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 […]
Iceland’s legacy airline Icelandair ends flying its two Boeing 767-300ERs at the end of 2026, its CEO Bogi Nils Bogason announced in the presentation of the quarterly results of 2025Q3. Despite making a profit, it was lower than the third […]
In a new series of shootings in Sweden since Friday and before the changing of the clock to winter time, two teenagers were killed, and two men wounded. One late teenager was shot and killed in the Brynäs area in […]
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 […]
A Finnish district court has stopped prosecution of the crew of the Eagle S, a ship that reportedly destroyed parts of the Finnish-Estonian Estlink 2 and four internet cables in December 2025, for sabotage. Since the suspected sabotage did take […]
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 […]
An outcry by Estonia and several NATO countries over three old Russian Air Force MiG-31 (NATO codename: Foxhound) on 19 September. According to Estonian and NATO sources, the triplet violated Estonian aerospace over the Gulf of Finland near the Estonian […]
Heavy rains causing floods and landslides during the weekend of 8 and 9 September 2025 have severely crippled the Swedish railways and roads infrastructure in the north of the country. The main and secondary railroads are down to derailments, a […]
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. […]
UPDATED 21 JULY 2025, last paragraph | After a night of more than 130 earthquakes on the Reykjanesbær (Ryekjanes) peninsula of Iceland with the famous Blue Lagoon, and subsequently a volcanic eruption, Iceland has a new tourist attraction: fresh lava […]
The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) is to expand its biggest airbase – Ørland near Trondheim – substantially. An equivalent of 210 football fields of land is to be added to the base, which is the main combat base for […]