OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s high school graduates should refrain from running naked across bridges and having sex on roundabouts lest they give drivers “too much of a surprise”, the national transport regulator said on Wednesday. Norway’s annual post-graduation ... More »
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s foreign minister said her government was discussing whether to ask Washington to extend the stay of U.S. Marines in the country, a presence that has irked neighbouring Russia. Some 330 Marines are scheduled to stay until the end of 20... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – A satellite company wants to bring reliable internet to airline passengers worldwide. But some investors don’t seem to be buying it. Inmarsat’s mission to bring wi-fi to passenger jets did instill great faith in some fund managers. But compe... More »
A 5G sign is seen during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman BARCELONA (Reuters) – The telecoms world is gearing up for 5G, the next generation wireless technology that promises to go beyond phones and link up e... More »
A visitor walks past a mobile mast with an Audi lunar exploration vehicle, a simulation of a Vodafone project to install a 4G mobile phone network on the moon in 2019, during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman ... More »
The entrance to the international gene bank Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) is pictured outside Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen, Norway, February 29, 2016. REUTERS/Heiko Junge/NTB Scanpix OSLO (Reuters) – Norway plans to spend 100 million Norwegian crowns ($13 m... More »
FILE PHOTO: The sign for Sweden’s central bank is pictured in Stockholm, Sweden, August 12, 2016. REUTERS/Violette Goarant STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – One of the Swedish central bank’s most hawkish rate-setters, Deputy Governor Martin Floden, has had his mandate ext... More »
Alpine Skiing – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Women’s Slalom – Yongpyong Alpine Centre – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 16, 2018 – Frida Hansdotter of Sweden reacts during the victory ceremony. REUTERS/Mike Segar PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – ... More »
Alpine Skiing – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Women’s Slalom – Yongpyong Alpine Centre – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 16, 2018 – Frida Hansdotter of Sweden celebrates. REUTERS/Mike Segar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Cl... More »
FILE PHOTO: Volunteers for the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games walk in Pyeongchang, South Korea, January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Egg sandwiches. Bacon and eggs. Egg salad. Eggs on toast. Scrambled e... More »
FILE PHOTO: Nokian tyres are on display at the “Krepost” Toyota dealership in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia August 8, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin/File Photo HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish police plan to launch a criminal investigation into options tr... More »
Handball – Men’s EHF European Handball Championship – Final – Spain v Sweden – Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia – January 28, 2018. Spain’s team reacts after winning the match. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic ZAGREB (Reuters) – A rampant Spain lifted their first European ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Atlas Copco company logo is pictured at the “Bauma” Trade Fair for Construction, Building Material and Mining Machines and Construction Vehicles and Equipment in Munich, southern Germany, April 11, 2016. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo STOCKHOL... More »
FILE PHOTO: Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont attends a meeting with his party ‘Junts per Catalunya’ parliament group in Brussels, Belgium January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (Reuters) – Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia, arrived on... More »
Sets of Lego bricks are seen at a toy store in Bonn, Germany, September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay BEIJING/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish toymaker Lego is teaming up with Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) to jointly develop online game... More »
FILE PHOTO: Santas from Sweden (R) and Russia race on their sleighs pulled by reindeers during a competition in the Santa Claus Wintergames in northern Swedish town of Gallivare, November 20, 2005. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski/File Photo STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swed... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – While most musicians seek to avoid a frosty reception at concerts, for Norwegian composer and performer Terje Isungset a chilly feeling is nothing to fear: he performs with instruments he makes himself out of ice. A recent performance at Lon... More »
Alpine Skiing – FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men’s Alpine Giant Slalom – Alta Badia, Italy – December 17, 2017 – Austria’s Marcel Hirscher celebrates after winning the Men’s Giant Slalom. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini ALTA BADIA, Italy (Reuters) – Austrian Marce... More »
