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Lithuania to reintroduce swamp lands to stop advancing Russian forces

18 October 202518 October 2025 by Marcel Burger

As part of the beefing up of its country’s defences, the Lithuanian government has announced it will invest EUR 10 million into restoration of swamp lands to hinder a possible (Russian) invasion into its country. “We will identify where restoration […]

#Denmark#Finland#Nordics#Norway#Sweden#Top Stories

Sweden rich, Norway very poor in gold reserves

18 October 202518 October 2025 by Marcel Burger

From all Scandinavian countries, Sweden is the richest when it comes to gold reserves. But while many countries have started to buy more gold in these unstable days, Norway’s reserves are zero—and the richest Scandinavian country does not want to […]

#Poland#Top Stories

Polish minority language rights of Wymysorys denied by president

18 October 202518 October 2025 by Marcel Burger

A unique fading language spoken by tens of people in a Polish village has been denied official minority status by the country’s president. Despite full backing of both chambers of parliament, right-wing head of state Karol Nawrocki vetoed the proposal […]

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A peat bog (Photo: Alan Hughes (CC)) https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6847968
#Baltics#Lithuania#Top Stories

Lithuania to reintroduce swamp lands to stop advancing Russian forces

18 October 202518 October 2025

As part of the beefing up of its country’s defences, the Lithuanian government has announced it will invest EUR 10 million into restoration of swamp lands to hinder a possible (Russian) invasion into its country. “We will identify where restoration […]

A set of gold bars (AI generated with Adobe Firefly)
#Denmark#Finland#Nordics#Norway#Sweden#Top Stories

Sweden rich, Norway very poor in gold reserves

18 October 202518 October 2025

From all Scandinavian countries, Sweden is the richest when it comes to gold reserves. But while many countries have started to buy more gold in these unstable days, Norway’s reserves are zero—and the richest Scandinavian country does not want to […]

The Polish flag (PD)
#Poland#Top Stories

Polish minority language rights of Wymysorys denied by president

18 October 202518 October 2025

A unique fading language spoken by tens of people in a Polish village has been denied official minority status by the country’s president. Despite full backing of both chambers of parliament, right-wing head of state Karol Nawrocki vetoed the proposal […]

Part of the oil refinery in Gdańsk, Poland (Photo: Krysztof Rakowski (CC))
#Poland

Poland to connect to NATO’s fuel pipelines

6 October 202518 October 2025

On 2 October, Poland signed a first agreement to connect the Central European country to NATO’s fuel pipeline system that is meant for military purposes. It will still need a couple of years and likely construction of new pipelines before […]

The crude oil tanker Eagle S against the backdrop of the island of Porvoo, Finland. (Photo: Htm (CC))
#Baltics#Finland#Nordics

Finnish court stops prosecution of “sabotage” ship crew

6 October 202518 October 2025

A Finnish district court has stopped prosecution of the crew of the Eagle S, a ship that reportedly destroyed parts of the Finnish-Estonian Estlink 2 and four internet cables in December 2025, for sabotage. Since the suspected sabotage did take […]

New police drone for border control (Foto: Syd- & Sønderjyllands Politi)
#Denmark#Nordics

Danish police to field fixed-wing drone as border guards

6 October 202518 October 2025

The Danish police will start using relatively big fixed-wing drones to enhance the border security. The drone of German manufacturer Globe, with a wingspan of 3 metres (9.8 feet) and a weight of 25 kilograms (55.1 pnds), will be based […]

Seimas, the Lithuanian Parliament (Photo: Augustas Didžgalvis (CC))
#Baltics#Lithuania

Lithuania makes Lithuanian obligatory for expats in service jobs

6 October 202518 October 2025

From 1 January 2026, foreigners living in Lithuania and working in service jobs are obligated to speak Lithuanian. The matter was already agreed upon by parliament (Sejm) in 2024, but with only a few months left, there are some worries […]

Copenhagen International Airport (Kastrup) in 2019 (Photo: Kallerna (CC))
#Denmark#Nordics#Norway#Sweden

The week of mysterious drones over Scandinavia

26 September 202518 October 2025

Copenhagen and Oslo main international airports hours out of service, sightings over more airports and an air force base in Denmark, plus the main Swedish naval base of Karlskrona. It is the week of the mysterious big drones flying over […]

The Piorun during field trials in summer 2024 (Press photo: Mesko)
#Poland#Sweden

Sweden buys Piorun shoulder-launched air defence from Poland

21 September 20256 October 2025

Sweden buys an undisclosed number of Piorun shoulder-launched portable air-defence missile systems from Poland, both countries and Polish weapons manufacturer Mesko confirmed on 12 September. The deal, worth about EUR 274 million, was signed at the DSEI international defence trade […]

A GoCollective train at Struer Station, Denmark (Photo: Leif Jørgensen (CC))
#Denmark

British-owned Arriva daughter about to lose Danish railroads, after underperforming

21 September 20256 October 2025

GoCollective in Denmark, a daughter company of British-owned Arriva, is about to lose its railroad transport licence on Jylland (Jutland), the Danish mainland, and Fyn (Funen). After taking up the task of transporting people across the mainland in 2003, GoCollective […]

One of three Russian Air Force MiG-31 Foxhound combat jets that violated Estonian aerospace on 19 September 2025. Photo taken by the pilot of a Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen. The Swedish combat jets were also scrambled to intercept the Russian over the Baltic Sea. (Photo: Forsvarsmakten)
#Baltics#Estonia#Finland#Nordics#Sweden

Three Russian MiG-31 combat jets over Estonian waters

20 September 20256 October 2025

An outcry by Estonia and several NATO countries over three old Russian Air Force MiG-31 (NATO codename: Foxhound) on 19 September. According to Estonian and NATO sources, the triplet violated Estonian aerospace over the Gulf of Finland near the Estonian […]

A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35 taking off from Volkel Airbase in the Netherlands, September 2024
#Poland

Enemy in the skies: shooting down Russian drones in Polish aerospace

15 September 20256 October 2025

UPDATED 21 SEPTEMBER 2025 (paragraph Russian Gerbera drone, paragraph Support aircraft from NATO and Poland and new final paragraph) | A total of 21 Russian drones flew into Polish aerospace on Wednesday 10 September, triggering an unprecedented response by Polish […]

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