Sweden’s Pirate Party could score EU seat
Recent polls suggest that Sweden’s newest political group, the Pirate Party, may have a decent chance of winning a seat in the European Parliament on ...
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Norway suspends Skanled gas pipeline project
Nordic and Eastern European nations hoping to break free of Russia’s dominant position in gas supply were dealt a blow when Norway suspended its USD 1...
Ericsson suffers drop in profits
The Swedish mobile phone giant, Ericsson, has suffered a 30 percent drop in its first quarter net profits compared to the same period in 2008. The wor...
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 ...