Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
It took pressure from US president Trump and in the end the member countries of NATO decided to raise their military spending with the goal of 5% of each country’s individual national income (Gross Domestic Product (GDP)). But now the […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
From having a reconnaissance battalion to becoming a full infantry fighting regiment. The Danish island of Bornholm, strategically located in the Baltic Sea, is getting a military revamp. In a few years, a well-trained combat force should be in place. […]
Apart from the United States, the Scandinavian countries spent most on defence per capita of all NATO members in 2024, according to a summary made by Dutch public broadcasting company NOS. Norway is the second-biggest spender (EUR 1,765 per capita) […]
Officially still a test, Denmark will start fielding unmanned Saildrones to patrol its seas from Jun 2025. Armed with 20 different sensors, cameras and radar, an undisclosed number of Saildrones will be deployed, linking up their data to the Danish […]
The Danish government has signed deals with multiple defence companies, including Patria of Finland and of France, to quickly deliver more weapons to the Danish armed forces. This is clear from news releases by the Danish Defence Ministry on 1 […]
On 1 April, the first day that the Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II of the Royal Danish Air Force was on Quick Reaction Alert duty, the new combat jets already made a live-weapons intercept of a Russian reconnaissance and intelligence gathering […]
A special unit of researchers of the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) has developed a regional weather model with artificial intelligence (AI) that could give timely warnings in 2,5 minutes in stead of more than 2 hours like the current weather […]
After more than 400 years of service, the Danish postal service stops delivering letters to people’s home mailboxes as of 1 January 2026. Half a year prior to this date, PostNord – formerly known as PostDanmark – will start removing […]