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Poland expands offshore wind

6 January 20266 January 2026 by Marcel Burger

After years of no progress under the former right-wing PiS government, offshore wind power is now underway in Poland. Three new projects were auctioned off by the government in December, aiming at adding 3.4 gigawatts of electricity generation in the […]

#Baltics#Lithuania#Nordics#Sweden#Top Stories

Lithuania buys air-defence and anti-tank from Sweden

6 January 20266 January 2026 by Marcel Burger

Just before the end of 2025, Lithuania has signed a deal to purchase an undisclosed number of RBS-70 short-range air defence missile systems from Swedish SAAB. Moreover, it buys Carl-Gustaf M4 reusable and AT4 single-use anti-armour missile systems from the […]

#Finland#Nordics#Top Stories

Finland seizes Russian shadow-fleet vessel Fitburg, holds crew

3 January 20263 January 2026 by Marcel Burger

The Finnish law enforcement is continuing its investigation into the suspected sabotage activities of telecommunication cables of the crew and vessel Fitburg, believed to be part of the Russian shadow fleet that tries to get goods in and out of […]

#Poland#Top Stories

Poland to arm its South Korean artillery systems with locally produced missiles

3 January 20263 January 2026 by Marcel Burger

Poland is beefing up its defence capacity with locally produced precision-guided missiles for the 288 K239 Chunmoo mobile artillery missile systems it ordered from South Korea in 2022. The launchers, dubbed Homar-K in Polish service, are to be loaded with […]

#Baltics#Latvia#Top Stories

Latvia completes border fence with Russia

3 January 20263 January 2026 by Marcel Burger

One day before the end of 2025, Latvia has completed its 280-kilometre (174-miles) long border fence with Russia. The completion confirmed by the Latvian Interior Ministry was made public by the national broadcasting company LSM and Latgale Regional Television. The […]

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Sled dogs in the Greenland landscape (Photo: Markus Trienke (CC)) https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtrienke/34999131992/
#Denmark#Greenland#Nordics

Greenland says “no” to Trump

12 January 202530 January 2025

Greenland will not be a part of the United States of America. With clear statements by all political parties of the Arctic island semi-independence state, Greenland clearly says “no” to the wish of US president-elect Donald Trump to annex Greenland […]

A gun as evidence (Photo by Marcel Burger)
#Nordics#Sweden

Gun killings in Sweden declined in two years

12 January 202530 January 2025

The number of people killed by gun fire in Sweden has remarkably declined in 2024, according to the statistics of the Council of Crime Prevention (Brottfsförbyggande rådet, Brå) of Sweden, and Swedish broadcasting company SVT. In 2022 62 people were […]

Power lines (Photo by Martin Vorel.com (CC))
#Baltics#Estonia#Latvia#Lithuania

One month before Baltic states cut themselves off from Russian power

7 January 202529 January 2025

In about one month, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania cut themselves off from the Russian power grid, called BRELL. On February 8, the Baltic electricity operators will leave the Russian power supply, and join the European on the 9th, a year […]

#Baltics#Estonia#Latvia#Lithuania

Easier train travel between the Baltic States

7 January 20257 January 2025

The train companies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have made it easier to travel to the capitals of the three Baltic states by train. Launch on 6 January, it is now possible to make the entire stretch in 10 hours, […]

The crude oil tanker Eagle S against the backdrop of the island of Porvoo, Finland. (Photo: Htm (CC))
#Baltics#Estonia#Finland#Nordics

Finland holds Russian shadow tanker suspected of sabotage

3 January 20253 March 2025

UPDATE 3 MARCH 2025 | On Friday, 3 January 2025, the Finnish authorities confirmed they continue having the crude oil tanker Eagle S and its crew impounded in Finnish territorial waters. The vessel, reportedly part of the “Russian shadow fleet”, […]

Leopard 2A7 (Press photo: KNDS)
#Baltics#Lithuania

Lithuania buys German Leopard 2 tanks

19 December 20245 February 2025

Lithuania has struck an agreement with German-based defence corporation KNDS to buy 44 new Leopard 2A8 tanks of the latest standard. The tanks are to be delivered by 2030, according to the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence. However, the time frame […]

Danish Navy coastal patrol vessel P520 Diana (Photo: Forsvaret)
#Baltics#Denmark#Finland#Lithuania#Sweden

Chinese “subsea cable cutter” still under guard of Baltic Sea navy vessels

15 December 20243 January 2025

Almost a month ago, the Yi Peng 3 was halted by the Danish navy. The ship was the main suspect for either an accident or purposely aimed sabotage of two vital communication cables underneath the Baltic Sea. Weeks later, the […]

The Orlen Olefin site in Płock (Press photo: Orlen)
#Poland

Poland stops multi-billion dollar refinery construction

15 December 20243 January 2025

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 […]

Naval version of the NH90 in Swedish service, designated HKP 14 (Photo: Lasse Jansson/Försvarsmakten)
#Nordics#Sweden

Sweden’s final plagued NH90 helicopter delivered

14 December 202414 December 2024

The 18th and final version of the Swedish NH90 military helicopter has been delivered to the armed forces of the Scandinavian country. During a ceremony at Airbus Helicopters in Marignane, France, the naval version of the Helikopter 14 (HKP 14) […]

Simulated attack by Swedish ground forces. (Photo by Marcel Burger)
#Finland#Nordics#Sweden

Sweden urgently buys 15,000 machine guns

14 December 202414 December 2024

In an act of emergency, the Swedish armed forces quickly closed a deal with US weapons manufacturer Colt for the delivery of 15,000 Colt M4A1 machine guns. The current personal weapons of the Swedish troops are reportedly in such a […]

The flag of Finland (Photo by Santeri Viinamäki (CC))
#Finland#Stories

Finnish aluminium export to Russia has doubled

7 December 2024

The export of aluminium goods from Finland to Russia has doubled in a year time, according to the Finnish Customs. From 2023 to autumn 2024, the value has increased from EUR 11.3 million to EUR 22.3 million. Finnish national broadcasting […]

A Swedish Stridsfordon 90 during exercise Vintersol in March 2023, Boden, Northern Sweden (Photo: Joel Thungren / Försvarsmakten)
#Denmark#Nordics#Sweden

Denmark and Sweden jointly buy 165 armoured combat fighting vehicles

7 December 20247 December 2024

Denmark and Sweden jointly buy a total of 165 BAe/Hägglunds CV90 armoured combat fighting vehicles. For Denmark, it is one of its biggest weapons purchases. For Sweden, it is a replacement order for vehicles delivered to the Ukrainian armed forces. […]

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