FT Exclusive: Finland's new president is worried that 'belligerent' rhetoric against Russia is distracting Nato leaders from preparing their armies for a potential conflict. on.ft.com/3VRAVLe

Read this interview by President Alexander Stubb 🇫🇮

'What I call on all European states to do is to become more Finnish. In other words, more prepared. You have to prepare for the worst in order to avoid it.'

Talk less, prepare more.

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Denmark fires defence chief over Red Sea failures via ⁦Richard Milne⁩ on.ft.com/3U1JCRY

'Nobody wants to fight. Nobody wants to be invaded as well.' Conscription, special defence tax, 50-50 burden sharing with US. Edgars Rinkēvičs and Alar Karis tell me and Richard Milne how Europeans must do more for security

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Latvia's and Estonia's presidents tell Financial Times Europe needs to do much more on defence, and look at everything from conscription and special taxes to far higher spending ft.com/content/aa03ef…

Iceland to harvest more corn and less bitcoin, says PM on.ft.com/3TxrSMV

Lego failed to make oil-free bricks. So what's next?
Millions of people buy & sell Lego through BrickLink, a kind of marketplace for bricks. So what can the eBay of bricks tell us about Lego's future challenges? New
Financial Times Film by me & Richard Milne
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A FT film on one of Europe's big corporate success stories - Lego
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Europe must step up to a war footing, says head of Norway’s Nammo ft.com/content/dfa3ba… via Richard Milne and me

💥Swedish PM tells Financial Times he is ready to fortify crucial Baltic island of Gotland as part of new measures to combat a more aggressive Russia following Stockholm’s @Nato accession ft.com/content/4d2636… w Richard Milne

Sweden has just become Nato's 32nd member state. Here's my analysis on what changes for it, the Nordics, and the Baltics ft.com/content/c63754…

'The Baltic Sea becomes a Nato lake.'⁠

Sweden is set to finally join Nato, meaning the western defence alliance has nearly ringed the entire Baltic Sea, a significant oil trading route for Russia and home to one of its fleets

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Sweden set to join Nato Thursday, meaning the western defence alliance has nearly ringed the Baltic Sea, a major oil trading route for Russia & home to one of its fleets.

A move pushed by Putin's invasion of Ukraine, not by US.

Richard Milne max seddon ft.com/content/c63754…

Norway’s $1.6tn sovereign wealth fund is the latest big investor to explore adding private equity to its mandate.

That's a good excuse for a (very) chunky investigation into private equity's investment case. Let me know what you think. ft.com/content/55837d…

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Tuesday 27 February on.ft.com/3uK9d89

Danish PM Mette Frederiksen told the Financial Times that “naive” Europe had to avoid the mistakes of the 1930s and “step up and scale up” its defence industry to contain an imperialist Russia, which has made Ukraine just its first target.

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Kaja Kallas, Estonian prime minister, said the west should seize Russia’s frozen assets before the US election, in a further sign of European concern at the impact a second Trump presidency might have on the west’s policy on Russia and support for Ukraine. on.ft.com/3SLl0uF

Lär av Finland – inte av USA. Söndagskrönika i DN. dn.se/ledare/peter-w…

Is Sequoia looking to oust both Klarna's chair and CEO? ft.com/content/47c3af…

Some fresh details on Sequoia's extraordinary bid to oust former boss Mike Moritz from the Klarna board: removing Moritz could be 'step one to removing [Klarna boss] Sebastian,' according to a source.

w/ Ivan Levingston + Akila Quinio + Richard Milne

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