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As one of the few police forces around the world, the Norwegian Police force has kept their guns locked in the patrol cars. Due to a raised fear of terrorist …
Norwegian police officers carry guns in fear of terror Read More
Domestic abuse can happen anywhere at any time. The question becomes: Will a bystander witnessing violence between two intimate partners step in and take action? The Swedish organization STHLM Panda …
Domestic Abuse ‘Social Video Experiment’ Does Not Go As Planned Read More
A Dutch club in Stockholm that was planning a festive party featuring Santa alongside a servant with a black painted face has shelved the idea following numerous complaints of racism. …
Dutch club in Stockholm drops black-faced Santa’s helpers Read More
Effective traffic solutions using data instead of huge infrastructural projects is one of the reasons Copenhagen received an award for being smart. The plan Copenhagen Connection that is a plan …
Copenhagen wins prestigious smart-city award Read More
Unboxing and disposing of piles of packaging material is deemed a necessary evil of online shopping. But not anymore, a Finnish startup thinks it has the solution. Every year over …
Finnish innovation creates trash-free deliveries Read More
Adults in Denmark are the best non-native speakers of English in the world according to a report released by Education First (EF). The English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) is based …
Danes world’s most proficient non-native English speakers Read More
Russian import ban of EU dairy products reason behind donation. Dairy co-operative Arla is donating 15 tonnes of cheese to non-profit organisation fødevareBanken. The company specialises in sourcing excess-food donations …
Arla gifts 15 tonnes of cheese to ‘poor’ Danes Read More
Two zoos in Finland are vying to bring giant pandas to the country. Hosting pandas is a complicated undertaking, and involves a fair amount of international diplomacy–along with huge expenses. …
Race is on to bring giant pandas to Finland Read More
Plenty of countries have national birds, national anthems, national dishes — but a national font? There Sweden is all on its own. Yes, Sweden recently introduced its own font, called …
Sweden hopes to project a new image with its official font Read More
The Danish national dish competition has reached its final stage. There are now just eight dishes left in the running following the regional votes. Almost 19,000 Danes voted for their …
Denmark’s national dish competition down to final eight Read More