Cycle cops to cruise Copenhagen streets
Some of Copenhagen’s police officers will be trading in four wheels for two as they team up for the Danish capital’s new police cycle unit. The patrol...
Scandinavian nations not keen on seal hunting ban
A recent proposal approved by a European Parliament subcommittee would prohibit all EU nations from importing any seal products. This would be an econ...
More than 200 Danes losing jobs every day
The latest government employment figures released for January show that an average of 238 people lost their jobs in Denmark each day during the month....
A taste of Greenland coming to the mineral water market
Swiss-based drinking water company, Greenland Spring Water received its long-awaited green light from the local government to begin processing and bot...
Iceland grew in 2008
According to the Resident Register at the National Registry Office of Iceland, the population of Iceland was 319,368 on 1st January 2009, up from 315,...
Danish police not allowed to wear headscarves
Despite the fact that Norway recently decided to allow Muslim women working in the national police force the right to wear headscarves while on duty, ...
Norway’s prime minster rides shotgun in road rally
Jens Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister of Norway, ripped around the Norway Rally circuit as World Champ Sebastien Loeb’s passenger in a celebration of n...
Finnish company applies to build nation’s sixth nuclear reactor
Finland is debating whether it needs a sixth nuclear power plant, and several firms are vying to win the contract to build it. The Finnish utility com...