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A YouTube video featuring Hollywood veteran Jean-Claude Van Damme performing an “epic split” between two moving Volvo trucks left news about nearly 500 job cuts at the Swedish truck maker …
Van Damme’s stunt eclipses Volvo layoffs Read MoreBe prepared to add “rated A” to your movie vocabulary. Bio Rio, an art-house theater in Sweden, is one of four Swedish cinemas that recently launched a new rating system …
Swedish cinemas introduce female-friendly rating Read MoreBy NANCY TARTAGLIONE Deadline London Knit one, purl … eight-plus hours of live stitching? That’s what’s happening Nov 1 night on Norwegian public broadcaster NRK2 as folks around the country …
A runaway success of Norway’s Slow TV Read More
A Norwegian man who purchased €17.4 worth of bitcoins and then promptly forgot about it for four years, was able to buy an apartment in central Oslo thanks to massive …
Norwegian buys flat with forgotten €17.4 bitcoin investment boost Read MoreFinns’ literacy, numeracy and ICT skills are among the highest in the OECD countries, according to a recent international survey. The survey found that younger Finns (16-24 year-olds) scored significantly …
Finns’ practical skills among the best in OECD countries Read MoreThe global economy is getting better , and according to the annual ranking of the Legatum Prosperity Index is Norway again at the very top of the list of the …
Norway tops prosperity index – again Read MoreFor six months of every year, a remote valley village in southern Norway lives in perpetual darkness. But now, thanks to three 183 square foot reflecting mirrors installed atop a …
Artificial sunlight dispels winter gloom from Norwegian village Read MoreAs the first country to outlaw hitting children to discipline them, Sweden has long been considered as a role model for good parenting, but some now wonder if children wield …
Is Sweden ruled by bratty kids? Read More
A positive spin to the October 16 Lao Airlines crash made newspaper headlines in a Finland and Denmark on the basis of a story about a Scandinavian man who could …
Man’s ‘narrow escape’ from Lao Airlines crash is a hoax Read More
In Finland’s annual Wife-Carrying World Championships, winners can win beer. In China, the prize is much bigger – a house, reported WTYV.com A total of 18 couples, winners from their …
China’s wife carrying competition carries house for prize Read More