Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
The now 33-year-old Swedish diplomat Johan Floderus has been illegally held by Iran for more than 500 days. The case – already known within Sweden for some time – got world media attention on 5 September, when the New York […]
Actors supported by Russia are actively involved in black painting Sweden as an anti-Muslim country. Swedish Minister for Civil Defence, Carl Oskar Bohlin, said this during a press conference in Stockholm on 26 July 2023. “We see how Russian-backed actors […]
As a clear sign of the new geopolitical situation in the Arctics, Greenland has officially “joined” NATO with its own diplomat, as part of the permanent Danish political delegation to the military alliance in Brussels. Naalakkersuisut, which is the government […]
UPDATED 14 FEBRUARY 2023 – Finland, the Scandinavian country with a 1,340 km (830 mi) long border with Russia, has agreed to help the Ukraine armed forces with its tank force. But according to Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin this […]
Sweden is quickly raising the number of so-called “war appointed” civilians in its society. Should the Scandinavian country be attacked by a foreign power, more than 404,000 Swedes already know where to report for the “Total Defence” of the country. […]
In Finland the voting rights for the Sámi people’s representation (Sameting / Saamelaiskäräjät) have let to a political fight within the Finnish government. Prime Minister Sanna Marin wishes to bring a new, reformed Sámi law in parliament, but her Finance […]
Sweden is not prepared to last during a war. To protect the civilian population and to make the country resilient in case of conflict almost EUR 3 billion a year is necessary for the biggest needs, according to the civilian […]
Sweden will have a new government. On Friday 14 October the speaker of the house nominated conservative leader Ulf Kristersson of the Moderaterna as new prime minister. He will form a government with the Liberals and the Christian party (Kristdemokraterna). […]
A total of 289 member of parliament or candidating members for the national, regional or local parliaments in the upcoming Autumn 2022 national elections are openly nazistic or racists, according to a report by Acta Publica which is one of […]
The escalation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, the relatively lack of progress of the Russian armed forces and the willingness of NATO member states to support Ukraine with weapons and other staff has led to a game […]