Australia’s democracy has been downgraded from ‘open’ to ‘narrowed’ in the 2019 CIVICUS Monitor report ~news australia politics Article 396 words 9 votes
Art Basel: Maurizio Cattelan's $120,000 banana eaten by artist ~arts art.performance art.conceptual Article 186 words 12 votes
Falcon 9 cargo mission for NASA demonstrated long-duration coast required by US Air Force ~space spaceflight.military Article 294 words 5 votes
Sweden's telecoms giant Ericsson has agreed to pay more than $1bn to resolve allegations of bribery, the US Department of Justice has announced ~finance business Article 317 words 4 votes
Ryanair will stop operating in Nuremberg and Stockholm due to the delayed delivery of the new Boeing 737 Max airplanes ~transport Article 293 words, published Jul 31 2019 6 votes
Apple will reportedly release an iPhone without any ports in 2021 ~tech apple Article 399 words 22 votes
DJMax Respect V will release a PC port in Steam Early Access on December 19, with 161 songs planned for release ~games Article 321 words 6 votes
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said her country would provide four more planes to NATO after holding positive talks with US President ~news denmark politics Article 214 words 6 votes
Radar uncovers the remains of a Viking ship, discovered on a farm near a medieval church at Edøy in Norway ~humanities.history Article 353 words 7 votes
Russia arrests conman who built fake border – the man erected mock border posts and charged four men more than $10,000 to take them to Finland ~news finland crime russia Article 233 words 8 votes
New image of interstellar comet 2l/Borisov offers a close-up view and comparison to the size of Earth ~space Article 245 words, published Nov 26 2019 5 votes
A$AP Rocky told he cannot perform for inmates at his old Swedish jail – national prison board cites logistical and security issues ~music Article 246 words 4 votes
The Church of Sweden has unveiled the country’s first-ever LGBT+ altarpiece and homophobes are very upset about it ~lgbt Article 332 words 11 votes
Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne resigned on Tuesday after a member of the ruling coalition said it had lost confidence in him following a series of disruptive strikes ~news finland politics Article 208 words 7 votes
China threatened Sweden with unspecified counter measures if its culture minister attends a literary award ceremony for Gui Minhai ~books Article 335 words 17 votes
Go grandmaster Lee Se-Dol retires saying artificial intelligence cannot be defeated ~games.tabletop board games Article 334 words 22 votes
Statue of Zlatan Ibrahimovic at Malmö's stadium has been vandalised on the day it was announced he had bought 25% of the shares in Hammarby ~sports.football Article 169 words 3 votes
Amazon doesn’t report its warehouse injury rates — but we have an inside look ~tech amazon Article 204 words 13 votes
Finland launches data security guarantee label – certification symbol serves as a guarantee to consumers that a device's basic information security features are in order ~tech security Article 361 words 12 votes
The Lego Group has acquired BrickLink, the world’s largest online LEGO fan community and marketplace ~hobbies Article 399 words 15 votes
ETH researchers used a 3D printing process to produce complex and highly porous glass objects ~science Article 225 words 5 votes
Norwegian Air is ending some long-haul routes to the US and Thailand from Scandinavia, citing technical issues with the Rolls Royce engines on Boeing 787s and low demand ~transport Article 137 words 4 votes
Pre-Thanksgiving Merger Monday sees over $60 billion in announced deals ~finance business Article 257 words 7 votes
Finland's flag-carrier airline, Finnair, said it has been forced to cancel almost 300 flights amid a nationwide solidarity strike for postal workers ~transport Link 8 votes
Peckish pedestrians in Copenhagen will soon be able to pluck healthy snacks directly from greenery around the city ~food Article 299 words 13 votes
Environmental activist, Greta Thunberg is to appear as one of the Christmas guest editors of Radio 4's Today programme ~enviro Article 371 words 6 votes
Finland is preparing to defend itself against a mysterious activist group threatening to carry out cyberattacks – unless it gets some Bitcoin ~tech security.cyber Article 243 words 7 votes
Google is going to deploy Loon balloons in rural Peru ~tech internet google Article 357 words 9 votes
Thousands flock to Wikipedia founder's 'Facebook rival' ~tech facebook social media Article 329 words 30 votes
Twitter adds 'hide reply' function to try to improve online conversation ~tech social media Article 237 words 7 votes
IKEA staff in Uppsala, Sweden turned up at work to find a fugitive sleeping in the store's bed department ~news sweden.uppsala crime Article 245 words 6 votes
From an Oslo forest comes the Christmas gift Norway gives Britain every year – a towering tree for London's Trafalgar Square ~life Article 207 words 7 votes
Prosecutors in Sweden have dropped an investigation into a rape allegation made against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange in 2010 ~news sweden Article 145 words 8 votes
SoftBank-controlled Yahoo Japan agrees to merge with Line Corp., creating a combined company worth about $30 billion ~tech Article 58 words 7 votes
Legendary signs rights deal with Frank Miller for Sin City TV series; Robert Rodriguez in talks ~tv Article 315 words 6 votes
Oslo studio Metric creates Norway's new banknotes, telling the story of life along Europe's longest coastline ~design Article 283 words 6 votes
Finland beat Liechtenstein 3–0 in Helsinki to book a place at Euro 2020 and reach the finals of a tournament for the first time in the country's history ~sports.football Article 256 words 5 votes
What half of iPhone users don’t know about their privacy ~tech apple privacy Article 362 words 18 votes
Suicide rates fall among LGBT+ community in Sweden and Denmark – reduced stigma for minorities is likely driving the drop, the report said ~lgbt Article 387 words 11 votes
‘The Witcher’ renewed for eight-episode Season 2 at Netflix ahead of series premiere ~tv Article 236 words 10 votes
Human Head close, immediately reform under Bethesda as Roundhouse Studios ~games Article 376 words 3 votes
Introducing Basecamp Personal - A completely free Basecamp plan designed specifically for freelancers, students, families, and personal projects ~tech Article 380 words 5 votes