Finland’s judicial system has been ranked the world’s fourth best on the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index 2014. The index, which surveyed 99 countries worldwide on how the rule of law is applied in day-to-day life, ranked Nordic nations Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland as the top four respectively. Finland was the leader […]...
Danish people are drinking and smoking less, according to new research from the national health department. Sundhedsstyrelsens Nationale Sundhedsprofil, the national health profile division of the health department, revealed that just one in five males and one in seven females said they drank more than the recommended limit of 14 units a week. The last […]...
Iceland has been ranked amongst the lowest adolescent substance users in Europe; and to celebrate this achievement Reykjavík City will be holding the Cities for Youth conference, which will be discussing methods for the prevention of substance abuse. In 1998, 42% of 15 to 16 year old Icelanders had become drunk during the past 30 […]...
The parents of about 500 Greenlandic and Faroese children residing in Denmark will not receive a refund when the Danish Tax Industry starts giving EU parents the child support funds they have wrongfully missed out on since 2012. Last summer, the EU Commission ruled that Denmark unlawfully refused child support to citizens of EU countries […]...
Four Chinese tourists who became lost during a trip in the southwestern Norwegian mountains were rescued on Friday night last week following police-coordinated operation. Rogaland Police District chief operation officer Charles Boegild confirmed that all four tourists, including a young child, were in good health. He did not reveal their identities or relationship. The hotel […]...
Iceland Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson has said Russia’s actions in Ukraine may lead to problems for the Arctic Council. Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson claimed Russia’s hardline tactics could make it more difficult for the eight countries in the council to reach agreements during a period in which critical issues need to be resolved. He explained that the […]...
A small Icelandic startup is proving a huge success in the gaming world, so much so it is now turning down offers to quit Iceland and head to California’s Silicon Valley. Last week the company, Plain Vanilla, launched the Android version of its trivia app, QuizUp, which already boasts some 10 million users who have […]...
Sweden’s Green Party have said that it wants International Women’s Day (IWD) to be made a national holiday and claimed gender equality has deteriorated under the present government. Party spokesman Gustav Fridolin said Sweden remains an unequal country and that making IWD a public holiday could help work towards improving that. He pointed out that […]...
Greenland’s athletes will join their counterparts from other Arctic nations in the Arctic Winter Games later this month in Fairbanks, Alaska. The games, which will be held from 15-22 March, will include sports such as badminton, indoor soccer, hockey, wrestling, gymnastics and volleyball as well as more traditional winter sports like figure skating, speed skating, […]...
Sweden has selected female singer Sanna Nielsen as its representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. The songstress narrowly saw off competition from Ace Wilder to win the annual festival Melodifestivalen and, at her seventh attempt, finally be selected as her country’s Eurovision representative. In fact, after the Swedish public’s votes were counted, […]...
Brynjar Karl has challenged construction toy manufacturer Lego to invite him over to their factory in Denmark. In a video made with the help of his mother he explains what it is like to grow up as an autistic child and how he is able to work around it with the help of his family […]...
The Icelandic Minister of Finance and The Union of Icelandic Upper-Secondary Teachers have not reached an agreement regarding teachers’ wages after three months of negotiations. Teachers have passed a vote on going on a strike which will begin on Monday 17 March. According to the Union, people with university education and working in comparable positions […]...
The Finnish Football Association has announced that it has withdrawn its bid for Helsinki to be a host city for the European Championships in 2020. UEFA President Michel Platini announced a radical change for the format of the European Championships last year, revealing that the federation, which will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the […]...
Copenhagen Airport will see a decline in the number of passengers using it this year because of the ongoing economic uncertainty, predicted airport executives. The airport’s parent company Copenhagen Airports’ managing director Thomas Woldbye said they expected growth in 2014 to be slower than last year. Although he did not give an indication of just […]...
A Norwegian businessman is to open a sex shop in the country’s northern Arctic region close to the Russian border after discovering a gap in the market. Forty-eight-year-old Bjorn Lund revealed that he learnt of the demand for sex products while managing a convenience store in the northeastern village of Sandnes. He said he is […]...
The stand-off between the Faroe Islands and the EU over fishing quotas is showing no signs of easing off. The Faroese government remains at loggerheads with the EU over mackerel and herring quotas, with 90 per cent of the archipelago’s export revenue dependent on fish. Peace talks got underway in the Scottish capital Edinburgh earlier in […]...
Denmark has been ranked in the top five EU nations where economic inequality has widened the most from 2008 to 2012. Research from think-tank Cevea revealed that those at the bottom end of the wage scale suffered a wage decline of around 1,000 kroner during that period while people at the other end enjoyed a […]...
Some of the acts lined up to perform at the Secret Solstice festival in Iceland have been announced, with Massive Attack the star attraction. The British band will headline the 72-hour sunlight festival, which is being held for the first time. The concept of Secret Solstice, which will be held from 20 June to 22 […]...
UK retailer Marks & Spencer has agreed to return to Finland with plans in place to open seven stores and one online shop in the Nordic country. The chain, which quit the country in the 1990s, is renowned for its luxury food products and affordable fashion. The franchising deal to return has been agreed with […]...
Citizens who want to officially change their sex will soon be able to do so without having to undergo surgery, revealed the Danish Justice Ministry. The current law states that transgendered people can only change their gender on official documents after they’ve had a physical sex change, but the government’s new proposal will allow anyone […]...