STT to end news services in Finland after 139 years
Finland’s national news agency STT announced on Thursday that it will shut down its news and photo services by the…
Category: Nordics
Finland’s diesel prices hit record high
Diesel prices in Finland reached a record high in October, surging 54.7 percent from a year earlier as the Middle…
Norway awards funds for floating offshore wind projects
Norway’s state-owned enterprise Enova said Friday it has awarded 3.94 billion Norwegian kroner (about 425 million U.S. dollars) to two…
Norway tightens rules for researchers at Arctic station in Svalbard
The Norwegian government earlier this month unveiled an updated strategy for the Ny-Alesund research station in Svalbard, strengthening research coordination…
Finnish architect Alvar Aalto inscribed on UNESCO list
At Paimio Sanatorium in southwestern Finland, long patient wings reach toward the sunlight amid a pine forest, while terraces once…
300 glaciers have disappeared from the American West since the mid‑20th century – the survivors have a few things in common
Andrew Fountain, Portland State University From an airplane, most of the glaciers of the Rocky Mountain West look like small…
Trump declares victory in Greenland, but the deal exposes a deeper crisis of trust
Shannon Brincat, University of the Sunshine Coast and Juan Zahir Naranjo Cáceres, University of the Sunshine Coast US President Donald…
Norway and Canada plan to strengthen defense cooperation in the Arctic
Norway and Canada plan to strengthen defense cooperation, including more joint training exercises and operations in the Arctic, the Norwegian…
How ‘egalitarian’ Sweden became more comfortable with wealth
Håkan Johansson, Lund University and Axel Vikström, Lund University Sweden is imagined as the land of equality, modesty and Jantelagen…
Finland’s new 200-km barrier fence along parts of its border with Russia
Finland on Monday marked the completion of a 200-km barrier fence along parts of its border with Russia, with Interior…