Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
The first five pilots fully certified to fly electric aeroplanes have graduated at the Green Flight Academy in Skellefteå, Sweden, earlier this month. The quintet is the first class ever to leave a Scandinavian aviation school trained in fossil-free aviation. […]
Instead of a book, a grenade next to your bed. Or in the backpack when travelling by bus. Sweden is troubled by grenades. A recent incident with a grenade thrown into an ordinary shop, has put the light on teenagers […]
The Swedish government may exploit grounds near Jokkmokk and Kallak in the north of Sweden for extracting raw materials. The highest Swedish economic court has given the green light on 25 June 2024. The local Sami economic cooperation – made […]
German carmaker BMW has pulled itself out of the cooperation with the Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt in Skellefteå. With an earlier commitment of 2 billion euros, Northvolt looses its biggest customer so far. The news was first made public by […]
After about 2 years in an Iranian prison, which he visited as a tourist, Swedish EU diplomat Johan Floderus is back home. Together with the Swedish citizen Saeed Azizi, Floderus was exchanged for the Iranian man Hamid Nouri. Nouri was […]
Sweden has ordered a secret number of BAE Hägglunds CV90 combat armoured vehicles, partly to replace the 51 that were – together with Denmark – donated to Ukraine and partly to send brand new ones to the Ukrainian armed forces. […]
About 800 NATO paratroopers were dropped over Southern Sweden and secured the reserve airbase of Hagshult on Tuesday 7 May. The exercise is historic, as it marks the first of its kind since Sweden became a full NATO member exactly […]
The Swedish-British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca calls all of its COVID vaccination medication back, from everywhere. The news has not been officially confirmed yet, but is out in practically all international media. According to sources, low sales will be given as […]
Since 25 April, the Swedish police have a right to body search anyone on the street, based on the look and “feelings” of a police officer. The frisking is only allowed if the police has declared the area a “special […]
A Swedish youth gang shot and killed a 39-year-old father cycling with his son to the swimming pool in Stockholm suburb Skärholmen on 11 April 2024. The dad was taking his son to the pool. Swedish media quote eye-witnesses reports […]
The Swedish SAAB defence corporation is continuing doing good business with its internationally acclaimed Carl-Gustaf M4 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, better known as anti-tank weapons launched from the shoulder. Featured press photo: SAAB Poland has ordered the Carl-Gustaf launchers and ammunitions […]
As the last Scandinavian country, Sweden joined the military alliance of NATO last night. Although Sweden was not really impartial during the Cold War and was already part of the military cooperation of the European Union, NATO membership ends its […]