Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
Norway has pre-selected four candidates to replace all its four frigates. The planned purchase is a direct consequence of the discovery of having faulty ships after a fifth Norwegian frigate sank in 2018. Spanish shipyards are not included in the […]
The State of Norway is suing Spanish state-owned shipyard Navantia (f.k.a. Izar) for EUR 1.1 billion for basic design and construction errors in the frigate F313 Helge Ingstad. This was confirmed by the Ministry of Defence on 9 April 2025. […]
Joint Viking, a sizeable military exercise in Northern Norway, has kicked off. It brings together about 10,000 NATO troops from Norway, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Military training ops are the […]
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 Piorun MANPADS, or Man-Portable Air-Defence System, made in Poland is scoring well. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have used the Polish system, Norway has deployed the system it bought, and the profits are on the rise. But manufacturer Mesko in […]
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 […]
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 legendary Norwegian coastal cruise line Hurtigruten is saved. In a press release of 28 November the company announced it was bought by existing investors and got a capital injection of EUR 110 million. “Hurtigruten will continue as a standalone […]
It is called Northern Lights, and it is Europe’s promise to reduce CO2 emissions by storing it under the sea of the coast of Norway. On 26 September, Northern Lights was officially opened, despite the sub-sea storage facility is not […]
A unanimous Norwegian parliament changed the country’s Constitution on 21 May 2024, to prevent that a “strongman” can take control of the Norwegian courts of justice. Poland under the former PiS government controlled by Jarosław Kaczyński, Viktor Orbán’s tight grip […]
Mud slides and floods have cut off all land connections to parts of Sogndal in Southwest Norway over the weekend. On Sunday evening, authorities warned inhabitants for the possible evacuation of the central parts of Balestrand, a settlement of about […]
For decades Longyearbyen, the capital of the Norwegian polar archipelago of Svalbard, was powered by coal. But no more. On 19 October, the town’s power plant stopped running on probably the most environmentally unfriendly power source there is. Featuring image: […]