Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
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. […]
UPDATED 21 SEPTEMBER 2025 (additional paragraph at the end) | Lithuania has called upon NATO to improve the safety of its airspace, after two Russian drones invaded Lithuanian airspace in a few weeks time in July. The crash landing of […]
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 […]
