Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and Beyond
NORWAY, 26 OCT 2023: 78 years after they went down, underwater robots have confirmed two Nazi-German airplanes deep underneath the water surface. A Blohm & Voss BV 222 transport aircraft went down in the Trondheim fjord in 1945. It was […]
DENMARK, 25 OCT 2023: The first F-16 combat jets that Denmark is gifting to Ukraine, will fly in Ukrainian skies in April 2024, the Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has said, according to Danish Radio (DR). Denmark, Norway, Belgium […]
SWEDEN, 25 OCT 2023: Seven suspects are being indicted with at least two bombings in the Stockholm area last year. The detonations took place on 27 December in Enskededalen and 31 December in Rågsved. Two of the suspects are 19 […]
SWEDEN, 19 OCT 2023: The Swedish national security police (Säpo) has arrested a former high-ranking military officer and his wife, suspected of treason alternatively crimes against the safety of the nation. During a search of their home in the Stockholm […]
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: […]
LITHUANIA, 18 OCT 2023: The armed forces of Lithuania have started repairing Leopard tanks that were damaged on the battle fields in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence in Vilnius has announced. How many of the German-made tanks are being repaired […]
SWEDEN, 18 OCT 2023: Swedish police have arrested a suspect for the shooting of a teenager in Gustavsberg on Värmdö near Stockholm. The attempted killing took place on Wednesday morning. No news yet on the condition of the wounded victim. […]
ESTONIA, 18 OCT 2023: Estonia is buying 230 Turkish armoured vehicles to equip its 2nd Infantry Brigade, the Estonian Ministry of Defence has announced. Although the exact type has not been disclosed it are both 4×4 and 6×6 armoured vehicles. […]
NORWAY, 17 OCT 2023: Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has presented his new government in Oslo today. Four ministers are out, as part of a reshuffle after disappointing results in mid-term elections. According to Støre, none of his former […]
SWEDEN, 17 OCT 2023: Five men and two women are standing trial for various accounts of aiding in the murder of a 31-year-old male gang leader and the severely wounding of an innocent bystander in a shopping centre in Malmö. […]
LATVIA, 16 OCT 2023: Latvia purchases four US-made Boeing MD 530F light (attack) helicopters, the Latvian Ministry of Defence announced. The type can be armed, and traditionally serves in a ground (fire) support or scout role. The quarted is set […]
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. […]
SWEDEN, 12 OCT 2023: For the first time in Sweden, a man was sentenced for hagitation against ethnic group for burning a Quran, on 12 October by a lower court in Linköping. The man burned the for Muslims holy book […]
SWEDEN, 10 OCT 2023: Petrol and diesel cars will be prohibited on the streets of the most central part of Stockholm, from 31 December 2024, the city council has announced. The prohibition zone is 20 blocks large and is bordered […]
SWEDEN, 9 OCT 2023: The Swedish people’s protection authority (MSB) will be distributing 15,600 new radio receivers to all households around the Forsmark nuclear plants, northeast of Stockholm/Uppsala. In case of a disaster at the plant, the radios should warn […]
The Danish armed forces will buy the former ammunition production plant Krudten in Elling to restart production for the Danish armed forces. The idea launched three weeks ago by the Danish Minister of Defence will become reality. It is an […]
SWEDEN, 7 OCT 2023: A man was shot and wounded in the city of Helsingborg, Sweden, late on Friday night 6 October. He came to hospital himself saying he was attacked by masked man in the Olympia area, police says. […]
NORWAY, 7 OCT 2023: Norwegian police have arrested a man in his twenties suspected of shooting and wounding another man in his twenties in the Holmlia area of Oslo on Friday night. The police has given very little details. NEWS […]
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 […]
The Swedish government has given the armed forces the order to investigate the pros and cons of the delivery of indigenous made multi-role fighters: the Saab JAS 39C/D Gripen to Ukraine. It comes after the government has already sent weapons […]
SWEDEN, 5 OCT 2023: Nine suspects are being put on trial for their involvement in a wave of bombings in residential areas in Stockholm, the public prosecutor in Attunda (Stockholm) has said. The suspects are from various criminal gangs in […]
