Sweden ups defense budget 40% due to
regional tensions
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Swedish
military personnel patrol outside Visby on Gotland island, Sweden. (Soren
Andersson/AFP via Getty Images)
STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s parliament on Tuesday approved
a 40 percent increase in the defense budget for 2021-2025
because of tensions in the Baltic Sea region in recent years,
with officials saying Russia is
the main reason for the move.
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