Sweden Plans New Foreign Intelligence Service

Sweden announced plans to establish a new foreign intelligence service, with the goal of having it operational by next year. This move is seen as a strategic reset, potentially influenced by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

5 May, 09:43 — 5 May, 09:43

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Sweden to form new spy agency in Ukraine war reset

Sweden’s government said on Tuesday it would push forward with a plan to form a new spy agency targeting overseas threats, part of a wider reset prompted by Russia’s war in Ukraine. The new agency would be called Sweden’s foreign intelligence service (UND) and would start operations in January 2027, Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard told a press conference. “During the ongoing war in Ukraine, it has become very clear that an information advantage and the ability to rapidly and...

By Agence France-Presse

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