Alzheimer’s dentist to stop work
A dentist in the Skane region of southern Sweden has been carrying out her delicate job despite being an Alzheimer’s disease sufferer for many years. ...
Bangladeshi author seeks refuge in Uppsala
Taslima Nasreen, a controversial author from Bangladesh, has been offered refuge in Uppsala, Sweden. According to reports in The Local, Nasreen has be...
Danish embassy bombing because of cartoons?
Monday’s bombing of the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan may have been a reaction to the Mohammed cartoons published in Danish newspapers. Last y...
Iceland mulls EU membership
The debate over Iceland’s adoption of the euro is raging on and has taken on new meaning given the krona’s difficult year so far. For some, adopting a...
Finnish military wants more women
The head of Finland’s Defence Forces, Admiral Juhani Kaskeala, said that Finland needed more female recruits. On Saturday the Admiral said that women ...
Scandinavian airports lead the way on fuel efficient landings
A new approach to flying has found a way to make aircraft landings cleaner and quieter. According to reports by Wired, airports in Scandinavia are lea...
Defending Finland and Sweden: cooperative future
Finland’s defence minister, Jyri Hakamies and Sweden’s defence minister, Sten Tolgfors published a column which was printed in a Finnish and Swedish n...
Iceland interest rates unchanged
The Central Bank of Iceland’s board of governors met last week to consider the country’s interest rate and announced that the current rate of 15...