Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
Since 2023, 22 innocent people were killed and another 38 wounded in shootings and attacks with explosives by criminal gangs in Sweden, Swedish radio (SR/EKOT) reports today. Many of these killed or wounded were family members of criminals, but were […]
After years of political threats to close an important hospital in Northern Sweden, and after years of severe protests against it, the politicians of the health care region of Skellefteå have decided to close the city’s fully functional hospital for […]
Latvia has ordered an undisclosed number of RBS 70 NG portable air defence launchers and missiles from SAAB, the Swedish weapons manufacturer announced on 31 March 2025. With deliveries planned for the years 2026 to 2030, Latvia pays EUR 190 […]
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. […]
UPDATE 3 April 2025 (AIR BASE) | For the first time since Sweden became a full NATO member on 7 March 2024, the Scandinavian country will send its indigenous developed SAAB Gripen fighter jets on live-armed NATO missions. Up to […]
Measured in Gross National Product, the Baltic states and the Nordic countries are the biggest donor to Ukraine. Trump’s United States comes 17th on this list, according to a recent listing by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW […]
The Swedish government is working a law adjustment that will make semi-automatic weapons including the popular AR-15 rifle illegal, according to various Swedish sources. The law change, which likely will be passes smoothly by parliament, is a direct reaction to […]
The Swedish Armed Forces have joined their country’s first NATO mission on 7 February 2025. The 500 troops are now at full strength at Ādaži military base near Riga in Latvia, and since this day officially placed under NATO command. […]
In Oskarshamn, on the southeast coast of Sweden, construction has started on the country’s first modern small nuclear power plant. Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy, Ebba Bush, took the symbolic first sod on 3 February 2025. Located in the […]
UPDATE 5 FEB 2025, 19:05 CET | Ten people have been killed and at least six wounded by a lone 35-year-old gunman at a school for adults in Örebro, Central Sweden, around 12:30 CET on Tuesday 4 February 2025. The […]
Sweden has launched its first military satellite, called the Gna-3. Weighing 4 kilos, it is meant to safeguard Swedish military communications at all times. According to the Swedish Ministry of Defence it rotates the earth for times a day at […]
On Sunday 26 January 2025, yet another Baltic Sea communications cable was found damaged, this time one between Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland. The cable is owned by the Latvian state-company for TV and radio. Swedish authorities have […]