Swedes working more under new sick leave rules
New rules governing sick leave introduced in 2008 have resulted in more Swedes returning to work earlier and reduced long-term sickness related absent...
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Swedish wolf hunt ends in criticism
The Swedish government remains under fire from ecologists following the end of the country’s first official wolf hunt in 45 years. The hunt ended last...
Nordic Red Cross organisations at work in Haiti
Norwegian doctors are in Haiti helping victims of the earthquake and the Norwegian Red Cross has set up a hospital near the Port au Prince airport, wh...
Nordic economic outlook: the litmus test
An economic analysis written by Nordea, the Baltic and Scandinavian financial services group: At the threshold of the new decade it is clear that the ...
Iceland beats Denmark in handball Euro championship
The Icelandic national handball team beat the Danish team this evening, thus coming top of Group B in the European Championship in Austria; the next t...
Greenland financial independence predicted by 2015
Mineral and oil income is expected, within five years, to surpass the current handouts from Copenhagen that Greenland lives off.
Finnish police arrest Hydroponic shop owners for promoting cannabis
A Finnish business that specialises in the sale of gardening equipment has been raided by local police under suspicions that the operation is delibera...
National Citizen Survey paints an almost perfect picture of Norway
Eighty-six percent of Norwegians believe that their country is almost the perfect place to live, although public services still seem to show room for ...