We want to define the characteristics and techniques of Leadership-the Scandinavian way http://www.scandinavianleadership.com Iceland’s TM Software ehf. has been selling its high tech products over the internet to some of the biggest financial institutions in the world. TM Software has sold its own timekeeping and workbook accounting system in 38 different countries, including to many big corporations and institutions. Among the customers to date are both the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Bank – and the New York Stock Exchange and the microchip giant, Intel are both currently using evaluation versions of the software. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5278 SEBASTIAN JENSEN Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:16:00 GMT Business Saturday, July 31, 2010 Lordi is a Finnish hard rock band formed by the bands lead singer, songwriter and costume-designer, Mr. Lordi. The band is known for wearing monster masks and using pyrotechnics during concerts. Lordi made history in 2006 by winning the Eurovision Song Contest with a record 292 points, becoming the first Finnish band to win the contest. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5280 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:36:00 GMT Culture Friday, July 30, 2010 Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein on Wednesday (28 July) agreed to donate €1.79 billion to the EU's poorer southern and eastern members in the coming five years for green projects, labour rights, research and human resources, a top-up of 22 percent compared to the previous period. Norway provides 97 percent of the funding, amounting to €1.73 billion. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5277 SNOFRID THOMSON Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:17:00 GMT Politics Friday, July 30, 2010 The award-winning Finnish documentary film 'Steam of Life' (Miesten vuoro) has been chosen to be showcased at the DocuWeeks event held in the United States. DocuWeeks is a public theatrical exhibition of new documentary films, where all the showcased films have a chance to be selected as Oscar nominees. Steam of Life has received acclaim in several international competitions for instance in Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Pärnu and at the Silverdocs festival in the United States. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5275 SEBASTIAN JENSEN Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:13:00 GMT Culture Thursday, July 29, 2010 Skype originated in Denmark. Even though it comes as a surprise for many people outside the industry, Denmark is in fact a small nation at the cutting edge of modern information technology. In 2009 Denmark was ranked as a world leader in e-readiness and usage of Information Technology (IT), both by The World Economic Forum and by IBM/Economist. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5276 SNOFRID THOMSON Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:19:00 GMT Business Thursday, July 29, 2010 Sweden's Per Olov Enquist, a prolific writer of historical novels and one of the country's most famous authors, was awarded Austria's State Prize for European Literature late on Sunday(25th July). "Accuracy and mastership define Enquist's diverse and rich literary oeuvre, which seems to have been written effortlessly and which involves the reader in a unique way in stories that he can tell like no other, somewhere between fiction, reportage, essay and autobiography," Schmied said. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5271 SNOFRID THOMSON Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:46:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Three major Finnish banks that took part in the European Union stress exercise test for the banking sector, achieved good results. The Finnish participants included OP-Pohjola group, Nordea bank group and Sampo Bank. In Finland the calculations and tests were conducted by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority. The Finnish banks’ capital adequacy and resilience to risks were considered strong, which means that no special measures are necessary for ensuring the stability of the banking sector in Finland. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5274 EMIL ANDERSEN Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:36:00 GMT Business Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Pippi Longstocking by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren has been named among the top 100 books of all time in a major survey of 100 eminent writers from 54 countries and released by the Norwegian Book Clubs. "These are books that have had a decisive impact on the cultural history of the world and also left an individual mark on the authors own thinking and imagination," the Norwegian Book Clubs explained in a statement. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5272 SEBASTIAN JENSEN Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:20:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Expert in environmental and industrial measurement, Vaisala will deliver a hydrological forecasting system for the Pärnu River basin in Estonia. The project is carried out in cooperation with the Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute and Tallinn Technical University. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5273 ARJAN NIELSEN Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:56:00 GMT Science Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Sweden’s Carl Pettersson captured the US PGA Canadian Open title on Sunday, firing six birdies in eight holes to overtake American Dean Wilson for a one-stroke triumph. Pettersson, coming off a tournament-record 60 in Saturday’s third round, fired a three-under par 67 Sunday to complete 72 holes on 14-under 266 and defeat Wilson, the leader by four strokes when the day began. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5270 SARAH THOMAS Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:17:00 GMT Sports Monday, July 26, 2010 Swedish golfer Richard S. Johnson claimed his second European Tour title after sinking a monster putt to avoid a playoff at his home Scandinavian Masters on Sunday, making a birdie at the last hole to shoot a 1-under 71 in the final round and finish a stroke clear of Argentina's Rafa Echenique. