A recent study has shown that pensioners with an active lifestyle can add several years onto their lives.
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Swedish researchers: active pensioners add six years to life
Posted on 11 September 2012.
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Norwegian MP blames drug habit on job
Posted on 25 March 2012.
A Norwegian MP has blamed loneliness and the stress of the job on his drug problem, after a police raid of his apartment uncovered narcotics.
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Parliament speaker calls for an end to boozing MPs
Posted on 19 March 2012.
Finland’s Speaker of Parliament has denounced MPs drinking on the job in the wake of several alcohol-related scandals.
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Breast implants ‘prevent transgender suicides’
Posted on 25 January 2012.
An advocacy group in Sweden has called for national guidelines on issuing breast implants to transgender women, claiming they can save countless lives.
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Marriage makes you live longer
Posted on 20 December 2011.
People who have been married for many years live longer than those who are single or divorced, according to a Finnish-British study.
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Nordic statistics book reveals much about life in the north
Posted on 18 November 2011.
The Nordic Council has released its Nordic Statistics Handbook 2011, which contains all sorts of interesting facts about life in the Nordic region over the last year.
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Living the slaughter life
Posted on 03 October 2011.
“It’s our lifestyle,” say two British friends who travel the world, working. One of them has been visiting Iceland annually for over 20 years to take part in the autumn sheep slaughter season.
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Iceland loves breaking world records, but not all are good
Posted on 28 September 2010.
New international surveys are painting an unfamiliar picture of Iceland: the happiest nation in the world…but with some pretty big flaws all the same.
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