Finnish pupils in Riihimaki headed back to school with backpacks full of books after a decade of state-backed promotion of laptops and other digital devices in the classroom education Article 559 words 7 votes
Germany ends ban on dual citizenship and reduces the number of years of residency required for naturalisation work Article 439 words 22 votes
Finland has finished inventorying its existing bomb shelters in a government effort prompted by neighbouring Russia's invasion of Ukraine – found 50,500 Article 329 words 22 votes
India police detain students gathered to watch BBC documentary on Narendra Modi education Article 670 words 8 votes
Christmas in danger as Santa's Lapland home feels pandemic chill – flocks of tourists who usually start to make merry in Rovaniemi at this time of year cannot enter the country Article 345 words 5 votes
Sales of sex toys in Denmark have more than doubled after Danes were told to stay at home to limit the spread of the coronavirus Article 329 words 20 votes
Finland's woman-led center-left government plans to nearly double the length of paternity leave to give new fathers the same amount of paid time off work as new mothers parenting family Article 178 words 16 votes
From an Oslo forest comes the Christmas gift Norway gives Britain every year – a towering tree for London's Trafalgar Square Article 207 words 7 votes