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5269 OLIVER LINDE Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:16:00 GMT Sports Monday, July 26, 2010 Leading global travel guide, Lonely Planet recently announced Iceland as a top summer travel destination for August. Lonely Planet is encouraging travellers to visit the land of fire and ice as ‘there really has never been a better time’ to go. Lonely Planet, in particular recommends Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik, describing it as the perfect location for those wishing to enjoy ‘endless’ summer evenings. The travel guide also acknowledges Iceland’s great summer weather, explaining how the country blossoms after hibernating for half the year. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5266 ARJAN NIELSEN Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:06:00 GMT Business Sunday, July 25, 2010 Results from a new scientific report show Norway was the country most dedicated to minimizing carbon emissions in built environments in 2009. The report, published and written by Professor Yvonne Rydin, co-director of the University College London's Environment Institute, is based on data from the International Energy Agency (IEA). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5265 MEGAN Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:43:00 GMT Science Sunday, July 25, 2010 According to EPA and Eurostat figures, Denmark recycles 42% of its waste and burns 54% in heat and power stations. The US, by comparison, recycles 33% while only 13% is used in waste-to-energy incinerators. The majority of US trash (54%)ends up in landfills, compared to only 4% in Denmark. Denmark’s state-owned garbage burning power plants are also newer and more state-of-the-art than America’s privately owned pay-to-burn incinerators. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5267 SEBASTIAN JENSEN Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:40:00 GMT Science Saturday, July 24, 2010 Ole Christensen Rømer or Roemer was a Danish astronomer who in 1676 made the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light. Roemer effectively realized nearly all our modern instruments of precision, and accumulated with them a large mass of observations, all of which unfortunately perished in the great conflagration of the 21st of October 1728, except the three nights work discussed by J. G. Galle. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5268 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:29:00 GMT Science Friday, July 23, 2010 By most comparative measures, Norway is something close to a paradise on Earth. It is one of the world's richest countries. Norway is an example of the benign effects of equality. In the influential book, "The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better," Norway is cited several times, along with other Scandinavian countries, to illustrate the many good things that come with greater equality: welfare provision, fewer teenage pregnancies, high levels of literacy and social trust. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5264 SNOFRID THOMSON Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:53:00 GMT Culture Friday, July 23, 2010 The Finnish government has given 5.3 million euros to a project concerned with solar energy application in rural areas and localities inhabited by ethnic minority people in Vietnam. Initially, the project will help apply solar energy in 17 mountainous communes and localities inhabited by ethnic minority people. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5263 SNOFRID THOMSON Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:18:00 GMT Science Thursday, July 22, 2010 Lehmo-based Nanocomp Oy has been a pioneer in nanophotonics in Finland since 1997. This hi-tech company is one of the few in its field even on a global scale. Nanophotonics involves the direction of a beam of light using micro- or nano structures. At a practical level, it is applied, for example, in mobile phones and in the lenses of camera flash devices. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5262 MEGAN Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:42:00 GMT Business Thursday, July 22, 2010 Danish researchers are about to rewrite the history of the earth, as they uncover traces of multi-cellular life from 2.1 billion years ago. Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark (among others) say they have found signs of multi-celled organisms that are far older than any discovered before. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5261 MEGAN Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:46:00 GMT Science Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Tampere-based FIT Biotech Oy has published promising research results on the treatment of HIV infection. The biotechnology company has succeeded in developing a therapeutic vaccination, which reduces the virus count of HIV-positive patients. These research results are very encouraging, offering new hope to many HIV-infected individuals, who have never before been treated with medication. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5260 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:22:00 GMT Science Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Copenhagen has ambitious plans to be a world leading cleantech city and will target its record civil engineering budget of DKK 11 billion towards green investments over the next three and a half years, reports national daily newspaper Berlingske Tidende. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5259 SNOFRID THOMSON Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:23:00 GMT Business Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Norway’s Espen Fadnes from Molde won this year's(2010) World Base Race, and became "The world fastest flying human being". He used 18.68 seconds on the flight from the top of 1066m Gridsetskolen mountain. Fadnes competed with 27 men and five women from various countries around the world, using nothing but gravity, dressed in a wing suit, trying to perform the perfect aerodynamic flight from mountaiun top to sea level. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5258 MEGAN Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:44:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, July 20, 2010 After an early season full of injuries and missed training, Sweden's Lisa Norden won Sunday's ITU World Championship Series race in Hamburg. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5257 SANTIAGO Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:46:00 GMT Sports Monday, July 19, 2010 Sweden leads the European Union on renewable energy, producing 44.4 percent of its energy from renewable sources. Renewable energy is becoming increasingly important issue around the world as countries search for viable alternatives to oil. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5252 SANTIAGO Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:27:00 GMT Science Monday, July 19, 2010 Space weather is determined by the solar wind as it collides with Earths magneto-sphere. The most familiar of geomagnetic storms are the aurora, occurring in the Earth´s ionosphere at a height of 80-300 kms. Finland, situated at the equator ward edge of the auroral zone, is well suited for the study of aurora and Finns have a good reputation as designers of measuring instruments. Tuija Pulkkinen at the Finnish Meteorological Institute has studied auroral storms and their connection to near space phenomena since 1980s. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5256 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:28:00 GMT Science Sunday, July 18, 2010 For the first time, Norwegian scientists have managed to produce completely new antibiotics from bacteria found in the sea. The eleven species of bacteria that create substances that kill cancerous cells, and three other bacteria that produce new antibiotics, were discovered by scientists at NTNU and SINTEF. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5254 MEGAN Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:43:00 GMT Science Sunday, July 18, 2010 Great artists die, but their legacy lives on thanks to those alive. And that’s exactly what Sweden is doing with its most famous cinematic export – Ingmar Bergman. ‘We want to use Ingmar Bergman to bring the world’s attention to Swedish cinema,’ said critic Jannike Ahlund to a group of international journalists from as far away as the US, Britain, Russia, China and India. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5251 SNOFRID THOMSON Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:12:00 GMT Culture Saturday, July 17, 2010 Norwegian labour productivty is 46 per cent higher than the average among EU nations, and also higher than in the United States, according to figures from the European agency Eurostat. Industry minister Trond Giske believes that high technology and advanced production methods could explain the high rating. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5253 SAMUEL Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:51:00 GMT Business Saturday, July 17, 2010 A Kantele or Kannel is a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family native to Finland, Estonia, and Karelia. It is related to the Russian gusli, the Latvian kokle and the Lithuanian kankles. Together these instruments make up the family known as Baltic psalteries. The kantele is a traditional Finnish lap-harp with a 2000-year history rooted in the folklore of the "Kalevala," the national epic of Finland. It exists today as an authentic instrument played in Finlands schools, universities and concert halls. Not only is it a beautiful sounding instrument, but the Finns consider it one of the most important symbols of their culture. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5255 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:54:00 GMT Culture Friday, July 16, 2010 A new study from the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki, Finland, suggests that those who maintain high levels of Vitamin D may be at a lesser risk of developing Parkinson's disease. For the study, lead researcher Paul Knekt and his team followed 3,173 Finnish men and women between the ages of 50 and 79 for 30 years. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5250 SAMUEL Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:48:00 GMT Science Friday, July 16, 2010 Copenhagen is making news these days. Beyond clichéd tourist sites like the Little Mermaid and Tivoli amusement park, the Danish capital has emerged as one of the most eco-minded and creative cities in Northern Europe. Top-notch contemporary art is proliferating, and a fledgling fashion scene is starting to take off. After dark, a bevy of innovative restaurants has burnished Scandinavia’s gastronomic credentials, most notably Noma, which in April was ranked first on the S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5249 JOHN DUNNIGAN Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:30:00 GMT Culture Thursday, July 15, 2010 Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo and Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday(13th July) announced the establishment of the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF). Norway will be the first contributor to the GRIF, and will pay up to US$250 million into the GRIF between 2010 and 2015, based on Guyana’s performance in avoiding greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as well as Guyana’s on-going and planned strengthening of inclusive and transparent forest management. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5246 SANTIAGO Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:42:00 GMT Politics Thursday, July 15, 2010 Treehotel is a new eco based design hotel concept, with rooms high above the ground in pines, drawn by Sweden's best architects. With a plan of building 24 new rooms in a period of 5 years. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5247 MEGAN Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:46:00 GMT Business Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Men who become obese at age 20 years face a life-long doubling of the risk of dying prematurely, according to a new research presented at the on-going 11th International Congress on Obesity on Tuesday(13th July). In a study led by Esther Zimmermann, at the Institute of Preventive Medicine in Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark, researchers tracked more than 5,000 military conscripts starting at the age of 20 until up to the age of 80. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5248 SNOFRID THOMSON Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:51:00 GMT Science Wednesday, July 14, 2010 The Norwegian Government would provide 100 million Norwegian Kroner equivalent to US dollar 16 million to Bangladesh under Bangladesh-UNDP initiated Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme from the current year to 2014. The fund would be spent to increase reach of community in reductions of disaster risk and adapting to climate change. