Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
Norway has won the court case brought by the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) against the state. On 13 February, the Oslo District Court has given the green light for drilling trials for minerals in the deep waters of […]
The Swedish government is working a law adjustment that will make semi-automatic weapons including the popular AR-15 rifle illegal, according to various Swedish sources. The law change, which likely will be passes smoothly by parliament, is a direct reaction to […]
For the first time since joining NATO, the Finnish Air Force protects the skies over Iceland. Four F/A-18 Hornet combat jets have been dispatched to Keflavik Air Base on Iceland and are flying daily air combat patrol over and near […]
The Swedish Armed Forces have joined their country’s first NATO mission on 7 February 2025. The 500 troops are now at full strength at Ādaži military base near Riga in Latvia, and since this day officially placed under NATO command. […]
In Oskarshamn, on the southeast coast of Sweden, construction has started on the country’s first modern small nuclear power plant. Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy, Ebba Bush, took the symbolic first sod on 3 February 2025. Located in the […]
UPDATE 5 FEB 2025, 19:05 CET | Ten people have been killed and at least six wounded by a lone 35-year-old gunman at a school for adults in Örebro, Central Sweden, around 12:30 CET on Tuesday 4 February 2025. The […]
Sweden has launched its first military satellite, called the Gna-3. Weighing 4 kilos, it is meant to safeguard Swedish military communications at all times. According to the Swedish Ministry of Defence it rotates the earth for times a day at […]
The Danish government has decided to put the planned construction of an island just for the production of renewable energy on hold. The island was planned 15 kilometres south of the strategically situated island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. […]
UPDATED 11 FEBRUARY 2025 | The semi-autonomous parliament of Greenland is expected to quickly block foreign money to political parties, during a meeting on 4 February. The sudden law change, proposed by the current government of the island nation, is […]
Russia has switched gear in its GPS jamming in Norway. Especially spoofing is now more often used, according to a report of the Norwegian broadcasting agency NRK. From about 1,400 metres up in the air, aeroplanes are deliberately being fed […]
Hjemmeværnet, the Danish Home Guard, commissioned two new search and surveillance plane into service. The two Twin Otters, produced by De Havilland Canada, are replacing two leased Britten-Norman Defender aircraft. The Twin Otters have been especially equipped for patrol duties, […]
The man who has repeatedly put the Quran on fire in Sweden, Iraqi born Salwan Momika, has been shot and killed on Wednesday 29 January 2025 shortly after 23:00 on the balcony of his apartment in Södertälje, a city south […]