Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
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 […]
Swedish truck manufacturer Scania is seeking to buy one of the EV battery factories of the bankrupt Swedish company Northvolt. The site in Västerås is what the truck company wants to have, but not alone. “We are trying to form […]
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 Swedish police has identified 544 people who are considered to be that highly instable that they could take the life of their partner, and about 316 others who could be potential serial rapists. National police chief for preventing these […]
Norway has pre-selected four candidates to replace all its four frigates. The planned purchase is a direct consequence of the discovery of having faulty ships after a fifth Norwegian frigate sank in 2018. Spanish shipyards are not included in the […]
Since 2023, 22 innocent people were killed and another 38 wounded in shootings and attacks with explosives by criminal gangs in Sweden, Swedish radio (SR/EKOT) reports today. Many of these killed or wounded were family members of criminals, but were […]
After years of political threats to close an important hospital in Northern Sweden, and after years of severe protests against it, the politicians of the health care region of Skellefteå have decided to close the city’s fully functional hospital for […]
There will be no whale hunt in the waters around Iceland this summer. Hvalur hf, the only remaining whaling company of the country, says to Iceland media it is economically not viable at this moment. However, the license to operate […]
The fire brigades of Finland are gearing up for war. Bullet-proof vests and military grade helmets and new working procedures should make them ready in case the country gets attacked, similarly as their Ukrainian colleagues are targeted by Russia. According […]