Co-operation called by Norway for Arctic resources
Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store opened last week’s international conference on managing the Arctic with a plea to co-operate peacefully as ...
Finland readying for another season of crazy summer events
Summers in Finland are surprisingly warm and gentle; but those who live anywhere but Northern Europe often have difficulty believing this. So, the cou...
Stockholm’s taxis to moonlight as ambulances
Stockholm’s medical and taxi officials have announced that some of the city’s taxis will be on call to respond to emergency calls, and that the driver...
New resort coming to Finland’s town of Levi
The sustained global economic recession isn’t deterring Finland from building more resorts to try and lure tourists to the remote Nordic countryside. ...
Dane ranked fourth most-wanted Nazi
Soren Kam, a Danish national, has moved up to number four on the ten most wanted list for World War II Nazi wartime criminals after a recent revision ...
Swedish peace protestors sentenced over warplane vandalism
Three Swedish peace activists from the group Avrusta (Disarm), whose mission is to stop Sweden from exporting weapons, have been sentenced to prison f...
Norway will challenge any EU ban on seal products
Last year the European Commission proposed banning imports of pelts and other products from seals that were killed in an inhumane manner. While their ...
Swedish police arrest alleged serial paedophile
A Swedish man from the central Uppland region has been arrested on charges of raping a minor and exploiting at least 70 underage girls using the Inter...