Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
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 […]
Finland has now closed all its border crossings with Russia for at least a month. Friday night the final two posts, at Niirala and Vaalimaa, shut down. Finnish Border Guards report long queues and about 200 asylum seekers at these […]
Estonia is beefing up its artillery capacity, now that the Estonian Center for Defense Investments (RKIK) reported on Sunday it had received the next 6 South Korean-made K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers. Go Craft, an Estonian company, has been contracted to […]
Denmark prohibits the burning of the Quran and other holy texts in public places, from 14 December onwards. The penalty will be a fine up to two years imprisonment, the parliament decided after a 3-hour debate. The reason for the […]
After Finland closed multiple of its border crossings with Russia on the night from Friday to Saturday 18 November , the Finnish Border Guards supreme commander, Mika Rytkönen, says the situation is back under control. The Finnish government took the […]
The wave of violence that is marking an ongoing gangs conflict within the Foxtrot organised crime network in Sweden has spread to Bosnia-Herzegowina. Featured image: View on Sarajevo (Photo: Tiia Monto CC)) Two young man with Swedish passports, a 19-year-old […]
Swedish renowned packaging company Tetra Pak is likely still doing business in Russia, despite the company’s plea to withdrawn. According to a report by Swedish quality newspaper Dagens Nyheter, Tetra Pak attracted a “middle man” company that would deliver the […]
Finland has started to build a border fence with Russia, to support its border guards. The fence will cover the southernmost 200 kilometres of the 1,000 kilometre long separation line of the two countries. Cameras are installed every 50 metres. […]
The Swedish Migration Authority is deporting “Quran burner” Salwan M. from Sweden, Swedish broadcasting company SVT reports. The man has burned several times the Quran, leading to riots elsewhere in the world and protests in Sweden. The 3-years-permit for temporarily […]
Finland is proceeding buying advanced weaponry from Israel, despite the Israeli bombardments of Gaza that left hundreds to thousands Palestinian civilians dead. A call to end a weapons deal, has been put aside by the Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen. […]
For decades Longyearbyen, the capital of the Norwegian polar archipelago of Svalbard, was powered by coal. But no more. On 19 October, the town’s power plant stopped running on probably the most environmentally unfriendly power source there is. Featuring image: […]
Two shootings inside homes where kids and their parents live, left two women and a man dead within a little more than 24 hours in Sweden. The women were shot with their kids nearby or as witness in their home. […]
