Norway wins 10 medals in 2008 Olympics
Norway wrapped up its efforts at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics with two more golds and one silver in the nation’s final events, bring its total to ...
Replicated Viking ship sails the seas again
In an ambitious journey, two Irish sailors have completed an adventurous six-week voyage from Dublin to the Danish port of Roskilde aboard a reproduct...
Finland halts work on nuclear reactor over safety concerns
Finland’s fifth nuclear power plant, which is currently under construction, has been put on ice pending new studies on the safety of its building meth...
Golf legend Sorenstam’s Swedish finale spoiled by Amy Yang
In her final golfing tournament on home soil, Annika Sorenstam didn’t get the storybook ending to an illustrious career that she had hoped for, accord...
Swedish wrestler tosses bronze medal in protest
Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian won the bronze medal in the men’s Greco-Roman wrestling event in Beijing but then threw the medal away in protest over...
Norway sued by Iraqi Muslim over human rights violations
The founder of Ansar al-Islam, a radical Islamist organisation, has filed a lawsuit against Norway in Europe’s human rights court citing “inhuman trea...
Swedish women footballers edge Argentina to keep dream alive
Sweden’s Olympic women’s football team managed to pull out an essential 1-0 victory over Argentina to keep their hopes of progressing to the next grou...
Icelandic bottled water chairman in tax probe
The chairman of Icelandic Water Holdings, the makers of Icelandic Glacial bottled water, has been charged with tax evasion by the Icelandic government...