Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
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 […]
Copenhagen and Oslo main international airports hours out of service, sightings over more airports and an air force base in Denmark, plus the main Swedish naval base of Karlskrona. It is the week of the mysterious big drones flying over […]
Sweden buys an undisclosed number of Piorun shoulder-launched portable air-defence missile systems from Poland, both countries and Polish weapons manufacturer Mesko confirmed on 12 September. The deal, worth about EUR 274 million, was signed at the DSEI international defence trade […]
GoCollective in Denmark, a daughter company of British-owned Arriva, is about to lose its railroad transport licence on Jylland (Jutland), the Danish mainland, and Fyn (Funen). After taking up the task of transporting people across the mainland in 2003, GoCollective […]
An outcry by Estonia and several NATO countries over three old Russian Air Force MiG-31 (NATO codename: Foxhound) on 19 September. According to Estonian and NATO sources, the triplet violated Estonian aerospace over the Gulf of Finland near the Estonian […]
UPDATED 21 SEPTEMBER 2025 (paragraph Russian Gerbera drone, paragraph Support aircraft from NATO and Poland and new final paragraph) | A total of 21 Russian drones flew into Polish aerospace on Wednesday 10 September, triggering an unprecedented response by Polish […]
Heavy rains causing floods and landslides during the weekend of 8 and 9 September 2025 have severely crippled the Swedish railways and roads infrastructure in the north of the country. The main and secondary railroads are down to derailments, a […]
From having a reconnaissance battalion to becoming a full infantry fighting regiment. The Danish island of Bornholm, strategically located in the Baltic Sea, is getting a military revamp. In a few years, a well-trained combat force should be in place. […]
