Oldest parrot fossil found in Denmark
Palaeontologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in Scandinavia, according to reports in Science Daily. Scientists discovered the fossilised rema...
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Scandinavian Hour host dies in Norway
Ron Olsen, the host of a local Scandinavian Hour radio programme in Seattle, died while on vacation in Norway, according to reports in the Ballard New...
Nordic banks boost Icelandic economy
Three Nordic central banks have lent Iceland credit of up to 1.5 billion euros ($2.3 billion) to strengthen the country‘s foreign currency reserves, r...
SAS pilots flying high
Although Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is experiencing economic troubles, like many other airlines, the company has affirmed that the employment of its ...
Sterling’s Scandinavian summer sale
Flying to Scandinavia from London Gatwick is getting cheaper still, as competition on the low-cost routes intensifies. Sterling.dk has now begun adver...
Joining the club: Kuoni scores another hole in one
The Kuoni Group has acquired the Scandinavian-based golfing specialist Golf Plaisir Resebyra AB. According to trading-house.com, the tour operator wil...
Scandinavia strikes!
Both Sweden and Denmark were plagued with strikes last week as workers in the health sector demanded better wages, according to reports on the World S...
Head of Glitnir Bank named Person of the Year
Nordic bank Glitnir has announced that its CEO Larus Welding has been named Person of the Year 2008 by the readers of Intrafish, the world’s largest s...