Temperatures are likely to drop even further below normal next month throughout the Nordic region, according experts from Weather Services International (WSI). WSI officials said that a high-pressure pattern is to persist over the arctic through to February, continually pushing frigid, dry air southward over Scandinavia, as well as toward Russia, the Baltic states and Britain.
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Meteorologists warn of February ‘deep freeze’ across Nordic states
Posted on 30 January 2013.
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Nordic nations top EU for high food prices
Posted on 18 December 2012.
New figures have reaffirmed that residents of Nordic nations face the highest food prices in Europe. A new report by Eurostat and Statistics Sweden said that Norway and Denmark have the highest overall food prices in the region.
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Scandinavia fares well again in corruption index
Posted on 12 December 2012.
Scandinavia remains among world’s least-corrupt regions, according to the 2012 Corruption Perception Index. The news comes via Berlin-based Transparency International, whose latest annual corruption report placed Denmark and Finland tied with New Zealand
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SAS stays afloat following fresh agreement with unions
Posted on 26 November 2012.
Ailing Scandinavian airline SAS has new hopes for recovery after it reached a deal with labour unions early on Monday morning. The carrier, which is partially owned by the governments of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, will reportedly utilise the agreement as backing for fresh financing.
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Nordic nations to share warplanes
Posted on 16 November 2012.
The five major Nordic nations have signed an agreement to share warplanes. State officials from Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Finland and Denmark said on Thursday (November 8) that an additional plan is also under consideration that would see the five nations share military-related costs, ground equipment and some operational tasks, including surveillance and tugboat operations.
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Remotely shared green data center in Iceland established using Intel and HP technologies
Posted on 21 September 2012.
A new green data center has been established using Intel and HP technologies in Iceland that allows for the academic research infrastructure organisations of Sweden, Denmark and Norway to remotely share its supercomputer data-roaming services.
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Iceland’s early ‘criminal profiling’ of Vikings
Posted on 13 September 2012.
Researchers have revealed that 10th century Iceland was perhaps one of the earliest documented places to utilise ‘criminal profiling’.
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Iceland-based acquiring services and payment processing provider branches out worldwide
Posted on 07 August 2012.
The Iceland-based acquiring services provider Valitor is to branch out to North America, Europe, and Scandinavia after signing a new payment processing agreement with CenPOS.
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