Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
Denmark raises the abortion limit from 12 to 18 weeks. Moreover, children between 15 and 17 are allowed to have an abortion without their parents’ consent. The expansion of abortion rights will come into effect on 1 June 2025. It […]
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 […]
Latvia’s Finance Minister Evika Siliņa buys her country into national airline AirBaltic for EUR 136 million. The parliament of the country agreed to this on 2 May. ALthough Siliņa denies it is a bail-out. AirBaltic is growing and plans to […]
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 […]
On behalf of the Danish government, the Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) has given Ineos the green light to start and expand its oil and natural gas extraction activities in the Hejre field, located in the Danish economic zone of the […]
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 first ever German military force to have a permanent base abroad since World War 2 arrived in Lithuania on 8 April 2024. Twenty-one troops from 16 different military units of Germany arrived as the command spearhead of the 45th […]
The municipality of Esbjerg in Denmark has decided to build a 2-kilometre long wall of almost a metre high to protect the centre of the town against the rising sea levels. The decision involves an investment of EUR 6.3 million […]
The first ever deployment of a Finnish military unit as full part of NATO is a fact. On Tuesday 2 April, the mine encounter vessel MHC Vahterpää (42) sailed from its base in Turku (Pansio) to join the Standing NATO […]
A massive data breach in the IT systems of pharmacy and hospital products has led to that half the Estonian population got their data stolen. It concerns personal ID codes, what they’ve bought and their contact details. The data breach […]
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 […]
