Anti-immigration mood sweeping EU capitals puts strain on bloc’s unity. From Germany’s border checks to France’s vow to restore order, rejection of open borders could threaten Schengen zone.
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Populist parties’ divisions jeopardise chances of setting EU agenda
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Denmark on course to back joining EU's common defence policy – exit polls showed 69% of voters in favour of removing opt-out
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Bow and arrow attacks in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg – Danish citizen charged as death toll reaches five
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Mayor suggests Helsinki declare itself an English-language city – Juhana Vartiainen says too many highly skilled foreigners shun Finnish capital because of difficult language
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Modern analysis of a 1,000-year-old grave in Finland challenges long-held beliefs about gender roles in ancient societies
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Greta Thunberg features on Swedish postage stamp – illustration of activist is part of a series highlighting government's environmental quality goals
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Thousands apply to be a Finn for ninety days – Americans, Canadians and Britons among those lured by campaign to attract foreign tech workers
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Ami, the tiny cube on wheels that French fourteen-year-olds can drive
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The statue of the Little Mermaid in the entrance to Copenhagen harbour has been daubed with the words “racist fish”
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Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing – first major study of scheme comes as economic toll of coronavirus prompts fresh interest in idea
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Swedish city of Lund to manure the parks on an earlier date to deter Walpurgi celebrations
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Norway and the a-ha moment that made electric cars the answer – a country fuelled by hydropower has become the world's electric vehicle leader
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Finland enlists social influencers in fight against Covid-19 – government advice sent to bloggers, rappers and writers to get to those not reached by traditional media
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Swedish PM Stefan Löfven warned over 'Russian roulette-style' Covid-19 strategy – health experts say attempt to build herd immunity is a 'mad experiment with 10m people'
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As climate change makes winemaking a torrid business in southern Europe, viniculture is taking off in Scandinavia
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Scandinavian Airlines clarifies an advert intended to highlight the role of travel, immigration and cultural diversity after it was pilloried online by far-right and nationalist groups
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How Finland starts its fight against fake news in schools – country on frontline of information war teaches everyone from pupils to politicians how to spot slippery information
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Finland anoints Sanna Marin, thirty-four, as world's youngest serving prime minister
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How millions of French shoppers are rejecting cut-price capitalism
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Norwegian sugar tax sends sweet-lovers over border to Sweden
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Iceland accused of putting mackerel stocks at risk by increasing its catch
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Norwegians are eating less sugar than at any time in the last forty-four years – annual consumption per person has fallen by more than 1kg a year since 2000
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Sweden bomb attacks reach unprecedented level as gangs feud – thirty blasts in the past two months and 100 so far this year
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Swedish mountain loses highest peak title due to global heating – glacier at Kebnekaise's summit has shrunk amid soaring Arctic temperatures
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Gothenburg port in Sweden has installed the country's first automated sobriety check to prevent drivers over the alcohol limit from venturing on to its road network
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Eskilstuna in Sweden launches controversial £21 begging permit
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Breaking up is harder to do in Denmark after divorce law changes
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Mette Frederiksen, Denmark's youngest prime minister, to lead new leftist government
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'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness
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Hunchback of Notre-Dame goes to top of bestseller list after fire
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Sweden's elections: Scandinavian country’s 7.3 million voters go to polls on 9 September. What are the key issues?
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Pastafarianism is not a religion, Dutch court rules: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster follower denied right to wear colander in ID photos.
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