Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
Bearing the name United Heat, the Polish border city of Zgorzelec and its German twin Görlitz are to build a new joint cross-border heating system entirely powered by sustainable energy sources. The cities (85,000 inhabitants together) announced their plans earlier […]
It is a weird contradiction: as a rich oil and gas nation, Norway could be out of essential fuels in 20 days. For whatever reason, the Norwegian government reduced the fuel readiness down from 90 days back in 2007, against […]
Greenland is taking the Canadian Rangers as an example of how the semi-autonomous Arctic island could increase its military activities, with civilians actively involved. Greenland’s Foreign Minister, Vivian Motzfeldt, confirmed recently that the Canadian Rangers model — basically civilians on […]