Norway’s StatoilHydro and Russia’s Gazprom reach agreement
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by StatoilHydro’s President and CEO Helge Lund and Gazprom’s Management Committee Chairman Alexei Miller...
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Danish prison scandal reads like a novel
A high-ranking prison guard, hardcore convicts, a biker gang and prostitutes were just some of the elements involved in Denmark’s latest prison scanda...
Finnish nationalists on the political rise
As Finland’s top three political parties suffered losses in the recent European elections, the country’s nationalistic True Finns party captured their...
Swedish Pirates on their way to Europe
Having secured more than seven percent of Sweden’s votes in the recent European Parliament elections, the country’s file sharing advocacy group, the P...
Danes’ two polls: one for change one for none
Last weekend’s referendum concerning an amendment to the Danish constitution on royal succession resulted in a majority vote for adopting absolute pri...
Sweden Foreign Minister praises Iceland progress
The Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Carl Bildt who is currently in Reykjavik at a meeting of the Nordic foreign ministers says on his blog: “All...
Finland sets out to save the Baltic Sea
In an effort to preserve and improve the condition of the Baltic Sea, the Finnish government has announced its plan to hold a Baltic Sea Action Summit...
Copenhagen district to get ‘international’ park
Copenhagen’s Norrebro district is well known as one of the city’s great melting pots of culture and ethnicity, and it’s this global diversity that wil...