Finnair planning huge staff cuts
Finnair, the national carrier of Finland, has announced plans to lay off nearly 1,700 cabin crew in a bid to cut costs and maintain profitability. Air...
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Denmark considers ambitious rail expansion
The Danish government is considering investing 90 billion kroner in public transport over the next decade, with a particular focus on high-speed train...
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...
SAS retrieving stranded tourists in Thailand
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has announced that it sent an Airbus A340-400 on Saturday from Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport to Thailand to help repatriate ...
Norwegian’s little finger is world’s strongest
There’s a record for just about everything, and last week a Norwegian man got to put his name in the Guinness Book of Records when he lifted 100.38kg ...
Miss Finland kicks off domino world record
A new world record has been set for the number of dominoes laid out and dropped in a single go. Miss Finland, Salima Peippo had the rather dramatic ho...
Renting a car in Iceland even cheaper
Winter season prices on rental cars in Iceland were already a great deal cheaper than in the summer, and have now become even cheaper, suggesting a tr...
Danish youngster wins big in poker championship
Danish professional poker player Peter Eastgate set a new record by becoming the youngest person to win the World Series of Poker’s main competition, ...