Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
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. […]
After more than 400 years of service, the Danish postal service stops delivering letters to people’s home mailboxes as of 1 January 2026. Half a year prior to this date, PostNord – formerly known as PostDanmark – will start removing […]
The forests in Finland have turned into a storage source for CO2 into carbon polluters. This remarkable observation was made with fresh research by the country’s Natural Resources Institute (Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke)). Overall, growing trees can no longer absorb CO2 fast […]
Norway has won the court case brought by the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) against the state. On 13 February, the Oslo District Court has given the green light for drilling trials for minerals in the deep waters of […]
The world’s largest public fund, Norway’s Oljefundet, did very well in 2024. The value increased by almost EUR 340 billion (NOK 4,000) in a year time. In 2024, the Oil Fund had more than 11,000 investments in companies and projects […]
The train companies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have made it easier to travel to the capitals of the three Baltic states by train. Launch on 6 January, it is now possible to make the entire stretch in 10 hours, […]
The export of aluminium goods from Finland to Russia has doubled in a year time, according to the Finnish Customs. From 2023 to autumn 2024, the value has increased from EUR 11.3 million to EUR 22.3 million. Finnish national broadcasting […]
Once opened in 2026, it will be the biggest solar farm of the Baltics. In the third week of November, Sunly and the Metsagrupp jointly started construction of this 244-megawatt-farm, consisting of almost 350,000 solar panels. It is located near […]