US to buy Nokia or Ericsson?
The rationale behind the proposal in his first term has not gone away
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February 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
One potential big story for Europe looming -
Could Trump resurrect the idea for the US to buy Nokia or Ericsson? or pressure the companies to move HQ to the US? column here from @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2834...
Could Trump resurrect the idea for the US to buy Nokia or Ericsson? or pressure the companies to move HQ to the US? column here from @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2834...
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How Greenland got caught in a clash of superpowers by @financialtimes.com with comments by yours truly. @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social @richardmilne.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/3471...
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How Greenland got caught in a clash of superpowers
President Trump wants control of the island to boost US security in the Arctic
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February 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
How Greenland got caught in a clash of superpowers by @financialtimes.com with comments by yours truly. @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social @richardmilne.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/3471...
www.ft.com/content/3471...
Most read story at the FT at present - Norway’s government collapses over EU energy dispute
www.ft.com/content/c03f...
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Norway’s government collapses over EU energy dispute
Eurosceptic junior coalition partner quits after PM’s push to implement energy directives from Brussels
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January 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Most read story at the FT at present - Norway’s government collapses over EU energy dispute
www.ft.com/content/c03f...
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Main lesson: European leaders are criminally unprepared for Trump 2.0 and retain a completely misguided view of Trump and U.S. democracy.
The price of the European kicking-the-can-down-the-road approach to political problems is paid on all levels now, national (e.g. Germany) and supranational (EU).
The price of the European kicking-the-can-down-the-road approach to political problems is paid on all levels now, national (e.g. Germany) and supranational (EU).
FT scoop: Donald Trump insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland in a fiery telephone call with Denmark’s prime minister last week www.ft.com/content/ace0... @gideonrachman.bsky.social
Donald Trump in fiery call with Denmark’s prime minister over Greenland
US president insisted he wants to take over Arctic island
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January 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Main lesson: European leaders are criminally unprepared for Trump 2.0 and retain a completely misguided view of Trump and U.S. democracy.
The price of the European kicking-the-can-down-the-road approach to political problems is paid on all levels now, national (e.g. Germany) and supranational (EU).
The price of the European kicking-the-can-down-the-road approach to political problems is paid on all levels now, national (e.g. Germany) and supranational (EU).
FT scoop: Donald Trump insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland in a fiery telephone call with Denmark’s prime minister last week www.ft.com/content/ace0... @gideonrachman.bsky.social
Donald Trump in fiery call with Denmark’s prime minister over Greenland
US president insisted he wants to take over Arctic island
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January 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
FT scoop: Donald Trump insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland in a fiery telephone call with Denmark’s prime minister last week www.ft.com/content/ace0... @gideonrachman.bsky.social
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Trump’s icebreaker leaves Greenland and Denmark adrift - excellent @richardmilne.bsky.social column on how Trump's signals are going down in Nuuk and Copenhagen www.ft.com/content/a014...
Donald 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
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January 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Trump’s icebreaker leaves Greenland and Denmark adrift - excellent @richardmilne.bsky.social column on how Trump's signals are going down in Nuuk and Copenhagen www.ft.com/content/a014...
Finland is investigating whether an oil tanker that is part of Russia's shadow fleet cut an electricity cable to Estonia www.ft.com/content/0c20...
Finland probes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after cable-cutting incident
Disconnection of power line follows series of suspected sabotage attacks on Baltic Sea infrastructure
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December 26, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Finland is investigating whether an oil tanker that is part of Russia's shadow fleet cut an electricity cable to Estonia www.ft.com/content/0c20...
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The grad trainee programme at the FT is extraordinary. We train you for THREE years you get decent money and an overseas placement. I've seen other news trainee schemes and this one is exceptional.
It's open now. Pls share with anyone you know who would benefit d/l 14/1/25 www.ft.com/content/314f...
It's open now. Pls share with anyone you know who would benefit d/l 14/1/25 www.ft.com/content/314f...
Paul McClean graduate trainee programme
Applications will open in December for our 2025 intake
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December 11, 2024 at 11:35 AM
The grad trainee programme at the FT is extraordinary. We train you for THREE years you get decent money and an overseas placement. I've seen other news trainee schemes and this one is exceptional.
It's open now. Pls share with anyone you know who would benefit d/l 14/1/25 www.ft.com/content/314f...
It's open now. Pls share with anyone you know who would benefit d/l 14/1/25 www.ft.com/content/314f...
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The one-time great European hope for the battery industry Northvolt might now struggle to find a buyer after going into Chapter 11 bankruptcy - writes @richardmilne.bsky.social in this column www.ft.com/content/4337...
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
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December 5, 2024 at 7:29 AM
The one-time great European hope for the battery industry Northvolt might now struggle to find a buyer after going into Chapter 11 bankruptcy - writes @richardmilne.bsky.social in this column www.ft.com/content/4337...
Fantastic FT podcast on the rise and fall of Northvolt www.ft.com/content/c091...
Why Northvolt failed to become Europe’s battery champion
How battery maker Northvolt went from Europe’s best-funded startup to filing for bankruptcy
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December 4, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Fantastic FT podcast on the rise and fall of Northvolt www.ft.com/content/c091...
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Klarna’s US listing is a sad reflection of Europe’s failings to develop a single market - column by @richardmilne.bsky.social here www.ft.com/content/a448...
Klarna’s US listing is a sad reflection of Europe’s failings
Until there is a single market in areas from services to capital markets, more companies will choose American exchanges
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November 20, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Klarna’s US listing is a sad reflection of Europe’s failings to develop a single market - column by @richardmilne.bsky.social here www.ft.com/content/a448...