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Denmark And Canada End Whisky On The Rock War

14 June 202214 June 2022 by Marcel Burger

After half a century of disagreement, Denmark and Canada have officially ended the conflict known as “Whisky War” over rock island of Hans. Instead, the European and North American nations are now becoming land neighbours. It is the long awaited […]

#Norway#Top Stories

Norway Kills NH90, Helicopter A Big Mistake

12 June 202212 June 2022 by Marcel Burger

Norway is that much unhappy with the European NH90 military helicopter, it wants to give them all back to manufacturer NH Industries, alligned with Airbus. It is totally insufficient in operational capabilities, needs an unreasonable amount of maintenance and the […]

#Sweden#Top Stories

Shiamuslim Imams in Sweden Are Pimping

12 June 202212 June 2022 by Marcel Burger

Shiamuslim imams in Sweden are actively mediating in mediating in sexual services of its members, investigative journalists of Sweden’s national broadcasting company SVT revealed. In a report published in May 2022 many shiamuslim communities were pimping, illegal by Swedish law. […]

#Nordics#Sweden#Top Stories

Swedish Government Wants To Shoot Wolves That Do Not Exist

26 May 202212 June 2022 by Marcel Burger

The Swedish government wants to shoot wolves, saying there are too many of them. But the plans to have a licensed wolf hunt are based on numbers that the statistics of the country’s own ministry for rural affairs do not […]

#Iceland#Nordics#Top Stories

US Military Radar Station Waste Pollutes Iceland, Decades After Withdrawal

19 April 202219 April 2022 by Marcel Burger

The United States operated a radar station on Heiðarfjall mountain for 16 years only, but decades after the military withdrawal from the site, the toxic waste the Americans burried underground is poisining the environment. Featured photo: Heiðarfjall mountain on Iceland […]

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Finnish Leopard 2 battle tank during the recent NATO Exercise Cold Response 22 in Norway (Photo by Torbjørn Kjosvold/Forsvaret)
#Finland#Nordics

Finland Starts NATO Membership Request, Media Report

7 April 202226 May 2022 0

Finnish media quote “reliable government sources” the Scandinavian country and neighbour of Russia starts its preparing membership request for the NATO military alliance coming week. Featured image: A Finnish Leopard 2 battle tank during the recent NATO Exercise Cold Response […]

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Finland’s Europe Minister Calls National Railways Back From Russia, CEO Fired

6 April 202219 April 2022 0

Finland’s national railways VR has been playing yo-yo with its cargo transport to Russia. It took an intervention from the country’s Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering to stop it. VR suspended all goods transport to Russia 28 March, […]

One of the soldiers of the Danish battalion training for deployment in May (Photo by Tue Skal/Forsvaret)
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Denmark To Send 800 Combat Troops to Latvia, part of NATO Reinforcement to Baltic States

1 April 202219 April 2022 0

Denmark is ready to send a combat battalion of 800 troops to reinforce Latvia, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said while visiting the Danish continent of 200 troops in Tapa in neighbouring Estonia on 31 March. Featured photo: One of […]

An Estonian bus sign (Photo by Anna Koval (CC))
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Estonia Stops Ukrainian Refugees Bus Transport, Sign That Poland Has Logistics In Order

1 April 202219 April 2022 0

While Poland has accepted more than 2.4 million refugees from Ukraine by the end of March, the country seems also to have its logistics in dealing with the humanitarian crisis in order. True, still taking the brunt of sheltering, schooling […]

A Russian Topol-M nuclear ballistic missile system (Photo by Vitaly V. Kuzmin (CC))
#Nordics#Sweden

Swedish Companies Delivered to Russian Nuclear Weapons Program

29 March 202227 April 2022 0

Renowned Swedish companies such as Sandvik, SKF, Seco Tools, Atlas Copco and the less known Water Jet Sweden have in the course of many years delivered machines or parts to the Russian nuclear weapons program, through their Russian daughter companies […]

Europe's biggest single polluter, the Bełchatów Coal Power Plant near Łódź is planned to close in 2036 (Photo by Photopolska.eu (CC))
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Poland’s Energy Transition: Does It Really Exist?

29 March 202227 April 2022 0

Poland seems to have started a new course. Firstly, the government and opposition are since 29 March aligned on banning Russian coal – despite no EU-backing and Poland’s substantial need for coal. Secondly, the government seems to blow new life […]

Waste-to-energy plant in Oslo Klemetsrud (Photo by Fortum)
#Nordics#Norway

Oslo Escapes Missing 2030 Climate Goals, For 1 Billion

23 March 202229 March 2022 0

The city of Oslo must be happy. It managed to bail out Finnish energy giant Fortum of its 50 percent share in the Klemetsrud Energy Recovery Plant, with some outside help. The other half is owned by the municipality. Klemetsrud […]

NATO's Mine Countermeasures Group 1 near Geiranger a few days ahead of Cold Response 2022 (Photo by Forsvaret)
#Nordics#Norway

Norway’s Navy to Sail More Often, But Lacks Crews

22 March 202219 April 2022 0

The Royal Norwegian Navy will have to sail more often, to increase its deterrence role against Russia. This is part of the new government plans to give the armed forces of NATOs northeastern flank EUR 362 million extra this year. […]

A biogas facility (Photo by Maxpixel.net (CC)
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Denmark: Self-Sufficient in Gas in Five Years

18 March 202229 March 2022 0

Danish gas consumption can be entirely green by 2027, and completely independent of Russia. The sector organisation Biogas Danmark says the Scandinavian country has plenty of resources to make it happen. “Danish biogas can phase out fossil gas consumption in […]

The Olkiluoto Power Plant in Finland, with its three reactors (Photo by TVO)
#Finland#Nordics#Stories

Behold of Western Europe’s First New Nuclear Reactor in 15 Years

15 March 202219 April 2022 0

Finland’s first new nuclear reactor in 40 years, and Western Europe’s first new in 15 years, has been delivering electricity seemingly without a problem for 3 days now. It marks the Scandinavian nation’s drive towards non-fossil independency for its energy. […]

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A walrus has been spotted on a beach in Poland, the first ever sighting of the species in the country https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/06/24/walrus-spotted-on-baltic-beach-in-first-ever-sighting-in-poland/

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Oslo today. Love is love. 🌈

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A woman who threw eggs at a church during protests against Poland's near-total abortion ban has lost her appeal against a guilty verdict for the crime of offending religious feelings https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/06/24/woman-convicted-of-offending-religious-feelings-by-throwing-eggs-at-church-in-polish-abortion-protest/

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A woman who threw eggs at a church during protests against Poland's near-total abortion ban has lost her appeal against a guilty verdict for the crime of offending religious feelings https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/06/24/woman-convicted-of-offending-religious-feelings-by-throwing-eggs-at-church-in-polish-abortion-protest/

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In 2006 I left my family, friends and the security of a relatively steady editorial job in the Netherlands to move to Sweden, for love. I criss-crossed through my new land like crazy to make a travel guide book, added a new career as a language teacher at elementary and lower secondary schools, and became a freelance Scandinavia correspondent & fixer for Belgian and Dutch media. Since Summer 2021 I live and work as a news and content creator in Poland.

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