Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
On 5 November 2024, a court in Malmö, Sweden, has sentenced the Danish politician Rasmus Paludan to four months in jail, for incitement against an ethnic group in Sweden in 2022. The Danish provocateur burned a Quran and made statements […]
Another violent week in Stockholm. With multiple shootings, including one aimed at the Israeli embassy which is likely linked to the throwing of grenades to the diplomatic post of Israel in Copenhagen, also this week. On 2 October, three shootings […]
With the acquisition of Schenker logistics company of Germany, Danish DSV is now one of the largest road cargo transport companies in the world. DSV purchased Schenker from Deutsche Bahn for EUR 14.3 million on 13 September. Together, DSV and […]
Sweden has ordered a secret number of BAE Hägglunds CV90 combat armoured vehicles, partly to replace the 51 that were – together with Denmark – donated to Ukraine and partly to send brand new ones to the Ukrainian armed forces. […]
Denmark raises the abortion limit from 12 to 18 weeks. Moreover, children between 15 and 17 are allowed to have an abortion without their parents’ consent. The expansion of abortion rights will come into effect on 1 June 2025. It […]
On behalf of the Danish government, the Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) has given Ineos the green light to start and expand its oil and natural gas extraction activities in the Hejre field, located in the Danish economic zone of the […]
The municipality of Esbjerg in Denmark has decided to build a 2-kilometre long wall of almost a metre high to protect the centre of the town against the rising sea levels. The decision involves an investment of EUR 6.3 million […]
Denmark has again a natural gas production at its territories to make the Scandinavian country self-sufficient, and net-exporter of the fossil fuel. French-owned TotalEnergies has restarted its production from the Tyra field in the North Sea, the company announced on […]
The last 24 airworthy General Dynamics (Lockheed Martin) F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon multi-role fighters of the Royal Danish Air Force might continue their military service in Argentina. The two countries are in the final steps of closing the deal, with the […]
Problems with its navy vessels, and limited winter operability of its reconnaissance planes. The Danish armed forces are not up for the military protection of Greenland and the Faroe Islands. While Russian establishment in the Arctic region and Atlantic is […]
A snow storm that hit Southern Sweden, Southern Norway and Denmark on 3 January 2024, caused a massive jam on main road E22 in the Skåne region. People got stuck since lunchtime and rescue efforts were ongoing through the night. […]
Swedish authorities blame Russia for the biggest GPS sabotage in the Baltic Sea, ever recorded. On 18 December last year, the first civilian plane reported total loss of satellite navigation. Soon large parts of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, […]