Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
For the first time since joining NATO, the Finnish Air Force protects the skies over Iceland. Four F/A-18 Hornet combat jets have been dispatched to Keflavik Air Base on Iceland and are flying daily air combat patrol over and near […]
As its final act, the exiting government of Iceland has given the green light for another five years of commercial whale hunt, until 2029. Only two other countries allow this kind of whale hunt: Norway and Japan. The Icelandic government […]
The United States operated a radar station on Heiðarfjall mountain for 16 years only, but decades after the military withdrawal from the site, the toxic waste the Americans burried underground is poisining the environment. Featured photo: Heiðarfjall mountain on Iceland […]