Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
Polish arms manufacturer Mesko is likely to deliver 200 to 300 of Piorun shoulder-launched air-defence missile systems, the company announced. Both countries signed a letter of intent on 14 May 2025, with the official deal to be concluded on a […]
Just like the Southwest of Poland is strong in coal power, the North should be great in renewable power. With this message, the Polish government launched projects Kashubia on 6 May 2025. The goal: to strengthen the strategic position of […]
Polish state postal services, Poczta Polska, will offer courier delivery services of live bees across the country. The company announced it in a statement on 14 April 2025. “There are nearly 100,000 registered beekeepers in Poland,” says Monika Leleń of […]
On 18 March 2025, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have announced they will leave the Ottawa Treaty that bans those who signed it to use anti-personnel mines. The ministers of defence of the four countries have issued a joint statement […]
Ukrainians who fled the war in their country and settled in Poland are positive for Polish economy, the National Development Bank (BGK) of Poland concludes in a study published on 11 March 2025. About 1.5 million Ukrainians live in Poland, […]
Measured in Gross National Product, the Baltic states and the Nordic countries are the biggest donor to Ukraine. Trump’s United States comes 17th on this list, according to a recent listing by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW […]
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 […]
The Polish government will not execute the immigration rules of the European Union, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told the European Committee on Friday, 7 February 2025. Poland is currently chairman of the EU, but this does not change the […]
Four Polish shoulders have been charged of negligence of duty after they failed to offload 240 anti-tank mines from a train near the city of Szczecin, in the north of the country. The mines travelled on for 10 days – […]
Poland’s state oil and gas company Orlen has halted the construction of a billion dollar petrochemical refinery near Płock, blaming skyrocketing costs as the reason. The project called Olefin III was launched with a lot of noise by the previous […]
The Polish liberal government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk wants to abandon the human right to seek asylum. The decision, announced at a party congress in October, is officially meant as a temporarily legal rule that is already very much […]
“There are signs that Russian intelligence services are behind the fire in the Spłonęło shopping centre, although our investigation is still ongoing,” said Polish Prime Minster Donald Tusk at a press conference on 21 May 2024. The shopping centre was […]