The Icelandic Eurovision team gets a warm welcome
The Eurovision team led by Johanna (Yohanna) Gudrun got a warm welcome in Reykjavik this afternoon when arriving from Moscow after taking the second p...
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Bear and elk battle it out in Swedish playground
It’s not the kind of fight you’d expect to see at a children’s playground, but a brown bear chased an elk into the park and began to attack it as kids...
Sweden’s Airport Authority caught in porn scandal
A routine investigation into computer network problems at Sweden’s Airport Authority revealed that several of its staff have been regularly surfing po...
Iceland performs at the Eurovision Contest in Russia
As I am watching the Eurovision contest here in London, the BBC announcer says: “Iceland has a real contender: a beautiful singer in the form of Johan...
Finland’s Olkiluoto nuclear plant site could be shut down
The Finnish Nuclear and Radiation Safety Authority (STUK) has sent a letter to Areva, the French company building the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant, s...
Norway, Denmark: concern over EU seal product ban
The European Parliament has passed a measure banning the import of all products made from seals into its 27 member countries. Special exceptions are a...
Viking ship found in Swedish lake
For the first time in Sweden’s long history, marine archaeologists have uncovered the wreck of a Viking ship lying in the mud at the bottom of Sweden’...
Pirate Bay could be heading for a retrial
New details have emerged concerning the presiding judge in the Pirate Bay trial, Tomas Norstrom. It appears that Norstrom had conflicts of interest in...