Former Finnish President Martii Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize
The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to former Finnish President Martii Ahtisaari by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for his “important efforts” in re...
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Volvo to lay off 3,000 staff in Sweden
On the back of a previous announcement to lay off 2,900 staff earlier this year, Volvo has revealed it plans to make an additional 3,000 employees red...
Nordic siblings offering more than moral help
The Central Bank of Iceland said it drew 400 million euro (543 million dollars) in accordance with a mid-May agreement it made with the central banks ...
Swedish couple murdered in Tobago
Reports coming out of the southern Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago state that an elderly Swedish couple have been brutally murdered at their h...
Mixed results in World Cup qualifiers for Nordic football nations
Finland and Denmark emerged with victories after this week’s World Cup qualifiers for 2010, while Sweden and Norway could only manage draws. The 1-0 F...
Sweden bans certain number plate combinations
Following their trend of curtailing the names that parents may choose to give their child, Swedish authorities have now added vehicle number plates to...
Women are increasingly turning to crime in Sweden
According to a new study reported by The Local newspaper, Swedish women are increasingly turning to crime. While men have only committed 26 percent mo...
Sweden’s Nobel Committee slams “insular” American writers
In an outspoken declaration from Horace Engdahl, the head of the Swedish Nobel Committee, American authors are culturally “ignorant” and lack the clou...