Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
On 5 March 2026, the Finnish government announced it would like to abolish the ban on having nuclear weapons on its soil as a host nation. However, Helsinki is not planning to develop or have its own nukes. Unlike Poland, […]
The Danish Air Force is looking for about 100 new recruits of different ranks to form the human part of a new air force squadron. Eskadrille 729 will be based at Aalborg Airbase, but its tasks will span way into […]
Polish researchers have discovered a legendary mediaeval town of which — until now — its existence was more or less a fairytale. To add to the mystery, the settlement of Stolzenberg only lasted for a relatively short time and was […]
The defence alliance NATO has launched Operation Arctic Sentry on 11 February. Officially meant to “leverage NATO’s strength to protect the alliance’s territory in the Arctic and High North”, it is meant not only to discourage Russia and China of […]
On 6 February, the largest thermal storage facility in the Baltics was opened. The Estonian heating provider Utilitas commissioned the 1100-MWh-Väo storage — a kind of big thermos – in the Estonian capital of Tallinn. The Väo site is the […]
Estonian’s special operations police unit K-commando with support of the Estonian Navy have entered the 188-metre-long (617-feet-long) container ship Baltic Spirit on Tuesday 3 February, and ordered it to Muuga Harbour in Estonia. The vessel and its crew are suspected […]
On Tuesday, 3 February, the Polish Military Counterintelligence Service (SKW) has arrested a reportedly 60-year-old defence official on charges of spying for Russia and Belarus. According to Polish media sources, the man has been working in various positions within the […]
As a reaction to Trump’s frequent political threats to take Greenland, several NATO countries sent a reconnaissance mission to the semi-autonomous Arctic island part of the Kingdom of Denmark. 15 soldiers from France, 13 from Germany, one from the Netherlands […]
It has been more than a century, but now the Baltic state of Estonia has its first explosives plant as an independent state again. Located at Ämari Air Base, which also houses NATO air defence jets, the company Nitrotol will […]
After years of no progress under the former right-wing PiS government, offshore wind power is now underway in Poland. Three new projects were auctioned off by the government in December, aiming at adding 3.4 gigawatts of electricity generation in the […]
Just before the end of 2025, Lithuania has signed a deal to purchase an undisclosed number of RBS-70 short-range air defence missile systems from Swedish SAAB. Moreover, it buys Carl-Gustaf M4 reusable and AT4 single-use anti-armour missile systems from the […]
The Finnish law enforcement is continuing its investigation into the suspected sabotage activities of telecommunication cables of the crew and vessel Fitburg, believed to be part of the Russian shadow fleet that tries to get goods in and out of […]
