Photojournalist Giuia Besana visits the world's northernmost priest who runs the Svalbard Church in Longyearbyen, in Norway's Svalbard archipelago ~life Article 437 words 6 votes
17-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov becomes youngest world rapid chess winner ~games.tabletop Article 853 words 5 votes
From respair to cacklefart – the joy of reclaiming long-lost positive words ~humanities.languages Article 707 words, published Dec 26 2021 8 votes
Northvolt rolls out Europe's first gigafactory-era car battery – Swedish plant ramps up lithium ion cell production in race to profit from growing electric car demand ~transport Article 548 words 7 votes
Five ice-age mammoths unearthed in Cotswolds after 220,000 years ~science biology.evolutionary archaeology Article 1021 words 9 votes
Magnus Carlsen: ‘It's been clear to me for most of the year that this world championship should be the last’ ~games.tabletop Article 368 words 13 votes
China’s troll king: How a tabloid editor became the voice of Chinese nationalism ~society politics Article 5234 words 3 votes
Investigation launched for 'drunkenness at sea' after ships crash in Baltic Sea – one crew member of capsized Danish barge has died and another is still missing ~transport Article 135 words 5 votes
Fall on walk from bed to desk is workplace accident, German court rules ~life work.remote Article 322 words 17 votes
Jimmy Lai among three Hong Kong democracy activists convicted over Tiananmen vigil ~society politics Article 386 words 7 votes
Jailed for fifty-one weeks for protesting? Britain is becoming a police state by stealth ~society politics Article 775 words 18 votes
Finland is the world's happiest nation and I want to keep it that way – Sanna Marin says she is determined to defend human rights, despite asylum policy challenges ~society politics Article 863 words 6 votes
Vintage IKEA! A 1960s armchair just sold for £12k – here are ten other surprising secondhand Swedish hits ~design Article 718 words 4 votes
‘I am not gonna die on the internet for you!’: How game streaming went from dream job to a burnout nightmare ~games Article 2425 words 16 votes
US libraries report spike in organised attempts to ban books in schools ~books libraries.school Article 1034 words 18 votes
World champion Magnus Carlsen shares his motivational struggles before an intriguing showdown with his old rival Ian Nepomniachtchi ~games.tabletop Article 1520 words 10 votes
Europe's newest industrial megaprojects are relocating to the far north of Sweden – but are curling, wild reindeer and the northern lights enough to convince workers to follow? ~life work Article 1876 words 12 votes
Norway's young tennis titan rising for ATP Finals debut – Casper Ruud shares the influences of his coach and father Christian, and Rafael Nadal, which have led him to Turin ~sports tennis Article 963 words 3 votes
The Guardian is trying to intimidate Eoin Higgins into retracting his coverage of transphobia in their newsroom ~lgbt transgender Article 328 words 14 votes
IKEA furniture and homeware prices are to rise as a result of lasting disruption to its supply chain – increased cost of raw materials knocked its full-year profits ~finance business Article 476 words 5 votes
"I’m scared I waited too long have kids": The men haunted by their biological clocks ~life.men Article 1963 words 11 votes
ABBA on fame, divorce, ageing backwards – and why they've returned to rescue 2021 ~music pop Article 4251 words 3 votes
Norway is to introduce new traps to protect wild salmon after experts warned they could become endangered as a result of contact with their farmed counterparts ~enviro conservation Article 575 words 5 votes
Ole Gunnar Solskjær cannot continue to survive on goodwill and fond memories ~sports.football Article 862 words 2 votes
Skellefteå has wooden schools, bridges, even car parks – we visit Sweden to see what a climate-conscious future looks like ~engineering Article 1335 words 7 votes
Dear Dave Chappelle, transgender comedians can take a joke, but why are yours so unfunny? ~lgbt transgender Article 1503 words, published Oct 9 2021 15 votes
Bow and arrow attacks in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg – Danish citizen charged as death toll reaches five ~news norway.kongsberg crime denmark Article 482 words 14 votes
Lego has announced it will work to remove gender stereotypes from its toys – research reveals harmful stereotypes still hindering girls, boys and their parents ~life parenting Article 715 words 9 votes
Pipeline company paid Minnesota police for arresting and surveilling protesters ~enviro energy climate change Article 1725 words 12 votes
Copenhagen confirmed its reputation as a global dining destination after its top eateries finished first and second in the 2021 World's 50 Best Restaurants awards ~food restaurants Article 521 words 6 votes
Swedish fuel retailers required to display eco-labels at pumps – colour-coded labels will show buyers the percentage of renewables and fossil raw materials ~transport Article 350 words 2 votes
Fide sparks anger with ‘gross’ breast enlargement sponsor for women’s chess ~games.tabletop Article 509 words 7 votes
Lego profits more than doubled in first six months of the year – Danish toymaker was one of the winners from Covid restrictions ~finance business Article 517 words 7 votes
Prison guards, but not mother, get counselling after baby dies in cell ~life.women Article 1008 words 19 votes
Clear-cutting has become a political issue after the EU said the technique should be approached with caution, and called for Sweden to protect more of its forests ~enviro sustainability Article 1025 words 2 votes
Hong Kong leader defends election after single non-establishment figure picked for 1,500-strong committee ~society politics Article 490 words 6 votes
Pro-Vladimir Putin party maintains majority in Russian elections despite declining support, many results almost certainly rigged ~society politics Article 688 words 15 votes
Last year, three "seasteading" enthusiasts bought a cruise ship to use as the core of a libertarian cryptocurrency utopia off Panama's coast. The plan fell apart before it made it across the ocean. ~life Article 5623 words, published Sep 7 2021 17 votes
Butterflies released in Finland contained parasitic wasps, with more wasps inside – introduction of Glanville fritillary leads to emergence of three new species on island of Sottunga ~science biology Article 701 words 8 votes
Billed as the most secure phone on the planet, An0m became a viral sensation in the underworld. There was just one problem for anyone using it for criminal means: it was run by the police ~tech security privacy Article 4002 words 14 votes
World's biggest machine capturing carbon from air turned on in Iceland – operators say the Orca plant can suck 4,000 tonnes of CO2 out of the air every year ~enviro climate change Article 236 words 17 votes
Billie, Lorde, Lizzo: Pop stardom has never seemed less aspirational ~music Article 1609 words, published Aug 20 2021 11 votes
Mayor suggests Helsinki declare itself an English-language city – Juhana Vartiainen says too many highly skilled foreigners shun Finnish capital because of difficult language ~life Article 358 words 13 votes
China cuts amount of time minors can spend playing online video games to three hours a week, with an hour extra during holidays ~games Article 214 words 19 votes
Queen Margrethe II, reigning monarch of Denmark, is to design the sets for a forthcoming Netflix film adapted from a novel by Karen Blixen ~movies Article 298 words 6 votes
‘I had no confidence, no money’: The pop stars kept in limbo by major labels ~music pop Article 2062 words, published Aug 11 2021 9 votes