Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
Poland cheers the find of oil off its coast in the Baltic Sea by Canadian CEPetro. Announced last week, it will help the Eastern European nation of almost 40 million inhabitants to become less energy dependent, many in the country […]
The border controls reinstated by the centre-left Polish government, who fell for the pressure of ultraright groups, has led to loads of annoyed motorists at the Polish borders. For example, on Friday, traffic jams up to 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) […]
The Polish ambassador was already not at his embassy in Budapest, Hungary, since December, but now the Polish government has officially reduced the status of the diplomatic relations with the Hungarian regime. The Polish ambassador as a function has been […]
UPDATED 21 JULY 2025, last paragraph | After a night of more than 130 earthquakes on the Reykjanesbær (Ryekjanes) peninsula of Iceland with the famous Blue Lagoon, and subsequently a volcanic eruption, Iceland has a new tourist attraction: fresh lava […]
The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) is to expand its biggest airbase – Ørland near Trondheim – substantially. An equivalent of 210 football fields of land is to be added to the base, which is the main combat base for […]
The southern Swedish municipality of Kristianstad (Skåne) ran out of drinking water during the Midsummer weekend, marking that drinking water shortages are no longer a problem of countries elsewhere in the world. However, the shortage was relatively local, concerning about […]
Russia is upgrading its nuclear bases near Scandinavia and Poland, media in a.o. Sweden report. According to a recent story by Swedish national broadcasting company SVT and Polish media, it concerns at least four different locations. The bases of Asipovitjy […]
Sweden has placed an order with Diehl Defence of Germany to obtain an advanced ground-based air-defence missile system to protect Gotland. The largest Swedish island is strategically located in the Baltic Sea and whoever controls it, controls the aerospace to/from […]
A painting of people made in 1908 by Polish painter Jacek Malczewski has become Poland’s most expensive work of art. It was auctioned in Poland in mid-June for EUR 5.2 million. “Rzeczywistość” (Reality in English) is an oil painting on […]
Apart from the United States, the Scandinavian countries spent most on defence per capita of all NATO members in 2024, according to a summary made by Dutch public broadcasting company NOS. Norway is the second-biggest spender (EUR 1,765 per capita) […]
A series of flammable air freight packages sent via DHL from several European countries is the work of the Russian secret services, the Polish public prosecutor office says. In Poland, 5 Ukrainians and one Russian are in custody for it […]
Estonia and Sweden are close to a deal to house up to 600 Swedish inmates in a prison in Tartu. The Swedish prison capacity is insufficient, and the one in Estonia is open to include the Swedish convicts. The Tartu […]
