Norway holds Arctic summit
The University of Tromso in northern Norway is hosting the 3rd annual Arctic Frontiers conference, which is designed to discuss changes in the Arctic ...
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Iceland promotes safety at sea
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE NORDIC COUNCIL: Iceland would like to improve safety at sea in the North Atlantic. Even though the volume of shipping in North ...
Finland minister calls for common Nordic currency
The nations that make up Scandinavia are some of the most ardent in Europe about abstaining from joining the common European currency. But Finland’s M...
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 ...
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...
SAS wants to buy out Estonian Airlines
Despite its admitted financial difficulties, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has approached the Estonian government with an offer to buy out the 34 percen...
SAS axes 5,000 departures from Copenhagen
The financially squeezed Nordic carrier, Scandinavian Airlines, has announced it will be cutting 5,000 of its normally scheduled departures from Copen...
Child’s balloon from England found in Lapland
In a lighter bit of news, a balloon released from a special children’s centre on England’s eastern shore over a year ago floated more than 1,500 kilom...