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Agriculture Minister Sylvi Listhaug (FRP) said: “We have eaten pork in Norway for years. It is completely wrong to stop pork because Muslims has arrived to Norway. Anyone who has …
Norway’s minister wants more pork served at state institutions Read More
The nomination was made on 29 January 2014 by two Norwegian politicians, Snorre Valen and Bord Vegar Solhjell, who say Snowden made the world more safe by revealing the scope …
NSA whistleblower nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Read More
Captain of the Swedish national football team, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the star of Volvo’s latest campaign. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, his wife and their two sons were filmed in the north of …
Zlatan stars in new Volvo commercial Read More
Denmark’s Climate and Energy Minister Martin Lidegaard, speaking to EurActiv in an interview, said his country “had no problem pursuing our present path towards a complete fossil fuel-free society and …
Denmark to pursue fossil fuel-free society at all costs Read More
A website that lets Swedes check each other’s criminal records has sparked concerns over the privacy of ex-convicts. Such databases are available in the United States, but aren’t common in …
Sweden’s online service identifies where ex-convicts live Read More
In the index, over 90 nations were ranked according to nine different factors including limited government powers, criminal justice and absence of corruption. To make it into the top 10, …
Denmark tops list of world’s most responsible governments Read More
Denmark is the first country ever to generate more than 50% of its electricity from wind power over a whole month. According to new figures from Energinet.dk, the Danish national …
Wind turbines generate half of Denmark’s electricity need Read More
Lingonberries almost completely prevented weight gain in mice fed a high-fat diet, a study at Lund University in Sweden has found – whereas the ‘super berry’ açai led to increased …
Scandinavian lingonberry a weight-loss superfood? Read More
The tourism plan offered up by Business Minister Henrik Sass Larsen (S) is designed to bring in more ‘quality tourists’ – those who spend a lot of money. It also …
Denmark’s tourism to move beyond Little Mermaid Read More
People living in Greater Copenhagen will now have an easier time cycling to work or study, thanks to the region’s new network of cycle lanes. The country’s first Cycle Super …
Bicycle super highway opens in greater Copenhagen Read More
The number of suicides in 2013 in Finland increased by 5 percent compared to the previous year, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE reported on 20 January 2014. According to Heimo Viinamaki, …
More suicides in Finland in 2013 Read More
Helsinki-based Music Kickup has announced the launch of the first-ever free music distribution service for artists. The platform offers up-and coming artists the chance to make their tracks available to …
Finland’s Music Kickup offers artists free music distribution Read More
A Swedish judge recently acquitted a man for drunk driving due to this Asian ethnicity even though the man’s blood alcohol content (BAC) was eight times over the legal limit, …
Swedish judge excuses drunk driver on Asian genes Read More
All Norwegians are now millionaires, or so the statistics tell us. For the first time in history, each Norwegian owns on average assets worth NOK one million. The personal wealth …
Every Norwegian man, woman, child is a millionaire Read More
Legalising gay marriage and demoting Swedish as an official language are the two issues most likely lead to heated debate, according to Yle’s Fragmented Finland Survey. The survey, conducted by …
Finns divided over gay marriage, Swedish language Read MoreAccording to a new study, Norway seems to be the most recommended country to grow old in. While most people immediately associate the land of Norway with dark winters that …
Norway – The Best Place To Grow Old In Read More
While electric car sales remain disappointingly low in North America, it’s the exact opposite in Norway, so much so that the existing infrastructure is unable to sustain the demand, according …
Electric car boom outpaces Norway’s infrastructure Read More
Danish food authorities and the nation’s bakers are debating whether cinnamon, a staple of the Danish pastry and one of the quintessential fragrances of a Christmas kitchen, is good for …
Scientists, bakers in great cinnamon roll debate Read MoreAn air-powered car built of Lego, that can reach a top speed of around 20km/h (12mph) has hit the roads of Melbourne. It was built by an Australian entrepreneur and …
Crowd-funded Lego car powered by air Read More
A Norwegian man driving an electric wheelchair said police stopped him for drunken driving and accused him of stealing the chair. Thor Geir Benjaminsen, 20, whose Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy impairs …
