Norway’s state-owned Statoil firm has signed a deal with Russian oil giant Rosneft to explore the sea around the Arctic. Continue Reading

New research looking into the speed at which Greenland’s glaciers are slipping into the ocean suggests that previously predicted rises in sea-levels are unlikely. Continue Reading

A Swedish sex education video that examines all issues of sexuality and orientation has been met with mixed reactions in Finnish schools. Continue Reading

Sweden’s defence minister Sten Tolgfors has resigned amid ongoing revelations about the country’s secret arms deals with Saudi Arabia. Continue Reading

Recalling the days of Viking raids, an act of piracy occurred in Swedish waters involving a Finnish cargo ship crewed by Russians. At first glance, any news story about pirates gets automatically relegated to the Gulf of Aden off Somalia. But in a rare change of geography, this ship was hijacked in the Baltic Sea. Continue Reading

With many pre-voting polls showing that Denmark will be getting a new coalition government in the next national election, this may well mark the end of legal prostitution in the country. The Social Democrats have announced they are planning add a ban on the purchase of sex to their party platform. Continue Reading

Norway’s main fish sales group has decided to call off the annual whale hunt along the country’s coasts this year due to a low demand for whale meat. The organisation that handles the sale and distribution of the whale meat, Norges Rafisklag, claims there simply aren’t enough customers to warrant continuing the hunt. Continue Reading

A flashy new fleet of bright yellow electric minibuses has hit the narrow inner streets of Copenhagen to provide an eco-friendly form of transport in this historic city. The minibuses are operating along a new route created by Movia, the company in charge of the city’s public transportation. Continue Reading

In Finland, the weather was soggy, grey and chilly for the Midsummer Day festivities. This apparently dampened the enthusiasm of boaters both at sea and on the nation’s lakes, where coast guards reported far fewer drunken revellers than expected. During ramped-up harbour patrols in Helsinki and Kirkkonummi, all but one of the passengers of the 120 boats the police inspected were wearing their required life vests, and no one was recklessly drunk. Continue Reading

The Norwegian-based energy giant, Statoil, has opened the lines on the world’s first floating wind turbine off the coast of Norway. The water-based sustainable electricity generator could become a model for future energy development if it proves as efficient as Statoil claims. Continue Reading