Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
The fire brigades of Finland are gearing up for war. Bullet-proof vests and military grade helmets and new working procedures should make them ready in case the country gets attacked, similarly as their Ukrainian colleagues are targeted by Russia. According […]
The Lithuanian Navy is buying two Fast Multipurpose Attack Craft from the Finnish company Marine Alutech, both parties announced on 7 April 2025. The boats are based on the Watercat M18 design by Marine Alutech, which have a maximum speed […]
The State of Norway is suing Spanish state-owned shipyard Navantia (f.k.a. Izar) for EUR 1.1 billion for basic design and construction errors in the frigate F313 Helge Ingstad. This was confirmed by the Ministry of Defence on 9 April 2025. […]
The Danish government has signed deals with multiple defence companies, including Patria of Finland and of France, to quickly deliver more weapons to the Danish armed forces. This is clear from news releases by the Danish Defence Ministry on 1 […]
On 1 April, the first day that the Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II of the Royal Danish Air Force was on Quick Reaction Alert duty, the new combat jets already made a live-weapons intercept of a Russian reconnaissance and intelligence gathering […]
“President Trump says that the USA will take Greenland. Let me be very clear: the USA will not do that. We belong to nobody. We decide over our own future.” Greenland’s new Government Leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen waves Trump off, again, […]
Latvia has ordered an undisclosed number of RBS 70 NG portable air defence launchers and missiles from SAAB, the Swedish weapons manufacturer announced on 31 March 2025. With deliveries planned for the years 2026 to 2030, Latvia pays EUR 190 […]
A special unit of researchers of the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) has developed a regional weather model with artificial intelligence (AI) that could give timely warnings in 2,5 minutes in stead of more than 2 hours like the current weather […]
On 18 March 2025, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have announced they will leave the Ottawa Treaty that bans those who signed it to use anti-personnel mines. The ministers of defence of the four countries have issued a joint statement […]
Ukrainians who fled the war in their country and settled in Poland are positive for Polish economy, the National Development Bank (BGK) of Poland concludes in a study published on 11 March 2025. About 1.5 million Ukrainians live in Poland, […]
“Enough is enough!” With this key message, hundreds of Greenlanders protested against the US president Trump’s ambitions to take Greenland as US territory on Saturday 15 March 2025. The biggest protest took place in the capital of Nuuk, and is […]
UPDATED 31 MARCH 2025 | Swedish battery maker Northvolt, once seen as Scandinavia’s biggest promise for a battery-powered car future, fired for bankruptcy on Wednesday, 12 March. With that, the end has been reached of a saga of many months. […]
