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🇸🇪 Sweden’s elite police unit, the National Task Force (Nationella insatsstyrkan), is struggling to find personnel of sufficient quality. Only 3–4 percent of applicants are accepted, and in recent years fewer have passed the selection tests. sverigesradio.se/artikel/nat… #Sweden

🇸🇪 In a social media video reviewed by SVT, two hacker groups with pro-Russian profiles claimed responsibility for attacks on Danfoss and Dixell equipment and said “no malicious code was needed, we used the integrated systems.” svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/pro-r… #Sweden #CyberSecurity

🇫🇮 Space analyst Greg Gillinger told Reuters that Russia may have conducted an attack rehearsal against a satellite of the Finnish company Iceye in October. yle.fi/a/74-20255189 #Finland #Space #Nordics

🇮🇸 It was announced that the government’s service centre Umbra and the national cyber security team CERT-IS have gained access to OpenAI’s specialised model for cyber defence. dailynorthern.com/37506/icel… #Iceland #CyberSecurity #Nordics

🇩🇰 According to an estimate by the student organisation DGS, approximately 40,000 students from 57 upper-secondary schools left their classes on 4 November in protest against the planned changes to the student support SU. thelocal.dk/20261104/enough-… #Denmark #Education #Nordics

🇳🇴 It has been announced that Terje Rød-Larsen’s private archive relating to the 1990s Israeli-Palestinian negotiations will be handed over to the National Archives and made public. Mona Juul has also handed over the documents in her possession. vg.no/nyheter/i/jv61Qb/roed-… #Norway

🇸🇪 Gothenburg is hosting more than 200 representatives from politics and business for two days within the framework of the first Nordic Compass Summit. svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/d… #Sweden #Nordics #Economy

🇸🇪 SVT is assessing the options facing Ulf Kristersson, who is exploring the possibilities of forming a government. svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/senas… #Sweden #Politics #Nordics

🇫🇮 Finland’s Cyber Security Centre has confirmed that the cooling-system failures seen in some markets on Monday were the result of a cyber attack. yle.fi/a/74-20255142 #Finland #Cybersecurity #Nordics

🇫🇮 A Yle poll shows support for PM Petteri Orpo’s centre-right, liberal-conservative National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) falling to 15.4 per cent, its lowest level in more than 30 years. yle.fi/a/74-20255194 #Finland #Politics #Nordics

Today in the North — Wednesday, 4 November. #TheNordicPost #NordicNews #Sweden #Norway #Denmark #Iceland #Finland #Estonia

🇪🇪 Column: Ülar Allas writes on ERR that Estonia’s artificial-intelligence factory is in Finland. He argues that Estonia’s AI capacity should not be measured only by hardware built inside the country. novaator.err.ee/1610184697/u… #Estonia #AI #Nordics

🇮🇸 The Ministry of Justice has published a draft regulation raising the financial threshold that applicants for a residence permit or citizenship must meet to show they can support themselves. visir.is/g/20262958020d/haek… #Iceland #Migration #Nordics

🇩🇰 Student organisations in Denmark are protesting on 4 November against cuts to education support and unemployment benefits for new graduates. avisen.dk/10000-elever-og-st… #Denmark #Education #Nordics

🇳🇴 Column: Ayesha Wolasmal writes in VG that the US midterms were a political earthquake. She explains the Democratic success as a reaction produced by Trump’s policies. vg.no/nyheter/i/0BP4jM/et-po… #Norway #US #Nordics

🇳🇴 Russia has lodged a diplomatic protest with Norway over the seizure of the ship Professor Moltsjanov in Svalbard. The vessel was seized on 2 September under a court order; the new development is Moscow’s statement on 3 November. vg.no/nyheter/i/d7y3bo/russl… #Norway #Svalbard

🇳🇴 Norway’s Defence Materiel Agency has awarded Marlink a framework contract for satellite communications worth up to 450 million Norwegian kroner. aftenposten.no/norge/politik… #Norway #Defence #Nordics

🇸🇪 The scale of a suspected cyber attack targeting supermarket cooling and freezing systems in Sweden is becoming clearer. According to SVT, 23 ICA and seven Coop stores were affected; products also spoiled at Axfood’s warehouse in Västra Frölunda. svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/…

🇫🇮 Analysis: Ilmari Reunamäki writes in Yle that the US midterms were a complete collapse for the Republicans and that the Trump era has psychologically ended. yle.fi/a/74-20253813 #Finland #US #Nordics

Today in the North — Tuesday, 3 November. #TheNordicPost #NordicNews #Sweden #Estonia #Denmark #Finland