Norwegian man pulled over for drunken wheelchair driving Read More
A whopping €1m has been invested in the development of a computer game as a recruitment tool to attract young people to seek a future behind the steering wheel of …
Cargo Dynasty: So you want to be a truck driver? Read More
High school experiment attracts interest from scientists across Europe Does radiation from wi-fi routers and cell phones have health consequences? That’s the question five high school girls in Denmark set …
Danish experiment: plants die when placed next to Wi-Fi routers Read More
The Telkänpesä pool reverberates with the sounds of laughter and happy dabbling. The Pikku Joutsen (Little Swan) swimming school is teaching swimming skills to infants over one year old. However, …
Finnish baby swimming lesson makes a splash in China Read More
Most travellers outside Scandinavia will be unaware that Thai offers probably the best “premium economy” seating anywhere in the world on B777-300ER flights departing Copenhagen and Stockholm for Bangkok. After …
Does THAI Scandinavia have the best “premium economy”? Read More
Many of us cannot recall the last time we got a letter in the mail, but Santa will this year receive a record eight million of them, the United Nations …
Santa to get record 8 million letters: UN Read More
A stuffed toy wolf has sold out at Hong Kong’s IKEA stores, the Swedish furniture giant said Tuesday, after it became an unlikely symbol of opposition to the city’s unpopular …
IKEA stuffed toy wolf now anti-govt symbol in HK Read More
STOCKHOLM–Peter, 55 years old and homeless, is standing at a Stockholm supermarket, carrying the two objects that help him make a living: a stack of magazines and a debit card …
Sweden braces for a cashless future Read More
Olav Thon, one of the world’s richest people, gave away his entire fortune NOK 25.4 billion (US$4.14 billion). The money will go to charitable causes. Property King establishes a foundation …
Norway’s richest man gives away US$4.14 billion Read More
In one of the world’s best cities for bicycles, Copenhagen cyclists are earning a reputation for recklessness and arrogance, prompting calls for politicians to back-pedal on plans to further boost …
Bike-friendly Copenhagen faces cyclist backlash Read MoreTiny, programmed drug-delivery vehicles called nanorobots have the potential to bring about more targeted treatments with fewer side effects. And a research team from Denmark has built the beginnings of …
Danish nanorobots offer hot, cold delivery to ailing organs Read MoreSocial workers in a wealthy Copenhagen neighbourhood have begun making house calls to wake up students with high rates of absenteeism, sparking accusations that Denmark’s welfare state has become too …
Has nanny-state Denmark gone too far? Read More
Volvo just unveiled plans for the world’s first large-scale trial of self-driving cars. The ‘Drive Me’ project will see 100 autonomous vehicles take to the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden in …
Volvo: self-driving cars to hit Sweden’s roads in 2017 Read MoreDenmark and New Zealand were the nations seen as most free of corruption and Somalia was ranked last, according to this year’s Corruption Perceptions Index. The report, released today by …
Denmark ranked cleanest in global corruption index Read MoreA “vertical cemetery”, in which the dead are buried in a modular high-rise tower, has been commended as “a highly original contribution” at an Oslo conference for Nordic cemeteries and …
Norway’s vertical cemetery wins praise for originality Read More
It’s the brainchild of two women in Sweden and their creation that has been nicknamed the “invisible bicycle helmet” is going viral. Their concept took the internet by storm after …
Swedish women design ‘invisible’ bike helmet Read MoreJanitor gifts fortune to ‘coloured kids in need’ Despite their meagre salaries, a janitor and his wife, who worked in a Swedish school kitchen, left 2.5 million kronor ($380,000) in …
Swedish janitor gifts fortune to ‘coloured kids in need’ Read More
NEW PORTRAIT OF THE ROYAL FAMILY Here is the new portrait of the Danish Royal Family that has attracted much attention in the last days. What do you think about …
‘Creepy’ Danish royal family portrait draws ire Read MoreJOHOR BARU: IMMIGRATION officers are dusting off a provision in the law books to deny unsavoury characters from setting foot in the country. They have alerted all personnel at air, …
Malaysia to clamp down on ‘visa runs’ Read MoreBeardy Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg will be extradited to Denmark next week to face hacking charges, after a long journey which has already seen him deported from Cambodia …
Sweden to deport Pirate Bay co-founder Warg to Denmark Read More
A famous hotel rebuilt every winter in northern Sweden using only ice said Thursday it would install fire alarms this year. The hotel, located in the small Arctic town of …
Sweden’s ice hotel to install fire alarms Read MoreA 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