Recordings by biologist Heike Vester reveal how oil and gas exploration as well as cruises, fishing boats and even whale-watchers are creating noise pollution that threatens return of Norway's whales ~enviro pollution.noise Article 1105 words 6 votes
Trine Hahnemann's recipe for Danish-style Christmas roast duck – a spice-laden Scandi alternative to the traditional turkey ~food recipes meat Article 604 words 6 votes
Jakob Ingebrigtsen's father will stand trial next year on charges that include abusing the double Olympic champion and threatening to “beat him to death” ~sports Article 483 words 6 votes
Amazon workers in twenty countries to protest or strike on Black Friday November 29 ~life work Article 773 words 36 votes
Norway launches Jon Fosse prize for literary translators – aims to celebrate the work of an overlooked and underpaid profession facing an existential threat from AI ~books literature libraries.national Article 573 words 17 votes
Anxious Finns are learning how to survive in the wild in preparation for an invasion by their hostile neighbour – meet the women training for war with Russia ~life.women Article 1663 words 14 votes
Netflix documentary about oceans and endangered species narrated by Barack Obama ~tv reviews Article 679 words 16 votes
China and India should not be called developing countries, several Cop29 delegates say ~enviro climate change Article 960 words 14 votes
Bladee's party lifestyle almost ended in disaster. Now, after a spell working in a shampoo factory, Sweden's dark teen icon is back with a furious and euphoric new sound. ~music pop.experimental Article 1441 words 13 votes
As 4B takes the world by storm, South Korea is grappling with a backlash against feminism ~life.women Article 885 words 28 votes
Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts ~tech social media Article 518 words 53 votes
Iran announces ‘treatment clinic’ for women who defy strict hijab laws ~humanities religion Article 485 words 12 votes
Viktor Gyökeres' drive and character show he can stay at the elite level – forward is scoring freely for club and country, and will surely be a target for Rúben Amorim at Manchester United ~sports.football Article 1013 words 2 votes
Paternity leaves in Finland have nearly doubled in length after a 2022 reform of the parental leave system, the social benefits agency has said ~life.men Article 318 words 13 votes
Iceland's president urged to intervene over Europe's last whaler – conservation groups are asking for the decision to allow Hvalur to hunt to be put on hold until after election ~enviro conservation Article 563 words 5 votes
The Swedish photographer capturing the vanishing glaciers – Christian Åslund was shocked at the difference between what he saw in 2002 and what confronted him this summer ~enviro climate change Article 719 words 5 votes
The boy who kicked the hornets' nest – Stieg Larsson's double life as an anti-far right activist in Sweden ~books fiction Article 1525 words 13 votes
Gridlock: why it can take eleven years to connect solar farms to the UK network ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1223 words 8 votes
The world's most feminist city – how Umeå in Sweden became an idyll for women ~life.women Article 2179 words, published Oct 30 2024 7 votes
One year on, we know this: Sweden's trade unions are more than a match for Elon Musk ~finance business Article 942 words 35 votes
Finland exports snow-saving mats to ski resorts hit by climate crisis – preserving previous year's snow for start of season can combat increasingly unpredictable winters ~hobbies Article 834 words 11 votes
The Strava problem: how the fitness app was used to locate the world’s most powerful people ~tech privacy Article 457 words 20 votes
Sweden abolishes tax on plastic bags despite warnings usage could rise – centre-right coalition government says consumption already below EU target ~enviro pollution plastics Article 572 words 10 votes
‘I grew up with it’: readers on the enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel ~tech microsoft Article 775 words 27 votes
Thomas Frank has emerged as an early favourite to succeed Erik ten Hag as the Manchester United manager after the Dutchman was sacked on Monday ~sports.football Article 568 words 3 votes
Newly published collection - Letters by Oliver Sacks – provides valuable insight into a curious mind ~books reviews Article 1070 words 16 votes
Sucks to be him! How Henry the vacuum cleaner became an accidental design icon. ~design Article 3455 words, published Jul 24 2021 22 votes
More details have emerged from the Lucy Letby infant murder inquiry in the UK: ‘cold’ character, missed opportunities and staff shortages ~health healthcare Article 2244 words 8 votes
Norway is to enforce a strict minimum age limit on social media of fifteen as the government ramped up its campaign against tech companies it says are “pitted against small children's brains” ~tech social media Article 508 words 32 votes
Navajo code talker who helped allies win Second World War dies aged 107 ~humanities.history Article 539 words 30 votes
Karl Ove Knausgård on the magic of Ursula K LeGuin, returning to Virginia Woolf, and the insight of Jorge Luis Borges ~books Article 890 words 13 votes
Three years in the wild: how a fugitive father has hidden his children for so long ~life family parenting Article 1083 words 15 votes
Natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland's ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035 – but now, the land has started emitting more greenhouse gases than it stores ~enviro climate change Article 1679 words 17 votes
The Place of Tides by James Rebanks review – a warming tale of gathering eiderdown in Norway ~books reviews nonfiction Article 525 words 2 votes
Dramatic images show the first floods in the Sahara in half a century ~enviro climate change Article 379 words 10 votes
‘It’s like, wow. I was really deranged’: stars and repentant stans on the terror of toxic fandom ~music pop Article 1789 words 13 votes
Danish family seek to return Etruscan objects to Italy – Bent Søndergaard's children say they want to carry out ‘his final wishes’ and send back antiquities he bought in 1960s ~humanities.history Article 594 words 8 votes
Iceland's famous music venues swallowed by tourism – thriving music scene that gave world Björk, Sigur Rós and Ólafur Arnald under threat from Reykjavík's popularity ~music Article 752 words 6 votes
When is it time for an older doctor to hang up their stethoscope? We owe it to their patients to get it right. ~health healthcare Article 995 words 14 votes
Satu Rämö has caused a publishing sensation across Europe – all thanks to her novels about Hildur, a mindful cop who solves murders with her needle-clacking sidekick ~books fiction.crime Article 1521 words 5 votes
‘I’ve dealt with anti-hillbilly bigotry all my life’: Barbara Kingsolver on JD Vance, the real Appalachia and why Demon Copperhead was such a hit ~books Article 3076 words 19 votes
The blogosphere is in full bloom. The rest of the internet has wilted. ~tech internet social media Article 845 words 27 votes
Botanists identify thirty-three global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants ~enviro Article 654 words 16 votes
At least sixty-four dead and millions without power after hurricane Helene devastates south-eastern US states with landslides and flooding, washing away roads and bridges ~enviro Article 700 words 61 votes
Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border ~enviro climate change Article 399 words 11 votes