Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
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 […]
The southern Swedish municipality of Kristianstad (Skåne) ran out of drinking water during the Midsummer weekend, marking that drinking water shortages are no longer a problem of countries elsewhere in the world. However, the shortage was relatively local, concerning about […]
Sweden has placed an order with Diehl Defence of Germany to obtain an advanced ground-based air-defence missile system to protect Gotland. The largest Swedish island is strategically located in the Baltic Sea and whoever controls it, controls the aerospace to/from […]
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) […]
Estonia and Sweden are close to a deal to house up to 600 Swedish inmates in a prison in Tartu. The Swedish prison capacity is insufficient, and the one in Estonia is open to include the Swedish convicts. The Tartu […]