Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
Lithuanian Deputy Finance Minister Valentin Gavrilov resigned on 28 January, after being accused of supporting Russia. Gavrilov has Russian social media accounts and seemed to support the celebration of Soviet Victory Day, Lithuanian media report. On his Facebook page he […]
The year 2025 starts violently in Sweden. During a press conference in Stockholm on 29 January, the Swedish police say they have registered 30 attacks with explosive devices in January alone. Meaning: more than one detonation per day. Most of […]
A striking majority of the Greenlanders would vote “no” to new American president Donald Trump’s power play to make Greenland the next state of the United States. According to a poll done on behalf of the Danish newspaper Berlingske and […]
The world’s largest public fund, Norway’s Oljefundet, did very well in 2024. The value increased by almost EUR 340 billion (NOK 4,000) in a year time. In 2024, the Oil Fund had more than 11,000 investments in companies and projects […]