Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
From all Scandinavian countries, Sweden is the richest when it comes to gold reserves. But while many countries have started to buy more gold in these unstable days, Norway’s reserves are zero—and the richest Scandinavian country does not want to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Swedish truck manufacturer Scania is seeking to buy one of the EV battery factories of the bankrupt Swedish company Northvolt. The site in Västerås is what the truck company wants to have, but not alone. “We are trying to form […]
Lithuania is in the advance stages of introducing an offline card payment system in case the country’s banking system or internet goes down because of a technical reason, sabotage or cyberattack. Simonas Krėpšta, a board member of the Bank of […]
Just like the Southwest of Poland is strong in coal power, the North should be great in renewable power. With this message, the Polish government launched projects Kashubia on 6 May 2025. The goal: to strengthen the strategic position of […]
There will be no whale hunt in the waters around Iceland this summer. Hvalur hf, the only remaining whaling company of the country, says to Iceland media it is economically not viable at this moment. However, the license to operate […]
Polish state postal services, Poczta Polska, will offer courier delivery services of live bees across the country. The company announced it in a statement on 14 April 2025. “There are nearly 100,000 registered beekeepers in Poland,” says Monika Leleń of […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]