The one jet to bind them all (Photo: Norad) When the Finnish ministry of defence, at the end of last year, announced that it had settled on a replacement model for its ageing fleet of warplanes, the choice should have caught few off guard. If the four manufacturers...
Still missing an important element before it can take off as a business idea (Photo: Heart Aerospace) Ever since the 1990s, flying from point A to point B has often required transferring in point C, and, not infrequently, point D as well. This is largely due to...
In Norway and Sweden live about 480 wolves. In Norway, the wolf population is critically endangered, in Sweden it is vulnerable. Photo: Erik Frøystein/WWF Norway In Europe, there are only a few regions where wolves (Canis lupus) can live a peaceful life. In past...
Thanks to effective protection measures, brown bears now roam Scandinavia’s forests in greater numbers. Photo: Stefan Leimer Brown bears have long been considered strong and invincible predators. In the past centuries, however, they were almost wiped out by...
Russia closed its borders to non-Russians on March 18. (Photo: Pyry Sarkiola / Yel News) A man stranded at the Finnish-Russian border station Vaalimaa in mid-March has been stranded on the Finnish side of the border for more than two months. Restrictions on freedom of...
