The Norwegian government wants to bring back a requirement for all new buildings over a certain size to include bomb shelters, citing lessons learned from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The…

The US Department of Defence (DOD) has included Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) to its list of “Chinese military companies”. The move will prevent the company from fulfilling…

German arms maker Rheinmetall has signed a deal with the Lithuanian government to build a factory to make 155mm artillery shells. The company has leased 340ha of land near the…

Sweden has vetoed the construction of 13 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, saying they could impede military operations. The rejected farms together would have had around 30GW of…

The Polish government this week brought forward the start of construction on the country’s €2.3bn “East Shield” defence line along its eastern border intended to deter Russian attacks through either…

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland have asked the EU to help them pay for new fortifications along their borders with Russia and its ally, Belarus. The defence ministers of the…

Lithuania this week started building a 170-hectare military base to house some 4,000 combat-ready German troops about 20km from the border with Belarus, Russia’s close ally. The move comes in…

The Danish Ministry of Defence Estate Agency (MDEA) has awarded Sweco a four-year construction consultancy framework worth around €21m. It’s the first time the MDEA has signed on with a…

Tokyo plans to build a civilian bomb shelter under a central subway station because of growing global tensions, Japan Times reports. It will be dug under the Azabu-Juban subway station…