Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
In Oskarshamn, on the southeast coast of Sweden, construction has started on the country’s first modern small nuclear power plant. Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy, Ebba Bush, took the symbolic first sod on 3 February 2025. Located in the […]
UPDATE 5 FEB 2025, 19:05 CET | Ten people have been killed and at least six wounded by a lone 35-year-old gunman at a school for adults in Örebro, Central Sweden, around 12:30 CET on Tuesday 4 February 2025. The […]
Sweden has launched its first military satellite, called the Gna-3. Weighing 4 kilos, it is meant to safeguard Swedish military communications at all times. According to the Swedish Ministry of Defence it rotates the earth for times a day at […]
The Danish government has decided to put the planned construction of an island just for the production of renewable energy on hold. The island was planned 15 kilometres south of the strategically situated island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. […]
UPDATED 11 FEBRUARY 2025 | The semi-autonomous parliament of Greenland is expected to quickly block foreign money to political parties, during a meeting on 4 February. The sudden law change, proposed by the current government of the island nation, is […]
French energy company Oxan has won the bidding for a 900-megawatt wind farm off the coast of Latvia, the Latvian authorities announced on 23 January 2025. Named Saare 1, the offshore wind farm will be situated 60 kilometres (37 miles) […]
On Sunday 26 January 2025, yet another Baltic Sea communications cable was found damaged, this time one between Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland. The cable is owned by the Latvian state-company for TV and radio. Swedish authorities have […]
Latvia is buying 42 ASCOD 2 infantry fighting vehicles from the Spanish division of General Dynamics Land Systems. The deal, announced on 30 January 2025, is worth EUR 370 million and. The Latvian order is the outcome of a tender […]
Russia has switched gear in its GPS jamming in Norway. Especially spoofing is now more often used, according to a report of the Norwegian broadcasting agency NRK. From about 1,400 metres up in the air, aeroplanes are deliberately being fed […]
Hjemmeværnet, the Danish Home Guard, commissioned two new search and surveillance plane into service. The two Twin Otters, produced by De Havilland Canada, are replacing two leased Britten-Norman Defender aircraft. The Twin Otters have been especially equipped for patrol duties, […]
The man who has repeatedly put the Quran on fire in Sweden, Iraqi born Salwan Momika, has been shot and killed on Wednesday 29 January 2025 shortly after 23:00 on the balcony of his apartment in Södertälje, a city south […]
Lithuanian Deputy Finance Minister Valentin Gavrilov resigned on 28 January, after being accused of supporting Russia. Gavrilov has Russian social media accounts and seemed to support the celebration of Soviet Victory Day, Lithuanian media report. On his Facebook page he […]
