Swedish study claims segregation can be good
A new report has criticised the Swedish policy of attempting to control where refugees and immigrants settle, claiming instead that freely-chosen segr...
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Sexual harassment against female pastors widespread
A survey by the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church has revealed that more than half of the Helsinki region’s female pastors have been unwilling recip...
Lapland tourism turns to Eastern Europe
British holidaymakers have long dominated Lapland’s international tourism market but the region is now looking towards Russia and central Europe to bo...
White power movement resurgent in Sweden?
The Expo Foundation’s first annual report on the white power movement in Sweden has revealed that the faction is undergoing resurgence, with extremist...
Norway.com sold to America
The Norwegian American Foundation (NAF) has purchased the Norway.com website, with the site headquarters to be based in Seattle, Washington.
Danish school bans pupils from speaking foreign languages
A school in Odense on the Danish island of Funen has prohibited students from speaking in their own languages during break time.
Norway searches for gingerbread town vandals
Bergen’s traditional Christmas decoration – a gingerbread village – has been crushed, literally, by vandals who covered the crumbled ruins with paint ...
Helsinki named World Design Capital for 2012
Helsinki has been awarded the title of World Design Capital for 2012 at the World Design Congress held in Singapore last week. The Finnish capital bea...