Denmark considers ambitious rail expansion
The Danish government is considering investing 90 billion kroner in public transport over the next decade, with a particular focus on high-speed train...
Child’s balloon from England found in Lapland
In a lighter bit of news, a balloon released from a special children’s centre on England’s eastern shore over a year ago floated more than 1,500 kilom...
Sterling Airways bailout falls through
The bankrupt budget carrier Sterling Airways, which is based in Copenhagen, has lost the confidence of the venture capital firm Axcel that was plannin...
Ryanair strikes back at stuffy Swedes
In an attempt to lighten the mood of stuffy “anti-fun” Swedish politicians, Ireland-based budget carrier Ryanair has responded to outrage over an alle...
Sweden’s unsolved violent crime rate at 95 percent
In a statistical revelation the investigative news programme Kalla Fakta brands as shocking, journalists have determined that around 95 percent of rob...
Janitors guarding Sweden nuclear power plant
It’s the kind of news that doesn’t boost public confidence, but it has surfaced that the managers of one of Sweden’s nuclear power plants used their j...
SAS flight makes emergency landing in Sweden
The recent spate of in-flight airline emergencies that has plagued carriers like Qantas, United and Spanair, can now include Scandinavian Airlines (SA...
Norway’s famed Hurtigruten shipping line in distress
More bad news came this week as crew members of the MS Vesteralen were informed that their ship would be removed from service when it returns to port ...