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Richard Milne

Nordic and Baltic Correspondent

Richard Milne covers Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden for the FT. He was previously capital markets editor, European business correspondent, correspondent in both Frankfurt and Paris as well as a graduate trainee, all at the FT, where he started in 2003.
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  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Hennes & Mauritz
    H&M profits tumble after Russia exit and soaring costs

    Swedish retailer’s earnings also hit by cost-cutting programme

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Europe Express
    Illegal eels add to mounting crises for Sweden’s embattled PM Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Pilotless drones for the Paris Olympics next summer

  • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
    Inside BusinessMining
    Reasons for scepticism over Swedish rare earths find

    There are many questions over the project’s prospects and its potential to spur the green transition in Europe

  • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
    News in-depthNorway
    Trawler’s case tests Norwegian control over Arctic archipelago’s resources

    Pressure on Oslo over fishing and other activities around Svalbard will increase, says legal firm

  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    Geopolitics
    Sweden’s Nato application imperilled after Koran burnt outside Turkish embassy

    Provocative act permitted by government provides rare consensus between President Erdoğan and opposition

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Ericsson
    Ericsson warns profit margins at core equipment business set to worsen

    Swedish telecoms group expects margins in its networks business to continue to fall in first half

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Europe Express
    Scholz refuses to budge on Ukraine tanks despite Davos demands Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter: Danes up in arms over a disappearing holiday

  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Wagner fighter seeks asylum after dramatic escape to Norway

    Andrei Medvedev pledges to give information on Russian paramilitary group

  • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
    Aircraft manufacturing
    Western nations urged to subsidise emissions-free aircraft

    Swedish start-up Heart Aerospace says airlines need incentives to decarbonise their fleets

  • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
    Retail & Consumer industry
    AutoStore rolls out new sales plan as economic growth slows

    SoftBank-backed warehouse robotics group cuts initial cost for customers

  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    The Royal Family
    Scandinavian monarchies struggle with their own royal ‘spares’

    Some of those outside the direct line to the throne been making the wrong sort of waves

  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    Nuclear energy
    Sweden plans new law to enable nuclear plant construction

    Scandinavian country wants to lift limit on number of power stations to boost energy security

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    Food & Beverage
    Noma to close in Copenhagen after years as top-ranked restaurant

    Founder René Redzepi says it is hard to make ends meet despite diners paying $760 for some dishes

  • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
    Nato
    Sweden warns it cannot meet Turkey’s demands for backing Nato bid

    Stockholm has fulfilled commitments made to Ankara at Madrid summit, says premier Ulf Kristersson

  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    Equinor ASA
    Equinor and RWE to build hydrogen-ready power plants

    Deal between Norwegian and German groups comes as Oslo and Berlin seek to build green energy partnership

  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    Europe Express
    Borrell heads to Morocco as EU graft allegations swirl Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter: why is Norway’s government so strikingly unpopular?

  • Monday, 2 January, 2023
    Energy crisis
    Brussels plans energy market overhaul to curb cost of renewables

    Industry representatives warn that proposed reforms could stifle investment in wind and solar power

  • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
    The Big Read
    Inflation in the Baltics: a warning for the rest of Europe

    Policymakers fear the region is an early indicator of how price pressures could develop next year across the EU

  • Friday, 23 December, 2022
    InterviewAP Møller-Maersk AS
    ‘There will still be a global trade’: Maersk chief bows out after 40-year voyage

    Søren Skou set to hand over the rein with best results in Danish group’s history

  • Friday, 16 December, 2022
    Norway
    Rich Norwegians flee to low-tax Switzerland as wealth levy bites

    Business leaders voice concerns over taxes imposed by centre-left government in Oslo

  • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
    Northvolt AB
    Northvolt’s new chair urges Europe to follow US lead on battery subsidies

    Jim Hagemann Snabe to lead board at Swedish group with more than $55bn in orders

  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    Denmark
    Danish government to cut bank holiday to boost defence spending

    First coalition in 45 years will also increase climate ambitions and reduce tax for most high earners

  • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
    Danske Bank AS
    Danske Bank to pay $2bn penalty for defrauding US banks

    Denmark’s largest lender pleads guilty to resolve one of the biggest money-laundering scandals in years

  • Monday, 12 December, 2022
    AP Møller-Maersk AS
    Shipping line Maersk appoints new chief to deal with ‘challenging outlook’

    Head of Danish group’s ocean and logistics business to take over from company veteran Søren Skou

  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
    Norway's Oil Fund
    Norwegian oil fund to vote against companies without net zero targets

    Nicolai Tangen says $1.3tn sovereign wealth investor will also look at groups that overpay executives

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