Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
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 […]
The Valmiera plant in Latvia needs another few weeks to have its first locally build Patria 6×6 armoured personnel carrier rolling out of the plant. It is the result of about 1,000 work hours by 5 employees, Latvian television (LSM) […]
The Germany army brigade of about 5,000 troops settling as a permanent force in Lithuania will be equipped with brand-new Leopard 2 battle tanks. Moreover, Rheinmetall is likely to soon start construction of its own ammunitions plant in the Baltic […]
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. […]
Finland has reacted rather relaxed on what appears to be news drawn out of proportions that Russia is planning to change the sea border in the Baltic Sea. While e.g. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius immediately tweeted with calling the news […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
