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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
With national fertility rates continually dropping, the Danish school system’s sex education curriculum will no longer just teach teens how to prevent getting pregnant, it will also encourage young people …
Danish students to be taught to have babies Read More
Scientists already know that ecologically sustainable fuels can be produced with microbes. The species of blue-green algae that plagues Finland has proven itself a superstar in its ability to produce …
Finnish scientists produce fuel from slimy algae Read More
Norwegians are asking in bigger numbers than ever before to be cremated instead of buried, revealed a recent study. Norstad, which conducted the research for funeral company Jolstad, found that …
Cremation surges in popularity among Norwegians Read MoreShow caution if you buy salt in China’s Henan province. A large amount if industrial salt has allegedly entered the marked and is being sold as table salt. More than 20 …
20 tons of poisonous salt being sold as edible salt in China Read More
With more and more people paying with credit cards and their smartphones, Denmark’s central bank Nationalbanken says it no longer pays to print banknotes or mint coins. By the end …
Denmark’s central bank to stop producing paper money, coins Read More
Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has made headlines in the international media in recent days. In his latest encounter on Monday, he spoke to US broadcaster CNBC, pointing the finger of …
Finnish PM: Apple products kill Nokia, paper industry Read MoreLEGO just announced on October 9, it will NOT renew its contract with Shell, accused by the Greenpeace of destroying the Arctic. Greenpeace said: “This is a massive victory for …
Greepeace stunt forces Lego to dump Shell co-promotion Read More