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Lithuania to reintroduce swamp lands to stop advancing Russian forces

18 October 202518 October 2025 by Marcel Burger

As part of the beefing up of its country’s defences, the Lithuanian government has announced it will invest EUR 10 million into restoration of swamp lands to hinder a possible (Russian) invasion into its country. “We will identify where restoration […]

#Denmark#Finland#Nordics#Norway#Sweden#Top Stories

Sweden rich, Norway very poor in gold reserves

18 October 202518 October 2025 by Marcel Burger

From all Scandinavian countries, Sweden is the richest when it comes to gold reserves. But while many countries have started to buy more gold in these unstable days, Norway’s reserves are zero—and the richest Scandinavian country does not want to […]

#Poland#Top Stories

Polish minority language rights of Wymysorys denied by president

18 October 202518 October 2025 by Marcel Burger

A unique fading language spoken by tens of people in a Polish village has been denied official minority status by the country’s president. Despite full backing of both chambers of parliament, right-wing head of state Karol Nawrocki vetoed the proposal […]

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Polish government fuel stunt angers farmers ahead of elections

7 October 202330 October 2023

Many Polish motorists were happy when the state-owned fuel company Orlen dropped the prices at the pump. The move was clearly an attempt by the ruling conservative PiS party to win votes. But in the villages – where PiS normally […]

#Nordics#Sweden

Deadliest night in Sweden: bomb kills 25-yr-old woman in her home; shootings in Stockholm

28 September 202314 January 2024

In one of the deadliest nights in modern Sweden, three people were killed in three incidents. A bomb attack presumably aimed at a local gangster killed a 25-yr-old female neighbour in the Uppsala suburb of Fullerö/Storvreta. In two shootings in […]

#Nordics#Sweden

Cars, bus and hamburger restaurant taken by landslide in Sweden

24 September 202330 October 2023

A sudden landslide at motorway E6 near Stenungsund, north of Gothenburg in Sweden, took cars, a bus, trucks, a hamburger restaurant and more with it on 23 September. The earth moved tens of metres in another direction and fel up […]

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8 killed in 10 days, Swedish government in crisis meeting

17 September 202320 November 2023

UPDATED 24 SEPTEMBER 2023 | The wave of gang violence in Sweden has become that severe, that the Swedish Prime Minister has called several to a crisis meeting. The news comes after 10 days of shootings and stabbings in Stockholm […]

#Nordics#Norway

Norway arrests man for “signal” spying on government

12 September 20237 October 2023

Norway’s security police (PST) has arrested a 25-year-old man suspected of spying on the government, including the Prime Minister’s office and the Ministry of Defence. The suspect was taken into custody during the weekend, broadcasting company NRK reported. On Tuesday, […]

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#Finland#Nordics

Neo-nazis accused for preparing terror attack in Finland

11 September 202314 January 2024

Three neo-nazis stand accused in Finland for preparing a terror attack, that included shooting the then Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin. The trial against the three men, of which the main suspect was a candidate for the so-called True Finns […]

#Nordics#Sweden

Sweden blocks almost 1000 km2 because of outbreak African Swine Fever

8 September 202328 September 2023

UPDATED 18 SEPTEMBER 2023 | The Swedish land usage authority (Jordbruksverket) has declared a massive 1000 square kilometres (620+ sq mi) as a no-go zone for jogging, hunting, picking berries and all other human activities in the forrest that are […]

#Nordics#Norway#Poland

Poland looks to Norway for starting its carbon storage underneath the sea

6 September 202328 September 2023

Poland eyes to Norway to kick-start its storage of CO2 pollution in the atmosphere underneath the Barents Sea. For that it is willing to pay 1 billion US dollars, via its energy company Orlen. So far a subsidiary of the […]

#Nordics#Sweden

Young Swedish diplomat held by Iran, for more than 500 days

6 September 202324 September 2023

The now 33-year-old Swedish diplomat Johan Floderus has been illegally held by Iran for more than 500 days. The case – already known within Sweden for some time – got world media attention on 5 September, when the New York […]

#Denmark#Nordics

Europe to freeze by 2060, Danish researchers say

26 July 202324 September 2023

Europe will turn into Alaska from the year 2060. If the predictions in a new report by scientists of the University of Copenhagen are correct, the warm ocean currents that have given the continent a relatively mild climate will stop […]

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Sweden: “Russia behind anti-Koran image”

26 July 20236 September 2023

Actors supported by Russia are actively involved in black painting Sweden as an anti-Muslim country. Swedish Minister for Civil Defence, Carl Oskar Bohlin, said this during a press conference in Stockholm on 26 July 2023. “We see how Russian-backed actors […]

Gyrihaugen radar plan (Computer rendering by Forsvarsbygg)
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Norway beefs up its air defence radars, but it is not as easy as it seems

25 July 20236 September 2023

The Norwegian military is renewing its air defence radar network. Eight new radar installations will be place across the country. But, it is not as easy as it seems. The first new radar planned, north of Oslo, will interfere with […]

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