So what is happening in those barely populated areas linked to the North Atlantic ocean?

Yes, it must be a miracle, because the newspiece says they have not identified what the exact issue was. So they don't really know the cause.

The annual Södertälje Science Week is replaced with a livestream this year. Sad for us locals, but it also means that anyone can watch. These events are in English: https://sscp.se/scienceweek/english/

https://estonianworld.com/security/russia-puts-estonia-on-the-unfriendly-countries-list/

Russia puts Estonia on the "unfriendly" countries' list

The Russian authorities have started compiling a list of countries that are deemed "unfriendly" towards it - and Estonia is one of them.

Interesting reading @ estoniaworld, and I was somewhat surprised that the article has garnered no comments this far...

Estonianworld will never generate any comments. I know who Estonianworld is. Nobody wants anything to do with him.

Estonia (and pretty much all Russia's neighbouring countries) has all along been on a different list, the list of "close abroad countries". It's basically the post-USSR countries. With "close abroad countries" Russia's policy is that those countries should belong to Russia.

Not only Russia's Near Abroad. The Baltic Sea is kind of the EU Mare Nostrum.

Nobody wants anything to do with him.

I think it was Dorothy Parker who once said, "If you have nothing good to say about anybody, come sit next to me..."

https://youtu.be/eM4otIAZIps

https://youtu.be/eM4otIAZIps

Cannot be done as long as the Baltic Sea remains under Nord Stream. Nord Stream means the EU gave the Baltic Sea away, possibly irrevocably, and nothing sustainable can be done there.

I am no great fan of the Nord Streams, the one that is built or the one that is practically built, but neither am I concerned about them. They pose no significant threat strategically, environmentally, or for the climate. Being built, they are no different from other fossil gas pipelines from Russia to the EU, like e.g. Yamal. Sure, it would not be great if the methane leaks, but if that happened in the Baltic Sea, it would not stay in the Baltic Sea, unlike most other things that happens to it.

It is for the most part effectively a shallow lake, with little circulation, a huge water catchment, and the Danish waterways as an easily blocked drain. 

Spoiler alert: The short answer is - no.

Incidentally Giesecke is a local resident, like many other Swedes of influence. The Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces for instance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRFXo6wqVqA

Local resident of Södertälje? Isn't Danderyd an even greater concentration of powerful people?

Yep, we are near the bottom of the socioeconomic spectrum, while Danderyd is on the top. Södertälje is a more gritty industrial/immigration town. But there is a dynamic to this place, I have high expectations for 2030. We might not rate very high on culture and music.


We do have a very tenuous Eurovision link though. Will Ferrell lives in the neighbouring municipality, while Greta Thunberg, the daughter of an opera singer and Eurovision contestant, went to school here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q6Co-nd0lM

There is a tradition for opera in Eurovision.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxFXfg3HYuE