Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
Dozens of weather balloons used by smugglers to get cigarettes from Belarus into Lithuania halted air traffic at Vilnius Airport on Tuesday 21 to Wednesday 22 October, for several hours. About 30 flights and 4,000 passengers were effected by delays. […]
Iceland’s legacy airline Icelandair ends flying its two Boeing 767-300ERs at the end of 2026, its CEO Bogi Nils Bogason announced in the presentation of the quarterly results of 2025Q3. Despite making a profit, it was lower than the third […]
In a new series of shootings in Sweden since Friday and before the changing of the clock to winter time, two teenagers were killed, and two men wounded. One late teenager was shot and killed in the Brynäs area in […]
The police law enforcement forces have arrested another eight suspects of planned sabotage actions in several places in the country. Authorities do not exclude the possibility of more arrests, according to a statement released on 21 October 2025. Polish Prime […]
Long marketed as a mosquito-free country to tourists, Iceland has stepped into the “modern age”. The Icelandic Institute of Natural History has confirmed on 20 October that three mosquitos were found in the past couple days. And, experts argue, if […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On 2 October, Poland signed a first agreement to connect the Central European country to NATO’s fuel pipeline system that is meant for military purposes. It will still need a couple of years and likely construction of new pipelines before […]
A Finnish district court has stopped prosecution of the crew of the Eagle S, a ship that reportedly destroyed parts of the Finnish-Estonian Estlink 2 and four internet cables in December 2025, for sabotage. Since the suspected sabotage did take […]
The Danish police will start using relatively big fixed-wing drones to enhance the border security. The drone of German manufacturer Globe, with a wingspan of 3 metres (9.8 feet) and a weight of 25 kilograms (55.1 pnds), will be based […]
From 1 January 2026, foreigners living in Lithuania and working in service jobs are obligated to speak Lithuanian. The matter was already agreed upon by parliament (Sejm) in 2024, but with only a few months left, there are some worries […]
