Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
Just before the end of 2025, Lithuania has signed a deal to purchase an undisclosed number of RBS-70 short-range air defence missile systems from Swedish SAAB. Moreover, it buys Carl-Gustaf M4 reusable and AT4 single-use anti-armour missile systems from the […]
The Finnish law enforcement is continuing its investigation into the suspected sabotage activities of telecommunication cables of the crew and vessel Fitburg, believed to be part of the Russian shadow fleet that tries to get goods in and out of […]
As announced earlier, the Danish mail services PostNord are cancelling letter mail deliveries as of 1 January 2026. That means the about 1,200 typical red mail boxes will be taken off the streets as well. PostNord Denmark has announced it […]
With the 24-metre (78.7 feet) long Reach Remote 1 and 2, Norway is leading the market for unmanned, remotely controlled vessels for the offshore industry. In other words: in maritime drones for peaceful purposes. The Reach-vessels are reportedly the biggest […]
The Finnish government wants to expand the army reserves to 1 million soldiers by 2031. And, it will be easy to do, according to the experts. Not only will the bill to adjust the law likely be accepted by the […]
The Johan Sverdrup oil field in Norway, run by Norway’s state-owned energy company Equinor, is under fire. Despite being profiled as a “climate-friendly” offshore oil field with little CO2 emissions, the site apparently releases too much of even more damaging […]
The world’s largest publicly owned investment fund, the Norwegian Oil Fund (Oljefondet), is putting new ethic policies on hold. The Norwegian parliament agreed with a proposition of the country’s government to freeze more ethic investments. The course change comes about […]
There are about 17,500 active core criminal gangsters in Sweden, new data of the Swedish police shows. That is a 25% increase compared to last year. Another 50,000 people in Sweden are aligned with those gang members, meaning they are […]
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 […]