Exclusive: Sinking The Wilhelm Gustloff
To commemorate the 71st anniversary of the, January 31, 1945, sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, UpNorth is offering readers free, limited time access to…
Niinistö: Finland and Sweden Promote Northern European Security
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö has stated that Finland and Sweden have a major, joint opportunity to promote Northern European security. In his New Year’s…
Russian Military Aircraft Violates Estonian Airspace
Estonian media reports that a Russian Air Force AN-72 entered Estonian airspace for just under one minute earlier today. The Russian aircraft’s transponder was…
Baltic Film Series Opens at Stanford
A new Baltic documentary film series opened at Stanford University in October and continues through December. The series kicked off with the U.S. premiere…
Baltic Documentary Film Series Launches Stanford University
The history and culture of the Baltic countries will be featured in a series of film screenings, featuring movies from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania…
Ill-Prepared Tourists Rescued from Icelandic Highlands
By Emilía S. Ólafsdóttir Kaaber Too many of those who attempt to hike the Icelandic highlands are not prepared for the conditions they will…
Nokia Failure Triggers Massive Microsoft Layoffs in Finland
In a statement issued Wednesday, Microsoft said that an ‘impairment charge’ of 7.6 billion US dollars (6.87 billion euros) would be added to its…
Estonia and Poland only Nordic and Baltic Sea Countries To Meet NATO Defence Spending Goal
Estonia and Poland join The United States, United Kingdom and Greece as the only five NATO countries to meet their NATO defence spending commitments…
NATO an unanswered question for Sweden: SR
Just last month, Sweden and six Nato-member nations carried out a simulated peace-keeping mission in the country’s sub-Arctic north and now the Swedish military is…