Swedish lithium-ion battery maker Northvolt gets $14 billion order as Volkswagen raises ownership ~transport Article 225 words 4 votes
Blue Origin will upgrade New Shepard rocket with the ability to simulate lunar gravity ~space rocketry Article 306 words 4 votes
Oatly to open one of world's biggest alt-milk factories in East Anglia, UK – Swedish vegan brand will open plant in 2023, creating at least 200 jobs, as demand soars ~food drinks Article 314 words 8 votes
LG Petrov, frontman for Swedish metal favorites Entombed, dead at 49 ~music metal.death Article 382 words 6 votes
The Economist Glass-Ceiling Index 2020 – Nordic countries performed best overall, with Sweden, Iceland, Finland and Norway taking the top four spots ~finance business Article 327 words, published Mar 4 2021 8 votes
Antivirus software creator John McAfee indicted on cryptocurrency fraud charges ~news crime usa Article 356 words 12 votes
Pollution fears over mink buried after Covid culling in Denmark – signs of pollution detected at burial sites but no water contamination ~enviro pollution.ground Article 310 words 9 votes
Tsunami risk being assessed due to 8.0M earthquake in the Kermadec Islands region, north of New Zealand ~enviro Article 399 words 9 votes
SpaceX lands Starship prototype for the first time — and then it blows up ~space rocketry Article 315 words 16 votes
Volvo Cars to go fully electric by 2030 – it will phase out all car models with internal combustion engines, including hybrids ~transport Article 350 words 31 votes
Nickelodeon creates Avatar Studios to create new Avatar, Legend of Korra content ~tv Article 292 words 21 votes
Finland's rallying great Hannu Mikkola has died at the age of 78 – the Flying Finn won eighteen world championship rallies ~sports.motorsports Article 118 words 6 votes
Sarah Moss wins the American Philosophical Association's 2020 Sanders Book Prize for her book, 'Probabilistic Knowledge' ~humanities philosophy Article 344 words 4 votes
Techworker.com launches, a new reader-funded site focusing on employees at tech companies ~tech Article 384 words 10 votes
A new version of the first known on-screen kiss between two African-American actors has been discovered in the collections of the National Library of Norway ~movies Article 233 words 5 votes
Facebook is a global mafia ~tech social media facebook internet Article 343 words, published Feb 18 2021 10 votes
Magic: The Gathering announces crossovers with Lord of the Rings and Warhammer 40,000 ~games.tabletop Article 323 words 5 votes
The twenty-five greatest art heists of all time ~arts art Article 259 words, published Feb 11 2021 7 votes
Southwestern Iceland was rocked by a series of earthquakes Wednesday, which have caused increased volcanic activity ~science Article 203 words, published Feb 1 2021 5 votes
TreeToTextile set to build demonstration plant in Sweden – several Nordic pulp makers are part of projects developing new clean ways to turn trees into textile fibre ~enviro sustainability Article 257 words 10 votes
Spain's new gender bill will allow self-id, without a requirement for medical treatment ~lgbt transgender Link 20 votes
Reddit has raised $368 million in Series E funding, at a $6 billion valuation ~tech social media Article 360 words 15 votes
Daft Punk call it quits, the legendary dance duo have split twenty-eight years after forming in Paris ~music dance Article 330 words 37 votes
Mario Draghi forms new government in Italy, politicians and technocrats named as ministers ~news italy politics Article 331 words, published Feb 12 2021 8 votes
Rosa Parks' Stanford press conference recording now accessible online ~humanities.history Article 379 words, published Dec 18 2019 5 votes
Black Dresses are still broken up, but they just released a new album anyway ~music rock industrial Article 287 words 7 votes
Tigres beat Palmeiras to advance to potential meeting with Bayern Munich in club world cup final ~sports.football Article 292 words, published Feb 7 2021 6 votes
An ephemeral artwork made with thousands of footsteps in the snow has captured attention near Finland's capital of Helsinki ~arts art.public Article 256 words 19 votes
Swedish embassy in Minsk harbours two Belarusians for five months – they sought refuge after protests but are becoming a diplomatic issue for Sweden ~news sweden belarus.minsk Article 392 words 5 votes
A twenty-year-old man was fatally shot while filming a YouTube "prank" robbery ~tech social media Article 193 words 16 votes
Hackers try to contaminate Florida town's water supply through computer breach ~tech Article 361 words 15 votes
Japan has a train station just so people can enjoy the beautiful scenery ~transport Article 377 words, published May 29 2019 12 votes
UK government accused of re-igniting culture war over gender neutral bathrooms ~lgbt transgender Article 383 words, published Dec 2 2020 13 votes
Texas Department of Public Safety issues amber alert for victim of horror doll Chucky ~tech Article 325 words 5 votes
US Pentagon, stumped by extremism in ranks, orders stand-down in next sixty days ~news usa Article 393 words 20 votes
Sámi National Day – National day that falls on February 6th. This date was when the first Sámi congress was held in 1917 in Trondheim, Norway ~life Article 398 words 11 votes
Joe Manchin's bid to pierce US tech's shield ~tech internet Article 234 words, published Feb 1 2021 4 votes
Denmark's government has agreed to take a majority stake in a £25bn artificial 'energy island' which is to be built 80km offshore ~enviro energy.renewable Article 357 words 9 votes
McDonald's is testing the 'McPlant' burger in Denmark and Sweden – burger features a patty made from pea and rice proteins, which was co-developed with Beyond Meat ~food restaurants meat Article 216 words 23 votes
Melvin Capital reportedly lost 53% of it's assets due to r/WallStreetBets driven GameStop stock surge ~finance Article 394 words 21 votes
Denmark reached the world handball championship final with a thrilling 35-33 win over Spain – Sweden stunned France 32-26 on Friday ~sports Article 346 words 8 votes
New Spotify patent involves monitoring users’ speech to recommend music ~tech privacy Article 329 words 25 votes