Sweden’s Ericsson inks huge deal with US-based Sprint
Sweden’s massive communications company, Ericsson, has signed a deal with Sprint Nextel to take over the day-to-day management of the US telecom netwo...
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Students happen across major archaeological find in Denmark
It was a very exciting day when archaeology students from the University of Aarhus unexpectedly uncovered a cache of bones from some 200 bodies dating...
Cruiseship docks at Copenhagen with H1N1 passengers on board
The Emerald Princess cruiseship, which docked at Copenhagen recently, was carrying at least 14 known patients who have contracted the H1N1 flu virus. ...
Norway’s scenic Geiranger Fjord suffers major oil spill
A cruise ship registered in the Bahamas, the “Spirit of Adventure”, has committed the greatest blunder any tourist company could possibly imagine by s...
Norwegians may be voting from home in next elections
A trial is being carried out to test whether it would be viable for Norwegians to safely cast their votes in municipal elections from a computer in th...
Finland’s jazz festivals heat up the Nordic summer
Finland’s brief but glorious summer is the jazz festival season in this Nordic nation. Many music fans will be surprised to learn that Finland has a t...
Pros are back on the streets of Oslo
After sweeping the streets of Norway’s capital Oslo clean of prostitutes last year, city police were a bit shocked to discover that the pros are back ...
Finland finally wins its own wife-carrying race
For the first time in over a decade, a Finnish couple has won the coveted title of the World Wife Carrying Champions. This quirky, but extremely popul...