Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
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 […]
Denmark has again a natural gas production at its territories to make the Scandinavian country self-sufficient, and net-exporter of the fossil fuel. French-owned TotalEnergies has restarted its production from the Tyra field in the North Sea, the company announced on […]
The last 24 airworthy General Dynamics (Lockheed Martin) F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon multi-role fighters of the Royal Danish Air Force might continue their military service in Argentina. The two countries are in the final steps of closing the deal, with the […]
The unions in Finland started a two-week labour strike in many of the country’s critical economic sectors against loss of labour rights in law propositions by the government. The export companies are hardest hit, but according to Finnish media, fuel […]
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 […]
