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Berlingske newspaper reports: “More and more Danes are leaving the country in pursuit of professional and personal fulfillment. We move abroad in order to refine the training, improve career and …
More than 110,000 Danes emigrated in last 5 years Read More
The anti-immigrant Danish People’s Party won the election in Denmark for the European Parliament with 26.7 percent of the votes, according to the final figures released early on May 26. …
Anti-immigrant Danish party wins EU vote Read More
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