Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and Beyond
Finland has started to build a border fence with Russia, to support its border guards. The fence will cover the southernmost 200 kilometres of the 1,000 kilometre long separation line of the two countries. Cameras are installed every 50 metres. […]
SWEDEN, 28 OCT 2023: Swedish computer games maker Paradox, headquartered in Stockholm, has launched its newest city simulator, Cities Skylines 2, seven years after the first edition of the game was a big hit. More than 20 million users have […]
The Swedish Migration Authority is deporting “Quran burner” Salwan M. from Sweden, Swedish broadcasting company SVT reports. The man has burned several times the Quran, leading to riots elsewhere in the world and protests in Sweden. The 3-years-permit for temporarily […]
SWEDEN, 27 OCT 2023: Swedish Tesla personnel is on strike, as the car manufacturer of Elon Musk is refusing to sign common union agreements in Sweden. The powerful steal manufacturers union IF Metall has taken out 130 staff that works […]
SWEDEN, 27 OCT 2023: Swedish police have arrested three suspects of the bombing late Thursday evening 26 October of a row-house in Satlsjö-Bo, in the municipality of Nacka near Stockholm. Two of the suspects are under age, the police confirmed. […]
LITHUANIA, 27 OCT 2023: The Lithuanian Interior Ministry will be testing closing of all its borders with Belarus. Right now, two of the six border crossings are closed, as Lithuania is trying to limit the influx from Putin-friend Belarus. The […]
LATVIA, 27 OCT 2023: Latvia has become the biggest EU importer Russian grains, despite EU sanctions, Latvian national broadcasting company Ilze Nagla reports. The problems for Ukraine getting its agricultural produce exported, is a gain for Russia. E.g. Russian wheat […]
SWEDEN, 27 OCT 2023: The Swedish Home Defence (Hemvärnet) has mobilized 30 of its troops to assist in the operation underway to clean a big oil contamination that the ferry Marco Polo has caused after it ran aground in the […]
Finland is proceeding buying advanced weaponry from Israel, despite the Israeli bombardments of Gaza that left hundreds to thousands Palestinian civilians dead. A call to end a weapons deal, has been put aside by the Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen. […]
NORWAY, 26 OCT 2023: 78 years after they went down, underwater robots have confirmed two Nazi-German airplanes deep underneath the water surface. A Blohm & Voss BV 222 transport aircraft went down in the Trondheim fjord in 1945. It was […]
DENMARK, 25 OCT 2023: The first F-16 combat jets that Denmark is gifting to Ukraine, will fly in Ukrainian skies in April 2024, the Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has said, according to Danish Radio (DR). Denmark, Norway, Belgium […]
SWEDEN, 25 OCT 2023: Seven suspects are being indicted with at least two bombings in the Stockholm area last year. The detonations took place on 27 December in Enskededalen and 31 December in Rågsved. Two of the suspects are 19 […]
SWEDEN, 19 OCT 2023: The Swedish national security police (Säpo) has arrested a former high-ranking military officer and his wife, suspected of treason alternatively crimes against the safety of the nation. During a search of their home in the Stockholm […]
For decades Longyearbyen, the capital of the Norwegian polar archipelago of Svalbard, was powered by coal. But no more. On 19 October, the town’s power plant stopped running on probably the most environmentally unfriendly power source there is. Featuring image: […]
LITHUANIA, 18 OCT 2023: The armed forces of Lithuania have started repairing Leopard tanks that were damaged on the battle fields in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence in Vilnius has announced. How many of the German-made tanks are being repaired […]
SWEDEN, 18 OCT 2023: Swedish police have arrested a suspect for the shooting of a teenager in Gustavsberg on Värmdö near Stockholm. The attempted killing took place on Wednesday morning. No news yet on the condition of the wounded victim. […]
ESTONIA, 18 OCT 2023: Estonia is buying 230 Turkish armoured vehicles to equip its 2nd Infantry Brigade, the Estonian Ministry of Defence has announced. Although the exact type has not been disclosed it are both 4×4 and 6×6 armoured vehicles. […]
NORWAY, 17 OCT 2023: Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has presented his new government in Oslo today. Four ministers are out, as part of a reshuffle after disappointing results in mid-term elections. According to Støre, none of his former […]
SWEDEN, 17 OCT 2023: Five men and two women are standing trial for various accounts of aiding in the murder of a 31-year-old male gang leader and the severely wounding of an innocent bystander in a shopping centre in Malmö. […]
LATVIA, 16 OCT 2023: Latvia purchases four US-made Boeing MD 530F light (attack) helicopters, the Latvian Ministry of Defence announced. The type can be armed, and traditionally serves in a ground (fire) support or scout role. The quarted is set […]
Two shootings inside homes where kids and their parents live, left two women and a man dead within a little more than 24 hours in Sweden. The women were shot with their kids nearby or as witness in their home. […]