Illegal immigrant wins Swedish lottery
In 2003, Eritrean man Tesfaldet Tesloy arrived in Sweden to start a new life with his brother, who had lived in the country for some 20 years. In 2006...
Army of Iceland on Facebook
More than 150,000 Icelanders are logging in to the popular social networking website Facebook, according to the market research company Buzzpoint.
Sweden leads FTTH technology
FTTH, or Fibre To The Home technology, continues to be dominated by Scandinavian countries in the latest statistics released by the FTTH Council Europ...
Finland dominates World Mobile Phone throwing competition
As expected, Finland dominated the World Mobile Phone Throwing Championships, held last month in Kesamaa, Punkaharju in the country’s Eastern lakes di...
Election race in Norway too close to call
The latest TNS Gallup polls indicate that rival coalitions in the run up to this month’s election in Norway are virtually even. The incumbent Labour-l...
Denmark expels Iraqi asylum seekers
A charter flight left Copenhagen bound for Baghdad last week containing 22 Iraqi asylum seekers who refused to leave the country voluntarily after the...
Hirvonen wins controversial WRC event
Finland’s Mikko Hirvonen has won the latest round of the World Rally Championship in Australia, extending his lead in the title race.
Sweden and Norway announce first Swine-flu deaths
Norway and Sweden have both reported their first swine flu deaths recently, the first from the H1N1 virus in any Nordic country.