IKEA has cut sick pay for unvaccinated workers, without mitigating circumstances, required to self isolate – retail giant acknowledged it was an emotive topic ~life work Article 36 words 23 votes
Former Danish defence minister, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, said that he has been charged under a law that deals with divulging state secrets ~news denmark politics crime Article 38 words 4 votes
Three suspected pirates who were detained for six weeks on a Danish warship off West Africa's coast have been released at sea in a small dinghy ~news denmark crime nigeria ghana Article 35 words 5 votes
Denmark's government has announced a goal to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030 ~transport Article 8 votes
US schoolteacher says she spent five hours in voluntary self-isolation in a plane's toilet after testing positive for Covid-19 on a flight to Iceland ~health Article 47 words 8 votes
Herders in Lapland are struggling to locate thousands of reindeer that have run away after warm weather left the food they graze on covered by a layer of ice ~enviro climate change Article 792 words 5 votes
Giant straw goat that has become an annual highlight in the Swedish city of Gävle has been burned by an arsonist... again ~life Article 41 words 17 votes
Malta becomes first EU nation to legalise cannabis for recreational use ~news malta law Article 455 words 13 votes
Finnish teacher Ilona Taimela secretly taught IS children in Syrian camps by text through the Lifelong Learning Foundation ~life education Article 939 words 12 votes
UK has reached an agreement with Norway and the EU over how to divide fish stocks in the North Sea next year ~news norway scotland united kingdom Article 6 votes
Swedish singer Anna von Hausswolff performed in secret on Thursday night, after two of her French concerts were cancelled due to pressure from fundamentalist Catholics ~music ambient pop Article 35 words 5 votes
Unable to travel back to Iceland to see a volcano erupt, Sigur Rós star Jónsi reenacted it with sound installations, scents and sculptures in a New York City exhibit ~arts art.installation Article 74 words 6 votes
Tidal kites with a five-metre wingspan move underwater in a figure-of-eight pattern, absorbing energy from the running tide to generate electricity ~enviro energy.renewable water Article 1204 words 12 votes
Six indigenous Greenlanders taken as children to Denmark in a failed social experiment in 1951 are demanding compensation from the Danish state ~life family Article 41 words 8 votes
Witness History spoke to photographer Mark Edwards, who was given unique access to document a famously photo shy community of Christiania in Denmark ~life Article 77 words 11 votes
The name for Britain comes from our ancient love of tattoos ~humanities.history Article 1752 words 6 votes
Pop star Zara Larsson says she's made a seven-figure sum by selling merchandise on the video game platform Roblox ~games Article 912 words 9 votes
The World Series was rigged. Hugh Fullerton's revolutionary analysis backed it up. But in 1919 his calls were ignored by a game now transformed by data. ~sports.baseball Article 1985 words 4 votes
Part of a Spitfire which was shot down over Norway during World War II has gone on display after being restored ~humanities.history Article 29 words 5 votes
Climate change food calculator: What's your diet's carbon footprint? ~enviro climate change Article 5 votes
Norway's incoming centre-left government has said it will seek to grow the country's lucrative oil and gas industry while striving to cut carbon emissions ~enviro energy Article 33 words 15 votes
Shostakovich's symphony played by a starving orchestra (7th, "Leningrad") ~music classical Article 1438 words, published Jan 2 2016 5 votes
Recording of unreleased John Lennon song up for auction in Denmark – 33-minute audio track was made by four Danish teenagers more than fifty years ago ~music Article 646 words 5 votes
Manufacturers will be forced to create a universal charging solution for phones and small electronic devices, under a new rule proposed by the European Commission ~tech apple Article 504 words 42 votes
Iceland elects Europe's first female majority parliament – but Katrín Jakobsdóttir's future as PM looks to be in doubt after her party lost several seats ~news iceland politics Article 7 votes
Practice of dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands has come under renewed scrutiny after more than 1,400 of the mammals were killed in one day ~enviro Article 946 words 11 votes
The opposition Arbeiderpartiet has won Norway's general election – brings an end to eight years of conservative government, paving the way for a centre-left coalition ~society politics Article 16 votes
China's media cracks down on 'effeminate' styles ~life.men Article 705 words, published Sep 2 2021 8 votes
Historic impeachment trial gets underway in Denmark against former MP Inger Støjberg who spearheaded dozens of tough immigration measures ~society politics Article 862 words 7 votes
Pop group ABBA have teased a major announcement for next week, as fans await their first new music in thirty-nine years ~music pop Article 524 words 11 votes
Denmark captain Simon Kjær and the medical team that saved Christian Eriksen's life are the recipients of this year's UEFA President's Award ~sports.football Article 543 words 6 votes
Swedish ice hockey star Peter Karlsson was stabbed to death in the street in 1995. His killer said he was protecting himself via the so-called 'gay panic' defence ~lgbt history Article 1447 words 6 votes
Germany fears thousands got saline, not vaccine from nurse ~health healthcare Article 32 words 21 votes
Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' ~enviro climate change Article 1446 words 36 votes
Norway's Karsten Warholm ran a stunning men's 400m hurdles race to obliterate his previous world record and take gold at Tokyo 2020 ~sports Article 503 words 7 votes
Norwegians have been left awestruck by a bright meteor that illuminated the night sky – a team of experts are hunting for the meteorite 60km west of Oslo ~space astronomy Article 7 votes
Norway have been fined 1,500 euros for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms at the European Beach Handball Championships ~sports Article 271 words 15 votes
Kurt Westergaard, a Danish cartoonist whose caricature of the prophet Muhammad outraged many Muslims worldwide, has died at the age of 86 ~arts Article 36 words 8 votes
Janne Poranen: ‘If you have an invention, don't sell your technology too early to anyone’ ~finance business Article 595 words 4 votes
Swedish Coop supermarkets shut due to US ransomware cyber-attack – the hack targeted Florida-based IT company Kaseya before spreading through corporate networks ~tech security.cyber Article 33 words 8 votes