Norway home to world’s first floating wind turbine
The Norwegian-based energy giant, Statoil, has opened the lines on the world’s first floating wind turbine off the coast of Norway. The water-based su...
Swedish beaches flunk EU quality tests
The European Commission’s yearly report on the quality of Europe’s beaches has revealed that eight Swedish swimming areas did not meet the minimum wat...
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...
Norway’s government caught spying on itself
All of Norway’s government ministers, several thousand state employees, and even the royal family itself have been under illegal surveillance by the c...
Denmark-Sweden football clash sells out in minutes
Denmark and Sweden must face each other one more time to qualify for the 2010 World Cup football finals in South Africa. The all-Nordic match won’t be...
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 ...
Carrot bombs strike fear in Swedish town
An art project in the Swedish town of Orebro went awry when locals mistook clusters of carrots for bombs, prompting police to step in an attempt to di...
Copenhagen Airport wants better view of passengers
Copenhagen Airport’s customs agents have officially asked the Danish parliament to allow them to begin using high-tech body scanning machines that giv...