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Seventeen-year-old blogger Anniken Jørgensen raged against Aftenposten and H & M after she was featured in web series about textile industry in Cambodia. In a post on his blog titled …
Young Norwegian blogger decries Cambodia’s sweatshop conditions Read More
Sweden is among the top ten countries where most vacationers have been naked or topless on the beach. The majority of the Swedes also say they welcome nudity among other …
Swedes welcome beach nudity and toplessness Read MoreA coalition of government, non-profit and marine industry groups have announced the launch of a new trial incentive program to slow ships down in the Santa Barbara Channel in an …
Slowing ships down for cleaner air and whale protection Read More
Sweden’s government is pushing a new measure to tackle racism issues in the country — it plans to completely remove the word “race” from all legislative documents. Shortly after Sweden …
Sweden to Eliminate Mentions of Race From Laws to Twart Racism Read More
A Swedish woman picked up more than she bargained for when she discovered a pile of unattended Ikea bags in her local church. Instead of opening the bags to find …
Ikea bags stuffed with 80 sets of human remains found in church Read More
Months after a girl took the company to task for its female toy figures, Lego has released the Research Institute, a play set created by a “real-life geophysicist, Ellen Kooijman,” …
Lego releases female-scientists set in response to young critic Read More
The announcement came at a press conference at the space agency NASA headquarters in Washington on July 31. – Today we take probably an important step towards Mars. The spacecraft …
Norwegian radar tech part of next NASA mission to Mars Read More
A new data transfer record of 43 terabits per second has been set in Denmark. The world data transfer record has been shattered by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) …
Danish scientists break world data transfer record Read More
Putting immigration back at the top of political debate, a Danish opposition politician has urged tougher rules on Muslim immigrants to the western European country, calling for easier rules on …
Danish party pushes for cap on Muslim immigrants Read More
A 19-year-old female passenger from Norway en route to Amsterdam from Detroit fell asleep mid-flight, only to wake up and discover the man seated next to her had his hands down …
Feds: Man fondled sleeping passenger on Detroit-Amsterdam flight Read More