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The share of foreign criminals in Norwegian prisons has been quadrupled in 14 years. Norwegian prisons are not frightening enough, police and attorneys say. The share of foreign citizens who …
Surprise! Norwegian prisons do not deter would-be criminals Read More
Back in 1974 one thousand Volvo 144s were sold to North Korea. 40 years has passed but the payment has never arrived. According to Newsweek this bizarre trade debt is actually …
North Korea owes EUR 300 million for Volvos delivered in the 70’s Read More
Earlier in August, construction of the 12,000-square-meter LEGO experience center in Denmark began with the laying down of the first bricks on what is being called a place for people …
LEGO Building Experience Center in Denmark Built with Giant Bricks Read More
Congratulations to ADEPT, 3XN and BIG for being shortlisted in the award competition at this year’s World Architecture Festival. A leading international festival World Architecture Festival 2014 will take place …
Danish architects nominated for prestigious award Read More
A Telenor Group study has revealed that young mobile Internet users in Malaysia and Thailand are among the most smartphone-savvy in the world. Known as ‘digital frontrunners’, with ages ranging …
Telenor study: Thais, Malaysians among savviest smart phone users Read More
Ali Khan and his family, originally from Thailand, have established several Lai Thai-restaurants across Sweden. The robot restaurant, Asia Taste, will open in September 2014. It will serve Asian food …
Thai/Asian restaurant in Sweden served by robotic waiters Read More
The Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award Committee hereby has the pleasure of announcing that the winner of its 2014 award is the British-Indian author Sir Salman Rushdie. Sir Salman Rushdie …
Salman Rushdie receives Hans Christian Andersen Award Read More
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