Arla FoodÕs milk powder is stacked in a supermarket in Copenhagen, Denmark December 15, 2017. REUTERS/Julie Astrid Thomsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Following a string of food safety scandals, Chinese tourists visiting Copenhagen have this year stocked up on Dani... More »
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish lawmakers narrowly voted on Friday to let grocery stores sell stronger alcoholic drinks, after months of public debate pitting supporters of drinker’s rights against health campaigners. Shops will be able to sell drinks with an alc... More »
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk came closer to winning European approval for diabetes drug Ozempic, its biggest growth prospect, when a European Medicines Agency (EMA) experts’ panel issued a positive recommendation on Friday. The once-wee... More »
A waitress poses with some coins in front of a cash-box of Danish crowns in a pub in Copenhagen, January 22, 2015. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Introducing a digital version of the Danish crown currency would pose risks to financial stability w... More »
COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) – Activist hedge fund Primestone Capital on Wednesday urged U.S. cleaning equipment company Tennant and Danish peer Nilfisk to consider merging after building up minority stakes in both firms. “Primestone Capital owns more than 5 pe... More »
A painting by Australian born artist Ralph Heimans of Britain’s Duke of Edinburgh, London, Britain, December 10, 2017. Ralph Heimans/Buckingham Palace handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Buckingham Palace released on Monday a new portrait of Prince Philip, ... More »
Formula One – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – November 26, 2017 Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas celebrates with the trophy after winning the race REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Valtteri Bottas won the Abu ... More »
The first mass-delivered bread made of insects are seen at the Finnish food company Fazer bakery in Helsinki, Finland November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Attila Cser HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish bakery and food service company Fazer launched on Thursday what it said wa... More »
An employee works inside an office of Rovio, the company which created the video game Angry Birds, in Shanghai June 20, 2012. REUTERS/Aly Song/Files HELSINKI (Reuters) – Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment (ROVIO.HE) fell short of market expectations for qua... More »
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish police reprimanded a man for traveling in a car boot to hide his meeting with Prime Minister Juha Sipila during a government crisis last summer, saying this was breach of the traffic code. A police statement did not name the man in... More »
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish police reprimanded a man for traveling in a car boot to hide his meeting with Prime Minister Juha Sipila during a government crisis last summer, saying this was breach of the traffic code. A police statement did not name the man in... More »
Italian football boss Carlo Tavecchio said recently that failure to qualify for the World Cup would be the apocalypse and his worst fears came true on Monday as they missed out on the finals for the first time in 60 years. More »
Finland's Terrafame nickel mine is planning to start producing material for electric vehicle batteries by 2020, the company said on Friday. More »
Communications chipmaker Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O) is planning to unveil a bid for smartphone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) by Monday, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, an attempt to create a roughly $200-billion company through the bigg... More »
Finnish game studio Next Games said on Friday it will launch a new augmented reality smartphone game in the coming months based on AMC Networks' hit TV show "Walking Dead". More »
Mercedes won the Formula One constructors' title for the fourth year in a row on Sunday but Lewis Hamilton was made to wait despite cruising to a U.S. Grand Prix victory at one of his favorite circuits. More »
Uber said on Monday it would suspend its unlicensed service UberPOP in Oslo until Norway introduces new rules, as the U.S. ride-hailing app adopts a more conciliatory tone with national authorities. More »
A trio of Swiss, American and British scientists won the 2017 Nobel chemistry prize on Wednesday for developing cryo-electron microscopy, allowing researchers to see biological molecules frozen in action. More »
Three U.S. scientists won the 2017 Nobel prize for physics on Tuesday for opening up a new era of astronomy by detecting gravitational waves, ripples in space and time foreseen by Albert Einstein a century ago. More »
U.S. scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young won the 2017 Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for unraveling molecular mechanisms that control our internal body clocks. More »
