Weekend traffic ban coming to downtown Copenhagen
Copenhagen’s City Hall Council looks set to approve a measure that will ban vehicular traffic from the congested inner city centre on weekend nights. ...
Russian WWII sub found off Nordic coast
A team of Finnish and Swedish divers has discovered the wreck of a World War II Soviet submarine in the Baltic Sea off the Nordic coast. The wreck, ca...
IT Factory’s Bagger found guilty of fraud
The saga of Stein Bagger, the disgraced ex-CEO of the defunct IT Factory, has finally come to a close as a Danish court found him guilty on 61 counts ...
Norway’s StatoilHydro and Russia’s Gazprom reach agreement
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by StatoilHydro’s President and CEO Helge Lund and Gazprom’s Management Committee Chairman Alexei Miller...
World Cup 2010: Nordic roundup
A 1-0 Danish victory over their Nordic neighbours Sweden has left the Swedes in peril of failing to qualify for the 2010 World Cup football finals in ...
Finnair could trim up to 1,200 jobs
Like most airlines around the world, Finnair is struggling to find ways to cut costs as the number of global air travellers continues to slump. The Fi...
Somali pirates arrested by Swedish navy forces
The Swedish Armed Forces have confirmed that a Swedish naval patrol in the Gulf of Aden arrested seven pirates caught operating the region. Crewmember...
Danish schools consider allowing the Internet for exams
It may seem self-defeating to some, but Denmark’s Education Ministry is seriously considering allowing the use of the Internet during school exams. Ap...