Epilepsy drug Sulthiame could help people with sleep apnea get a good night's rest, Swedish study finds ~health medicine Article 499 words 11 votes
Swedish battery company Northvolt has announced it would be laying off a large part of its workforce and selling or consolidating several sites as the electric vehicle market slows down ~transport Article 525 words 11 votes
Volvo Cars has abandoned its plan to become a fully electric car manufacturer by 2030 due to weakening consumer demand for pure electric vehicles ~transport Article 602 words 42 votes
Heat-treated seeds could offer farmers a chemical-free solution for pest control – following success in Sweden and Norway, ThermoSeed looks to expansion into Asia ~enviro Article 711 words, published Sep 4 2024 14 votes
Sweden has announced controversial plans to scrap its tax on airline tickets from 2025 ~transport Link 6 votes
Children under the age of two should not use any digital media, according to new recommendations from Sweden's public health agency ~life family parenting Article 415 words 35 votes
Finland is building the world's largest heat pump – will provide enough heat for 30,000 homes, saving roughly 26,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year ~enviro Article 544 words 21 votes
While southern Europe swelters, Denmark's mild temperatures and extended daylight hours are providing the perfect summer escape for many ~travel Article 878 words 8 votes
Could Britain's soaring taxes push energy companies to Norway? Taxes on oil and gas profits have risen from 40% to about 78%, prompting several to think about pulling out. ~enviro energy Article 576 words 7 votes
Young people should be banned from buying drinks with high levels of caffeine, say health and consumer groups in Denmark ~food drinks.energy Article 520 words 35 votes
Hidden water reserve twice the size of Loch Ness discovered in drought-stricken Sicily ~enviro water climate change Article 687 words 10 votes
IKEA has been accused of contributing to the rapid deterioration of Romania's biologically rich forests – campaigners say suppliers benefitting from corrupt environment in the country ~enviro Article 1316 words 29 votes
Denmark regulates camper van tourism after clashes with locals – hopes to transform the vehicles into a secure yet more durable source of income ~travel Link 11 votes
Amid a growing awareness of youth mental health, twenty schools in Denmark have pushed back their start times following a two-year trial ~health.mental Article 1780 words 23 votes
Ecuador river is granted the right to not be polluted in historic court case ~enviro pollution.water Article 413 words, published Jul 8 2024 16 votes
Space data centres: ‘A figment of the imagination’ but one that could make Europe a space leader ~space Article 735 words 15 votes
A new exhibition opening at Denmark's National Museum is exploring the history and legacy of a mysterious female Viking sorceress known as the Völva ~humanities.history Article 644 words 15 votes
Danish King Frederik X inaugurated the first element of a future eighteen-kilometre tunnel under the Baltic Sea – Fehmarn Belt fixed link will slash travel times between Scandinavia and Central Europe ~engineering Article 446 words 16 votes
Sámi artist Tomas Colbengtson is the latest recipient of The Queen Sonja Print Award, the world's most important prize for printmaking ~arts art Article 582 words 4 votes
Spotify hikes fees, passing on its tax burden, after the French government introduced a levy to support the nation's music industry ~music Article 516 words 21 votes
Waddi, a virtual tour guide, uses artificial intelligence to answer visitor queries and engage in conversations on the Danish island of Fanø ~travel Article 277 words 5 votes
Home to the largest collection of Nordic art, a converted grain silo is putting Kristiansand in Norway on Europe's cultural map ~arts art Article 936 words 8 votes
Michelin-starred chef Rasmus Munk has teamed up with Florida-based startup Space Perspective to launch six diners at a time up to the outer atmospheric layer ~food restaurants Article 553 words 7 votes
The last remaining privately owned land on the Svalbard archipelago in Norway, "with significant environmental, scientific and economic importance" is on sale, for €300 million ~finance Article 728 words 7 votes
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have successfully implanted seven million lab-grown brain cells into a patient to treat Parkinson's disease ~health medicine Article 753 words 23 votes
The Sámi museum Siida in Finland was awarded the top prize at this year's European Museum of the Year Awards ~humanities.history Article 467 words 9 votes
Case before Norway's Supreme Court claims that depriving sex offender of a Snapchat account is unlawful under the European Convention on Human Rights ~tech social media Article 296 words 15 votes
Swedish company Scout Park has launched a mobile app where you can tip off wrongly parked cars to traffic wardens to earn money ~transport Link 41 votes
Two popular Danish television presenters have reported Meta to the police after finding their images and words had been manipulated and misused in thousands of Facebook ads ~tech social media facebook Article 345 words 29 votes
Novo Nordisk Foundation is entering into a partnership with Nvidia to establish a national AI research centre in Denmark – will be home to one of the world's most powerful supercomputers ~tech Article 458 words 5 votes
Industrial-scale thermal storage unit in Pornainen, southern Finland, will be the world's biggest sand battery when it comes online within a couple of years ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1083 words 23 votes
Norway will not go ahead with plans to permit seabed mining of critical raw materials on its continental shelf if initial exploration suggests it cannot be done sustainably ~enviro sustainability Article 751 words 25 votes
AI models found to show language bias by recommending Black defendents be 'sentenced to death' ~tech Link 28 votes
On International Women's Day, Northern European countries stand out for women who are looking to develop their careers – Iceland secured the top spot ~life.women Article 606 words 3 votes
Meet Fríði Djurhuus, frontman of the Faroe Islands' first queer vegan punk band Joe & the Shitboys ~music Link 11 votes
Denmark's second-largest city is trialling a first-of-its-kind deposit scheme to tackle single-use coffee cups ~enviro Article 518 words, published Jan 25 2024 20 votes
World's longest-distance drone delivery – Norwegian start-up Aviant has expanded its drone delivery service in Lillehammer ~tech Article 361 words 3 votes
Nurses in Denmark shift to cosmetic care despite hospital staffing crisis – DSR believes shift is due to salary and working conditions ~health healthcare Article 457 words 23 votes
Scottish company Gravitricity is using the Pyhäjärvi mine in Finland to build its first full-scale prototype gravity energy store ~enviro Article 513 words 14 votes
Finnish study finds that people from different cultures reported the same bodily sensations when listening to the same songs ~music Article 910 words 7 votes
Greta Thunberg and four other climate activists are due to appear in court today after being arrested at a protest outside a gathering of fossil fuel bosses in London ~enviro climate change Article 435 words 22 votes
Norway hit by hurricane-force winds – is climate change making Europe's extreme storms worse? ~enviro climate change Link 12 votes
Finnish unions have called for industrial action to protest government proposals on labour law reforms which they say would adversely impact low-wage earners ~finance business Article 978 words 10 votes
Food scientists at Finnish startup SuperGround have found a way to make chicken nuggets and fish cakes out of otherwise discarded bones and hard tissues ~food meat Article 959 words 28 votes
Norway's Arctic deep sea mining plan will inevitably sink – industrialising the ocean floor in the middle of a climate crisis is not only reckless, it's cruel ~enviro climate change Article 908 words 9 votes
UK and Denmark launch Viking Link underwater cable project – potential to transport enough electricity to power up to 2.5 million UK homes ~enviro energy.renewable Link 13 votes
Is it realistic to operate a fleet of electric buses in countries like Norway? Tackling challenges with the range of buses being shorter in cold weather. ~transport Article 714 words 8 votes
With one of the lowest rates of bullying in Europe, we speak to teachers, pupils and parents to find out how Denmark is managing to stamp out harassment in schools ~life education parenting Article 1225 words 17 votes