| North Korean Accordionists 'Take On' Norwegian Synthpop Norwegian synthpop and North Korea are an unlikely combination. But that's exactly the mix that has spawned the Internet's latest viral hit. A video of five North Korean accordionists playing the... | |
| Sweden: Europeans need to question pension habits Europeans need to question their habits and have more flexibility if they want to secure the future of their generous pension systems, Sweden and Britain's prime ministers said Thursday at a... |
| Russia freeze Finland in European winter classico A perfect game by goalkeeper Konstantin Barulin helped Russia shut out world champions Finland 3-0 in the opening game of the Channel One... |
| Russia Beats Finland Despite Open-Air Fears Russia’s win over Finland in an open-air Euro Hockey Tour match came despite fears of injuries in the unfamiliar conditions and freezing temperatures, Russian coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov said... |
| Copenhagen - by Noma's chefs Copenhagen . The food is excellent and the menu is simple and tasty - fettuccine, poached cod, tiramisu. The place is cosy and informal, it's like being in someone's home. For me, it's... |
| Euroinvestor.com Launches New 'Euroinvestor Cockpit' Finance portal stock quotes and news in a host of innovative new features. Cockpit is a cloud-based app dashboard, with social features integrated which means that it can be accessed from any device with an... |
| Pros set to thrash Denmark The South West's premier skateboarding competition is set to make its maiden appearance in Denmark this month at the town's skate park.The YMCA Drug Aware Skate Series has toured regional... |
| Danish Inflation Rises More Than Expected In January (RTTNews.com) - Denmark's consumer price inflation accelerated more than economist expected in January, data released by Statistics Denmark showed Friday. The consumer price inflation... |
| Twenty-six people were detained in Finland, France and Belgium on Monday on suspicion of human trafficking, according to the Finnish Border Guard. The organised criminal group is suspected of arranging illegal entry to the European Union for dozens of Sri The Gulf of Finland Coast Guard and the French border police have spent a year investigating how the suspects organised illegal entry. The case has also looked into potential human trafficking. ... |
| Let Noma guide you to the best food in Copenhagen The Danes have a venerable food culture that dates back centuries. But it wasn't until 2004 and the formulation of the Manifesto for the New Nordic Kitchen by Claus Meyer, Ren Redzepi and other... |
| PM told to adopt Swedish tax breaks for parents The Prime Minister expressed his interest in a Swedish scheme that cuts the cost of employing domestic staff, making it easier for parents to go out to work themselves.During a summit with Baltic and... |
| A group of European heads of state is arriving in Helsinki on Friday. President Tarja Halonen will host a two-day meeting for the presidents of Italy, Austria, Latvia, Portugal, Germany, Slovenia and Hungary. The presidents will discuss Europe's strengths in the globalised world, as well as tolerance and the prevention of marginalisation, among other issues. On top of their work agenda, the... |
| Papal Address to Ecumenical Group From Finland "There Is a Need for Christians to Arrive at a Profound Agreement on Matters of Anthropology"VATICAN CITY, JAN. 19, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Here is the text of the address Benedict XVI gave... |
| Norwegian Lundehunds bring new life, love to owner On Monday, Pederson will show her dog, Nils, as the Norwegian Lundehund makes its debut at the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden. The Lundie is one of six new breeds... |
| Finland’s new president: A conservative first AS GUARDIANS of the EU's longest border with Russia, the Finns tend to make prudent choices. So they did in the second round of their presidential election on February 5th. Sauli Niinist, a... |
| Norway killer admits massacre in first public statement OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian anti-immigration militant Anders Behring Breivik spoke in open court for the first time on Monday and admitted killing 77 people in attacks in July, but he denied any... |
| Research and Markets: Newspapers in Denmark - 2012 Report Profile Provides an In Depth and Comprehensive Analysis of A ... Research and Markets: Newspapers in Denmark - 2012 Report Profile Provides an In Depth and Comprehensive Analysis of A Particular Segment of the Media and Telecoms... |