Formula One title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel should both be wary of resurgent Red Bull after Max Verstappen's victory in Malaysia at the weekend. More »
Denmark's business minister was meeting financial technology firms in London on Friday as part of a two-day drive to lure them from Britain after Brexit. More »
Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment's shares got off to a flying start on the Finnish firm's stock market debut. More »
Smartphone component maker Fingerprint Cards (FINGb.ST) (FPC) warned revenue would be far below market estimates in the third quarter as the industry switches to cheaper user-recognition technology, sending its shares tumbling 22 percent. More »
Nokia (NOKIA.HE) will start to book additional revenue from the current quarter after a ruling by an arbitration court on payments from South Korea's LG Electronics (066570.KS) for using its smartphone patents. More »
New York police and a host of federal agencies are preparing for the annual traffic and security nightmare known as the United Nations General Assembly, featuring a week of speeches by U.S. President Donald Trump and a parade of other dignitaries. More »
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd named H Lundbeck A/S Chief Executive Kare Schultz as its new CEO and president on Monday, as it struggles with heavy debts and fierce competition for its generic drugs in the United States. More »
Norwegians will go to the polls for a final day of voting on Monday in a parliamentary election that remains too close to call between Prime Minister Erna Solberg's center-right bloc and the center-left opposition headed by the Labour Party. More »
Rafa Nadal has long been king of the Paris clay but he was just as dominant on New York hardcourt on Sunday as he collected grand slam title number 16 with a clinical demolition of Kevin Anderson in the U.S. Open final. More »
Belonging to a generation of era-defining champions is of greater importance to Spanish juggernaut Rafa Nadal than his long-term rivalry with Roger Federer. More »
Rafa Nadal is hungrier than Roger Federer and is likely to overhaul his Swiss rival's grand slam title tally to become the most decorated player ever, according to former world number one Mats Wilander. More »
Carlsberg (CARLb.CO) is keen on expanding its stake in Habeco BHN.HM, one of Vietnam's biggest brewers, to at least 51 percent, a local news website reported, citing a Habeco executive. More »
Toymaker Lego announced plans to lay off 8 percent of its workforce as it reported a 5 percent fall in mid-year revenue. More »
The maker of hit mobile phone game "Angry Birds" is planning an initial public offering to raise around 30 million euros ($36 million) and potentially use its shares to make acquisitions. More »
Roger Federer crushed Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4 6-2 7-5 to ease into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open and remain on a collision course for a semi-final showdown with Rafa Nadal. More »
The film "Borg McEnroe", which traces the fierce rivalry between tennis greats Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe on and off the court, premiered in Swedish capital Stockholm on Monday. More »
Novo Nordisk said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an expanded use of its diabetes drug to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke. More »
Danish biotech company Bavarian Nordic expects to get its first milestone payment under a deal with Janssen Pharmaceuticals in 2019, if clinical trials for vaccines targeting hepatitis B and HIV-1 get underway next year, a company executive said. More »
Spotify said on Thursday it has renewed its global licensing partnership with a third major label, Warner Music Inc, the last big music royalty deal it needs before pushing ahead with a U.S. stock market listing. More »
William Demant, the world's largest producer of hearing aids, said it could start producing cheaper over-the-counter hearing devices for the U.S. market if demand rises sharply once new legislation comes into effect. More »
Annika Sorenstam has said using one of her captain’s picks on Anna Nordqvist is a 'no-brainer' for the European team's clash with the United States in this month's Solheim Cup. More »
FILE PHOTO: Headphones are seen in front of a logo of online music streaming service Spotify in this February 18, 2014 illustration picture. Spotify now has 60 million paying subscribers, adding 10 million subscribers in less than five months, a spokeswoman fo... More »
People dressed as Santa Claus take take part in the World Santa Claus Congress, an annual event held every summer at the amusement park Dyrehavsbakken, in Copenhagen. Scanpix Denmark/Nikolai Linares/via REUTERS It’s summertime in Denmark but Santas from around... More »
F1 – Formula One – British Grand Prix 2017 – Silverstone, Britain – July 16, 2017 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates his win on the podium Lewis Hamilton won his home British Grand Prix for the fourth year in a row on Sunday while a penultimate-lap puncture s... More »
