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Poland expands offshore wind

6 January 20266 January 2026 by Marcel Burger

After years of no progress under the former right-wing PiS government, offshore wind power is now underway in Poland. Three new projects were auctioned off by the government in December, aiming at adding 3.4 gigawatts of electricity generation in the […]

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Lithuania buys air-defence and anti-tank from Sweden

6 January 20266 January 2026 by Marcel Burger

Just before the end of 2025, Lithuania has signed a deal to purchase an undisclosed number of RBS-70 short-range air defence missile systems from Swedish SAAB. Moreover, it buys Carl-Gustaf M4 reusable and AT4 single-use anti-armour missile systems from the […]

#Finland#Nordics#Top Stories

Finland seizes Russian shadow-fleet vessel Fitburg, holds crew

3 January 20263 January 2026 by Marcel Burger

The Finnish law enforcement is continuing its investigation into the suspected sabotage activities of telecommunication cables of the crew and vessel Fitburg, believed to be part of the Russian shadow fleet that tries to get goods in and out of […]

#Poland#Top Stories

Poland to arm its South Korean artillery systems with locally produced missiles

3 January 20263 January 2026 by Marcel Burger

Poland is beefing up its defence capacity with locally produced precision-guided missiles for the 288 K239 Chunmoo mobile artillery missile systems it ordered from South Korea in 2022. The launchers, dubbed Homar-K in Polish service, are to be loaded with […]

#Baltics#Latvia#Top Stories

Latvia completes border fence with Russia

3 January 20263 January 2026 by Marcel Burger

One day before the end of 2025, Latvia has completed its 280-kilometre (174-miles) long border fence with Russia. The completion confirmed by the Latvian Interior Ministry was made public by the national broadcasting company LSM and Latgale Regional Television. The […]

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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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#Nordics#Sweden

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 […]

The Norwegian Flag (Rawpixel (PD))
#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)
#Nordics#Norway

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 […]

Swedish Armed Forces Hkp 14 (NH-90) tactical transport helicopter during an air assault demonstration at the 2012 Swedish Military Airshow (Försvarsmaktens Huvudflygdag) at F3 Malmslätt, Linköping. Aircraft wearing number 43.
#Nordics#Sweden

After Norway, Sweden wants to ditch “bad” NH90 too

30 May 202326 July 2023

What is the worst European military helicopter program ever in delays, cost overruns, underperforming machines and crazy operating costs and maintenance, the NH90, gets another blow. After Norway announced it would kill the NH90 in its service, Sweden wants to […]

Volvo S60 (Photo by PXHere)
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Espionage in Sweden: Volvo autonomous driving codes given to Russia

6 May 202326 July 2023

Kristian D, who was sentenced in 2021 in Sweden for spying on Scania and Volvo Cars, gave the codes of Volvo’s autonomous driving on a USB stick to Russian “diplomat”. The discovery made by investigative journalists of the Scandinavian national […]

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