| Divers say they have found the wreck of a ship carrying a valuable load of cognac and liqueurs that sank during the First World War between Finland and Sweden. A team of divers from the west-coast town of Rauma announced on Thursday that they had found the ship in the Gulf of Bothnia, north of the land Islands and west of Rauma. The group, Raumanmeren... |
| WRC's Latvala fastest in Sweden Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala clocked the fastest time in his Ford during the inaugural qualifying stage ahead of the Rally of Sweden on... |
| Norway's North Energy Sells Interest in Fogelberg Gas Discovery Production license 433 contains the Fogelberg gas/condensate discovery proven in 2010. North Energy holds 12 percent of the license. In 2011 the license partnership decided to concretize possible... |
| Norwegian tourist found dead in Jaipur Oystain Hodne was staying in a hotel on Sikar Road here along with his Indian wife Jasvindar and three... |
| Maersk to Launch Middle East-West Mediterranean Service First westbound service slated for Feb. 26; eastbound on March 11 Maersk Line will launch a container service between the Middle East and West Mediterranean, starting at the end of this month. The... |
| Swedish co and Elbit Systems in talks on IEC fiber optic venture ELEC.B22 ) fiber optic venture. Elbit Systems and a consortium led by Ram Belinkov are shaping up to be the two dominant consortia participating in the tender, and other companies will probably join... |
| Danske Bank Fourth Quarter Misses Forecasts Henrik Ramlau-Hanse, CFO of Dankse Bank, told CNBC, "we continue here from Danske Bank to see a difficult environment for 2012, we came out of 2011 with earnings of 1.7 billion Danish kroner and... |
| Research and Markets: Value for Money in Government: Denmark 2011 Value for Money in Government: Denmark 2011 " to their offering. This report presents the results of an assessment of the organisation... |
| Denmark's trade records surplus of USD14.3b in 2011 (MENAFN) Danmarks Statistik, the Danish national statistical agency, said that driven by strong exports to regional markets, the country's trade account recorded a surplus of USD14.3 billion in... |
| Motorsport: Latvala quickest qualifier in Sweden Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala clocked the fastest time in his Ford during the inaugural qualifying stage ahead of the Rally of Sweden. Latvala, winner in Sweden in 2008, clocked 1min 53.516sec to... |
| Sweden's lessons for Cameron on boosting women in business Tax breaks to help working mothers to pay someone to do the housework is an idea the prime minister wants to "look at further". David Cameron described it as a "very interesting"... |
| Little Finland ranks big in education While Finland is one of the smallest countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), its populace is the tenth-best educated. Finland was one of ... |
| The Guggenheim Foundation says there is no hurry for Helsinki decision-makers to come to a conclusion regarding the proposed museum. The Foundation ensures that it is committed to its international museum network, although it announced it was closing its Ari Wiseman, Deputy Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, says that the museum projects in Berlin and Helsinki are such different projects, started under very different intentions, that... |
| An expert on Nokia predicts that the mobile phone giant will remain important for Finland in the future, though mobile phone manufacturing is winding down in Europe. The comments come fresh off Nokia's announcement to let thousands of people go in Eu Research director Jyrki Ali-Yrkk of the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) told YLE's talk show A-plus on Wednesday evening that the service business around Nokia is still a... |
| Danish approach to energy efficiency disappoints activists EU plans to move towards a low-carbon economy depend upon a transformed cross-border transmissions system that can integrate renewables and smart meters alike, offering energy consumption savings at... |
| SAP Gets Danish Pit Bull To Shake Off Teutonic Shell San Francisco . He's just left a group of Web entrepreneurs and journalists at a dinner during which he did a lot of running off at the mouth. Dalgaard does this often, but this time he is... |
| The Finnish radiation safety watchdog, STUK, says an isotope manufacturer in Budapest is the source of small amounts of radioactive iodine found in outdoor air samples in Finland last month. Amounts measured one millionth becquerel per cubic meter of air, which means levels were so low that they posed no threat to public health. The lab that leaked iodine-131 produces radioisotopes for... |
| Sheep herding Swedish bunny becomes online hit STOCKHOLM - Champis the bunny doesn't only hop - he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job. The... |