F1 – Formula One – British Grand Prix 2017 – Silverstone, Britain – July 16, 2017 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates his win with Valtteri Bottas (R), Billy Monger (L) and his team Keeping Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes next season looks an obvious decision but ... More »
FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the rift in the Larsen C seen in an image from the Digital Mapping System over the Antarctica Peninsula, Antarctica, on November 10, 2016. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Handout via One of the biggest icebergs on record has br... More »
FILE PHOTO – Filled oil drums are seen at Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s lubricants blending plant in the town of Torzhok, north-west of Tver, November 7, 2014. Royal Dutch Shell is to sell its 45 percent stake in the Corrib gas venture to a subsidiary of Canada Pens... More »
Traders work in front of the German share price index, DAX board, at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Staff/Remote European stocks edged higher on Monday, with banks and utilities the strongest sectors, as mergers and acquisition... More »
FILE PHOTO: Containers from China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) are pictured at a port in Shanghai, China, February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo COSCO Shipping Holdings Co Ltd (601919.SS) has offered to buy Orient Overseas International Ltd (OOIL) (0... More »
FILE PHOTO: Empty Maersk shipping containers are seen stacked at Peel Ports container terminal in Liverpool northern England, December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo Maersk said it was too early to predict the financial impact of last month’s global Pe... More »
A Nokia logo is seen at the company’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland, May 5, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins Telecoms network equipment maker Nokia and Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Technology have signed a patent licensing agreement, the companies said on Wednes... More »
Ericsson Chairman of the board Leif Johansson presents Borje Ekholm as the new CEO for the Swedish telecom company Ericsson during a press conference at the company’s headquarters in Kista, Stockholm, Sweden October 26, 2016. TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson/... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Volvo logo is pictured on the stand during the 87th International Motor Show at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo Geely-owned Volvo Car Group said on Wednesday all new models launched from 2019 will... More »
Sailing – America’s Cup finals – Hamilton, Bermuda – June 25, 2017 – Emirates Team New Zealand speeds towards the finish line to win race eight over Oracle Team USA in America’s Cup finals . REUTERS/Mike Segar New Zealand flew to the edge of America’s Cup vict... More »
FILE PHOTO: Military police officers at the scene of a deadly shooting in Vihti, Finland June 18, 2016. Lehtikuva/Roni Rekomaa/via REUTERS/File Photo The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (SUPO) raised its threat level on Wednesday, saying it had become aw... More »
Newley-elected chairman of the Finns Party and Member of the European Parliament Jussi Halla-aho delivers his speech at the Finns Party congress in Jyvaskyla, Finland June 11, 2017. LEHTIKUVA/Jussi Nukari via REUTERS Heads of the three co-ruling Finnish partie... More »
H&M Foundation Global Manager Diana Amini poses with portraits of women on its Foundation 500 list of female entrepreneurs in emerging markets in Stockholm, Sweden, June 2, 2017. Picture taken June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Anna Ringstrom From a Peruvian trout farm man... More »
FILE PHOTO: Singer Bob Dylan performs during a segment honoring Director Martin Scorsese, recipient of the Music+ Film Award, at the 17th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles, USA, January 12, 2012. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Nobel prizewin... More »
Visitors taste Pisner beer at the Norrebro Bryghus in Hedehusene, Denmark, May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Julie Astrid Thomsen A Danish brewery is drawing on 50,000 liters of urine collected from the largest music festival in Northern Europe in producing a novelty beer ... More »
Headquarters of Finnish telecommunication network company Nokia are pictured in Espoo, Finland August 4, 2016. Lehtikuva/Irene Stachon/via REUTERS Finnish network equipment maker Nokia reported on Thursday a slowing rate of sales decline, saying the global net... More »
FILE PHOTO: The last surviving male northern white rhino named ‘Sudan’ grazes at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia national park, Kenya June 14, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Like many guys using the Tinder dating app, Sudan loves the outdoors and trave... More »
FILE PHOTO: Finland’s co-ruling Finns party politician Sampo Terho speaks during a news conference in Helsinki, Finland March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Tuomas Forsell Finland’s exit from the euro zone is possible and even likely in the future, euroskeptic lawmaker Samp... More »
