Former Nato chief Stoltenberg to become Norway’s finance minister

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 09:03 UTC

a story from Financial Times › Financial Times

Surprise return to frontline politics comes as Nordic country braces itself for potential US-EU trade war

The last fragments of ancient Irish rainforests may face a new threat … trees

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 07:19 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

As commercial monocultures increase, ecologists are calling for the remaining splinters of native woodland to be identified, protected - and expanded

Photographs by Rob Stothard

“This could almost be p…

A journey to Greenland: Trump’s 51st state? – podcast

found 2025 › Jan › 30 (Thu) @ 12:08 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

What do Greenlanders make of Donald Trump’s interest in their island? Miranda Bryant reports

In 2019, when Donald Trump first raised the prospect of the US acquiring Greenland, few people took it seri…

A journey to Greenland: the 51st state? – podcast

found 2025 › Jan › 30 (Thu) @ 06:47 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

What do Greenlanders make of Donald Trump’s interest in their island? Miranda Bryant reports

In 2019, when Donald Trump first raised the prospect of the US acquiring Greenland, few people took it seri…

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Woke lasers plan misses the target at Prince Harry's Games

found 2025 › Jan › 21 (Tue) @ 07:44 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

In a 'woke' move, organisers of the tournament in Canada next month have replaced rifles with lasers in the biathlon, which combines Nordic skiing with target shooting.

What's the secret to Denmark's happy work-life balance?

found 2025 › Jan › 16 (Thu) @ 16:04 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

The Nordic nation doesn't require staff to work long hours and has a generous welfare system.

Why are Nordic companies so successful?

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 05:55 UTC

a story from The Economist › Business

From Lego to Novo Nordisk, many of Europe’s top firms come from the region

My voyage of good cheer around Finland – the world’s happiest country

found 2024 › Dec › 22 (Sun) @ 23:22 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

With clean air, vast green spaces and more saunas than cars, Finns have plenty of reasons to be cheerful

According to the World Happiness Report, the cheeriest country in the world is one nature-lovin…

Pregnant Princess Sofia of Sweden displays a hint of her growing baby bump in a sleek suit as she joins Prince Carl Philip at a tech alliance meeting in Stockholm

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 13:56 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Princess Sofia of Sweden displayed a hint of her blossoming baby bump as she attended a Nordic Child Tech Policy Alliance (NOCTA) meeting in Stockholm today.