Russians keeping Finland’s tourism alive
Although tourist numbers are down in virtually every country on the planet, Finland can find some solace in the fact that their Russian neighbours are...
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SAS dumps two of its airlines
The financially embattled carrier Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has announced that it is selling off two of its subsidiaries: Spanair and airBaltic. It ...
Danish executive fugitive turns self in
Stein Bagger, the fugitive chief executive of the now-defunct IT Factory, has been extradited to Denmark after he turned himself in to authorities in ...
Southern Sweden rocked by earthquake
An earthquake measuring around 4.7 hit the southern region of Sweden last week, causing little damage but rattling the nerves of thousands of people. ...
Norway lowers 2009 whale quota
Norway’s Fisheries Ministry announced that it has lowered the annual quota of minke whales allowed to be caught by commercial fishing companies by 16 ...
Norwegian students creatively protest church visit
Most schools in Norway close the final school day before Christmas with a visit to their local church. But the members of the Norwegian Humanist Youth...
Stockholm to get Sweden’s first airport city
In a show of optimism for the future recovery of the air travel industry, Sweden is building the country’s first ‘airport city’ at Stockholm’s Arlanda...
Norwegian pilot busted for drunk flying
On a recent VLM Airlines flight from London to Amsterdam, a Norwegian pilot in the cockpit of a plane with 50 passengers had apparently been drinking ...