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Finland continues to lead the world in information technology and communication (ICT) competitiveness, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report. The country’s digital ICT infrastructure is considered …
Finland is world’s most ICT-enabled country Read More
Spotify on May 21 announced that it now has 10 million paying subscribers and more than 40 million active users in 56 markets worldwide. “We’ve had an amazing year, growing …
Spotify hits 10 million global subscribers Read More
Barack Obama’s administration rebuked Norway after he won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, saying it was an awkward honor for an as-yet untested leader, a Norwegian diplomat revealed on May …
US rebuked Norway after Obama Nobel Prize: envoy Read More
The Danish parliament has been forced to take down a new video urging people to vote in the upcoming European elections – because its combination of sex and graphic violence …
Danish parliament uses sex, gore to encourage youths to vote Read More
Major General Kristin Lund, of Norway, has become the first woman ever to serve as Force Commander in a United Nations peacekeeping operation, it was announced on May 12. Secretary-General …
Norwegian General is 1st woman to command UN peacekeeping Read More
For many Ikea means a weekend trip to the shops, but the Swedish flatpack furniture giant on Friday unveiled plans to make it a much more cultural experience by turning …
Ikea to open museum in its first shop in Sweden Read More
People who frequently argue with family and friends or worry too much about their loved ones, are up to three times as likely to die in middle age, compared to …
Constant Arguing With Friends Can Put You In An Early Grave Read More
COPENHAGEN: Austria’s bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst has hogged the limelight ahead of Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest final, but things have gotten hairy for her among socially conservative Europeans, including …
Bearded Eurovision drag queen stirs controversy Read More
The Danish Astronaut Andreas Mogensen’s mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015 has now been given a name: iriss. The name of the mission is a combination of …
Space Mission with Danish Astronaut is Named iriss Read More
Image: Four years after being treated for breast cancer, many patients who were working prior to diagnosis reported being unemployed. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
Why Do Breast Cancer Survivors End Up Unemployed? Read More