Thousands left without power following Finland storms
Thousands in several areas across Finland still have no electricity following heavy storms that battered the country last week, bringing down trees an...
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Teenager loses file sharing appeal
A teenage boy has become what is thought to be the youngest person in Sweden to be convicted of copyright violation, after his school handed him over ...
Glacier melting could be reversible
The melting of Greenland’s glaciers may be more sensitive to climate change than previously assumed, according to new research which found they can al...
Iceland-based IT company adds to enterprise with green data center purchase
Iceland’s leading Information Technology (IT) company, Skýrr, recently added to its enterprise with the purchasing of Thor Data Center
H&M defends fake body models
Swedish clothing retailer H&M has admitted tacking models’ heads onto computer-generated bodies in order to sell swimwear and lingerie.
Cairn comes up empty-handed again
Cairn Energy has yet again failed to find oil or gas at its wells in Greenland. The Scottish exploration company’s shares fell one percent on the anno...
Man’s best friend an enemy to lampposts
A Finnish energy company has blamed dogs for corroding the capital’s lampposts when marking their territory. Helsingin Energia claims it is constantly...
Nokia to cut 17,000 jobs
Finnish-German telecoms giant Nokia Siemens has surprised the business world by announcing 17,000 job cuts, representing a very-significant 23 percent...