Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
The second derailment in a short time of the key iron ore train on the Malmbanan line in Northern Sweden is investigated as possible sabotage. Police have confirmed this on 26 February. Featured photo: The derailed Malmbanan on 26 February […]
Problems with its navy vessels, and limited winter operability of its reconnaissance planes. The Danish armed forces are not up for the military protection of Greenland and the Faroe Islands. While Russian establishment in the Arctic region and Atlantic is […]
Four men and two teenagers have been sentenced up to 14 years in jail for one of the most powerful bombs set of in Sweden in residential areas in recent years. The six stood heared the judge’s verdict in Solna […]
Four months after the natural gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia was severely damaged, the discussion has flared on if it was really an accident, or sabotage anyway, has flared up again. Estonian national radio ERR is investigating. Featured image: […]
Unthinkable during the years of conservative PiS party propaganda on Polish national TVP, but now the LGBTIQ+ community in Poland got a “sorry” for being bashed and pictured as a national enemy by public figures on national TV over the […]
UPDATED 24 JANUARY 2024 | Two fugitive members of parliament, both former ministers, of the conservative PiS party that were arrested by Polish police officers inside the Presidential Palace in Warsaw on 10 January 2024, were released from prison late […]
Latvia nationalizes the so-called Moscow House in Riga. Officially called Railway Culture House, it was built and owned by Yuri Luzhkov, when he was Mayor of Moscow in the beginning of the 2000s. The Latvian State Security Service reported last […]
A snow storm that hit Southern Sweden, Southern Norway and Denmark on 3 January 2024, caused a massive jam on main road E22 in the Skåne region. People got stuck since lunchtime and rescue efforts were ongoing through the night. […]
Swedish authorities blame Russia for the biggest GPS sabotage in the Baltic Sea, ever recorded. On 18 December last year, the first civilian plane reported total loss of satellite navigation. Soon large parts of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, […]
Mud slides and floods have cut off all land connections to parts of Sogndal in Southwest Norway over the weekend. On Sunday evening, authorities warned inhabitants for the possible evacuation of the central parts of Balestrand, a settlement of about […]
Elon Musk and Tesla simply have to obey normal Swedish labour laws and practices. With this as a starting point, the unions – who quickly gained support from others, have put a hold on Tesla’s business in the biggest Scandinavian […]
UPDATED 17 JANUARY 2024 | Polish truck drivers paused their blockades of the borders with Ukraine until 1 March, after reaching a deal with the new Polish government. The government says it will level the playing field for the truck […]
