More than 200 Danes losing jobs every day
The latest government employment figures released for January show that an average of 238 people lost their jobs in Denmark each day during the month....
Finland’s Nokia plans voluntary redundancy
It seems it’s now mobile phone maker Nokia’s turn to trim its workforce in a bid to control costs and maintain profitability. The Finnish mobile phone...
Documentary on diplomatic “work” causing controversy in Sweden
The Swedish television network SVT has, during the past six weeks, broadcast a documentary reality series entitled “Diplomaterna” (The Diplomats), Dag...
Icelandic Design Days at Nordic Fashion Biennale
Highlights at the Nordic Fashion Biennale, taking place in Reykjavik from 26th to 29th March, include the Icelandic Design Days, during which the Nord...
Sweden’s porn king hit with huge tax bill
The Stockholm County Administrative Court has ruled that Sweden’s porn king Berth Milton will have to pay 865 million kroner (USD 100 million) in back...
Iceland grew in 2008
According to the Resident Register at the National Registry Office of Iceland, the population of Iceland was 319,368 on 1st January 2009, up from 315,...
World’s first natural transgenic clones born in Denmark
A revolutionary cloning method was created in 2007 at Denmark’s Foulum Research Centre at the University of Aarhus using pigs as part of a study on Al...
Finland refuses to extradite Rwandan man
A Rwandan Baptist preacher accused of genocide during the country’s brutal 1994 civil war will not be extradited from Finland because it is feared he ...