Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
The State of Norway is suing Spanish state-owned shipyard Navantia (f.k.a. Izar) for EUR 1.1 billion for basic design and construction errors in the frigate F313 Helge Ingstad. This was confirmed by the Ministry of Defence on 9 April 2025. […]
On 1 April, the first day that the Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II of the Royal Danish Air Force was on Quick Reaction Alert duty, the new combat jets already made a live-weapons intercept of a Russian reconnaissance and intelligence gathering […]
UPDATE 3 April 2025 (AIR BASE) | For the first time since Sweden became a full NATO member on 7 March 2024, the Scandinavian country will send its indigenous developed SAAB Gripen fighter jets on live-armed NATO missions. Up to […]
Joint Viking, a sizeable military exercise in Northern Norway, has kicked off. It brings together about 10,000 NATO troops from Norway, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Military training ops are the […]
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 Piorun MANPADS, or Man-Portable Air-Defence System, made in Poland is scoring well. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have used the Polish system, Norway has deployed the system it bought, and the profits are on the rise. But manufacturer Mesko in […]
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 […]
The world’s largest public fund, Norway’s Oljefundet, did very well in 2024. The value increased by almost EUR 340 billion (NOK 4,000) in a year time. In 2024, the Oil Fund had more than 11,000 investments in companies and projects […]
The legendary Norwegian coastal cruise line Hurtigruten is saved. In a press release of 28 November the company announced it was bought by existing investors and got a capital injection of EUR 110 million. “Hurtigruten will continue as a standalone […]
It is called Northern Lights, and it is Europe’s promise to reduce CO2 emissions by storing it under the sea of the coast of Norway. On 26 September, Northern Lights was officially opened, despite the sub-sea storage facility is not […]
Another violent week in Stockholm. With multiple shootings, including one aimed at the Israeli embassy which is likely linked to the throwing of grenades to the diplomatic post of Israel in Copenhagen, also this week. On 2 October, three shootings […]
A unanimous Norwegian parliament changed the country’s Constitution on 21 May 2024, to prevent that a “strongman” can take control of the Norwegian courts of justice. Poland under the former PiS government controlled by Jarosław Kaczyński, Viktor Orbán’s tight grip […]