Denmark's Maersk buys Panama Canal railway – deal loosens US control of train link at a time when Donald Trump is seeking to ‘take back’ trade waterway ~transport Link 14 votes
Why Denmark's Søstrene Grene is betting on the UK High Street – family-owned homeware chain is targeting 100 stores by 2027 as it launches flagship in London ~finance business Link 10 votes
From polar night to midnight sun, Finland's deep connection with light and dark has inspired a century of pioneering lamp designs ~design architecture Link 9 votes
Swedish companies join forces to steer children away from gang crime – dozens of big businesses from IKEA to Spotify back youth job initiatives as country grapples with epidemic of violence ~life work education Link 24 votes
Norway's sovereign wealth fund should let other institutions and perhaps even ordinary people invest in the fund ~finance Link 12 votes
Dungeons & Dragons shows that modish guff doesn’t serve diversity and inclusion ~games.tabletop dungeons and dragons Link 25 votes
Yrityskylä is a ten-lesson programme where Finnish sixth graders learn how business, the economy and society work as well as how to apply for a job ~finance economics business Article 1329 words, published Jan 6 2025 10 votes
A review of the Lego Mini Chef restaurant in Denmark – in which a meal prepared by tiny plastic people sparks a revelation about hospitality ~food restaurants Link 12 votes
‘Mild’ tofu, ‘mild’ carrots, ‘mild’ pine nuts: my five-year quest to understand German taste ~food Link 30 votes
Amazon buys stake in nuclear energy developer in push to power data centres ~enviro energy Link 18 votes
Following a family mystery to Iceland's remotest village – in his grandfather's footsteps, Oliver Smith heads to a tiny off-grid community at the tip of the Hornstrandir peninsula ~travel Link 9 votes
Southern Water, serving 4.7mn UK customers, in discussions with private supplier to tanker water from Norwegian fjords to mitigate against potential supply shortages and drought ~enviro Article 727 words 11 votes
Google and Meta struck secret ads deal to target teenagers ~tech google internet social media Link 61 votes
Mediterranean ports warn of overflowing storage yards in latest threat to supply chain ~transport Link 9 votes
The life-ruining power of routines: Habits don’t lead to personal optimisation. They lead to suffering. ~life work.remote Link 32 votes
(Former Morgan Stanley chair) Stephen Roach: It pains me to say Hong Kong is over ~finance economics Article 772 words 17 votes
Fundamental questions about ovaries may unlock longer human lifespan. Philanthropist Nicole Shanahan is spending to find answers. ~health medicine Link 15 votes
Plant-based spread maker tries move into paper-based tubs ~enviro plastics recycling sustainability Link 13 votes
Lars Aagaard, Danish climate minister, says farmers deserving most success on the European market should be those who emit the least carbon per tonne of food produced ~enviro climate change Link 18 votes
Welcome to Norway, the world's most unlikely wine hotspot – in Oslo, there are weeks-long campouts to secure top burgundies. What's going on? ~food drinks Article 290 words 14 votes
Norway has a chance to transform climate finance – the country's windfall from the energy crisis should be used to underwrite investments in developing countries ~enviro climate change Article 290 words 17 votes
Centene to sell GP clinics and hospitals in exit from UK market ~health healthcare Article 290 words 14 votes
Apollo sued over $570m tax payout to top US executives. Pension fund says windfall for private equity titans is unjustified. ~finance Article 290 words 9 votes
Anti-corruption candidate wins Guatemala presidency in landslide ~news guatemala politics Article 290 words 17 votes
White House unveils ban on US investment in Chinese tech sectors linked to the military ~tech Article 599 words 41 votes
Architects trying to make Denmark carbon-neutral – Copenhagen hosts 2023 World Congress of Architects, displaying experimental structures that could decarbonise housing ~design architecture Article 290 words 9 votes
Facebook owner Meta hit with record €1.2bn fine over EU-US data transfers ~tech social media facebook Article 290 words 22 votes
Norway's $1.4tn wealth fund calls for state regulation of AI – Nicolai Tangen says fund will set guidelines for companies it invests in on ethical use of AI ~tech Article 290 words 4 votes
Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI ~games.tabletop board games Article 676 words 8 votes
Liz Truss's UK growth plan is nothing but a magic potion ~finance economics Article 766 words 11 votes
EDF rules out extension of nuclear plant to secure UK winter supplies ~enviro energy Article 716 words 8 votes
Northvolt and Norsk Hydro will take their battery recycling joint venture to Europe later this year after the Swedish start-up opened their first plant in Norway ~tech Link 5 votes
The inside story of the Pfizer vaccine: A 'once-in-an-epoch windfall' ~health medicine Article 4765 words 6 votes
UK declares China in breach of 1984 Hong Kong declaration ~news china united kingdom law hong kong politics Link 19 votes
Seeking to capitalize on a growing population that is increasingly less poor, American and Chinese tech giants clash in Africa ~tech Link 5 votes