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...
Denmark set to send its first astronaut into space
Andreas Mogensen, a Danish aerospace engineer, has been chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA) to join the elite European Space Agency Astronaut Co...
Finland rejects Russian call to change freight system
Finland’s transport minister was joined by the Finnish hauliers’ lobby in rejecting a proposal by the Russian Federal Customs Service that wants to mo...
Overweight inmate sues Swedish prison
An obese inmate at the southern Swedish prison of Karlskrona has submitted an official request for monetary damages because the prison authorities wer...
Norway resumes cash aid to Zimbabwe
Despite President Robert Mugabe’s continued misrule of Zimbabwe, Norway has decided it will resume cash aid to the desperate African nation that it cu...
Nordic region must lead way in climate change
At their summit in Iceland, environment ministers from the Nordic region stressed in a public statement that “The Nordic Region must show the way and ...
Swedish billionaire buys English village
Stefan Persson, the billionaire owner of Sweden’s clothing retail chain H&M, is set to sign the papers to purchase an entire village in the southe...
Belgians will help Volvo
The regional government of Flanders in Belgium has confirmed that it will acquiesce to Volvo’s recent appeal for help. Volvo Cars CEO Stephen Odell me...