Members from the pro-democracy Civic Party carry a portrait of Gui Minhai (L) and Lee Bo during a protest outside the Chinese Liaison Office in Hong Kong, China January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip A bookseller detained in China for publishing books on the pers... More »
Sweden’s girl with the dragon tattoo is heading back to bookstores in a fifth thriller about the troubled computer hacker Lisbeth Salander created by the late novelist Stieg Larsson, publishers said on Tuesday. More »
Wrapped warmly against the cold, a group of runners set off for the barren white landscape for one very cool race – the North Pole Marathon. More »
A Krafla geothermal power plant is seen in Reykjahlid, Iceland, September 19, 2015. REUTERS/Lefteris Karagiannopoulos Scientists will study the possibility of producing geothermal energy from magma for the first time, in a $100 million project in Iceland, whic... More »
FILE PHOTO – A satellite antenna is seen on the roof of the Norwegian Airways Boening 737-800 at Berlin Schoenefeld Airport, Germany, April 2, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski/File Photo Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (NWC.OL) will launch nonstop transatlantic flight... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. musician Bob Dylan performs during on day 2 of The Hop Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent on June 30th 2012. REUTERS/Ki Price/File photo Bob Dylan got the Nobel Literature prize-giving he wished for on Saturday, a Swedish broadcaster reported, fin... More »
FILE PHOTO: Rock musician Bob Dylan performs at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, U.S., May 5, 2004. REUTERS/Rob Galbraith/File Photo Details of Bob Dylan’s receipt of his Nobel literature prize were being kept under close wraps on Saturday leaving those wan... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. musician Bob Dylan performs during day 2 of The Hop Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent on June 30th 2012. REUTERS/Ki Price/File photo Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will receive his Nobel Literature Prize diploma and medal in the next few days in Sto... More »
Choi Soon-sil, a long-time friend of South Korean President Park Geun-hye who is at the center of the South Korean political scandal involving Park, arrives for her first court hearing in Seoul, South Korea, December 19, 2016. Korea Pool/via REUTERS Denmark wi... More »
The Finnish government on Friday said it will join several other European Union states in bidding to become the new home of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) once Britain leaves the EU. More »
Formula One – F1 – Test session – Barcelona-Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, Spain – 9/3/17. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in action. REUTERS/Albert Gea Last season was the one that got away for Lewis Hamilton and the triple Formula One world champion is not prepar... More »
Team by team prospects for the Formula One season starting in Melbourne on March 26, listed in 2016 championship order. The numbers are those the drivers have selected for the duration of their grand prix careers: More »
Marcus Samuelsson, Chef and Restaurateur, Marcus Samuelsson Group and Maya Samuelsson arrive for the state dinner in honor of the Nordic Summit at the White House in Washington, May 13, 2016. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert Lien Tan More »
Formula One has undergone major rule changes, with wider cars and fatter tyres providing a new look and bigger challenge. More »
The Finns candidate Jussi Halla-aho speaks at the European Parliament election event in Helsinki, May 25, 2014. REUTERS/Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva A front-runner in the race to lead Finland’s second-biggest political party told national media on Tuesday that he wo... More »
FILE PHOTO: An undated NASA illustration shows Arctic sea ice at a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second straight year, according to scientists at the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA. NASA/Goddard’s Scientific Vi... More »
Formula One – F1 – Test session – Barcelona-Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, Spain – 8/3/17. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas in action. REUTERS/Albert Gea New signing Valtteri Bottas put champions Mercedes on top of the timesheets on Wednesday with the fastest lap s... More »
A technician holds a test tube with a blood sample at the Russian anti-doping laboratory in Moscow. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin The track and field circuit wants Russia to eradicate doping so the country’s athletes can return to action in full force, the head of ... More »
Formula One – F1 – Test session – Barcelona-Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, Spain – 28/02/17. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen in action. REUTERS/Albert Gea Kimi Raikkonen put Ferrari on top of the timesheets after the second day of Formula One’s pre-season testing o... More »
Britain Soccer Football – Southampton v Manchester United – EFL Cup Final – Wembley Stadium – 26/2/17 Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney celebrates with team mates at the end of the match Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine Livepic Manchester United’s Zlatan... More »