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5245 EMIL ANDERSEN Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:36:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, July 13, 2010 The head of the United Nations Human Rights Council is likely to request that former Icelandic foreign minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir head up an investigation into the Israeli attack on Gaza-bound aid ships. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5244 JOHN DUNNIGAN Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:49:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Oslo Airport Gardermoen has been ranked Europe's most effective airport for 2010 by the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS). Altogether 37 airports in Europe were considered. One reason for receiving the Europe Airport Efficiency Excellence Award is that Oslo Airport handles more flights, goods and passengers per employee than any other European airport. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5242 SAMUEL Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:54:00 GMT Business Monday, July 12, 2010 Sweden's Sophie Gustafson currently leads the rain-delayed US Women's Open LPGA golf tournament in Pennsylvania. Gustafson birdied the first hole, her only hole on Friday, to move in front at even-par at the Oakmont Country Club course. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5241 SANTIAGO Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:52:00 GMT Sports Monday, July 12, 2010 Thanks to Steven Spielbergs epic "Schindlers List" millions learned - or were reminded - that there were people during World War II who risked their lives to save Jews. In that dark chapter in human history there was perhaps no greater example than Raoul Wallenberg. Raoul Wallenberg not only saved 100,000 lives - he saved our faith in humanity. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5240 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:41:00 GMT Politics Sunday, July 11, 2010 Many European countries are now looking to emulate Norway's quota for female board members, introduced first in 2004. When Norway introduced tough new laws in 2004 aimed at increasing the number of women on company boards, the naysayers said it would lead to disaster. Six years after the introduction of the 40 percent quota, it has been successful and has gained broad acceptance. But this has only been achieved because, after a period of voluntary compliance that yielded few results, the government introduced tough sanctions for companies that failed to implement the quota. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5238 SAMUEL Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:48:00 GMT Business Sunday, July 11, 2010 The new Oceanarium, which is Northern Europe's biggest aquarium, is now open in Hirtshals, located on the north coast of the Jutland region. More than 4.5m litres of water and 3,000 fish are contained in the aquarium's various tanks and displays, which have been arranged to inform visitors about life in the North Sea. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5236 SANTIAGO Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:41:00 GMT Culture Saturday, July 10, 2010 High levels of several vitamin E components in the blood are associated with a decreased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in advanced age, suggesting that vitamin E may help prevent cognitive deterioration in elderly people. This is the conclusion reached in a Swedish study published in the July 2010 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5234 OLIVER LINDE Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:26:00 GMT Science Saturday, July 10, 2010 Only a few qualify as world’s when classified under level of abilities, consistency, longevity, greatness, awards and standard competition in each era. An emblem of the Danish golden generation, Michael and Brian Laudrup will remain an indelible memory in the minds of every Danish football fan as the countrys most elegant and most effective players. In 2004, both Laudrup brothers were named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers chosen by Pelé as part of the celebration of FIFAs 100th anniversary. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5239 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:46:00 GMT Sports Friday, July 09, 2010 In Finland, broadband is now part of the USO(universal service obligation). Finland's approach may be a guide for other European governments and regulators. The country's Communications Markets Act, amended in October 2009 and which came into force this month, requires telcos subject to a USO to provide broadband as a universal service at a reasonable price. Universal service is defined as technology-independent, meaning that broadband can be provided by a fixed-line or wireless connection. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5237 MEGAN Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:57:00 GMT Science Friday, July 09, 2010 Oncolytic viruses are developing into a new and effective means of treating cancer. Al-ready 200 late-stage cancer patients at the Helsinki based Docrates Clinic have been treated with oncolytic virus therapy developed by the Finnish biotech company Oncos Therapeutics. The results have been promising. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5235 EMIL ANDERSEN Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:26:00 GMT Science Thursday, July 08, 2010 Sweden is the most generous country in the EU when it comes to approving citizenship applications, according to a new report from Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, on Tuesday(6TH July). Sweden also topped the list in 2008 when comparing the rate of citizenship acquisition against the total population of each member state. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5233 MEGAN Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:15:00 GMT Politics Thursday, July 08, 2010 In a new report conducted by the EU, Denmark is ranked seventh most creative region out of 25 European regions. This leads to prosperity and work places, according to the Irish/Swedish professor, Dominic Power, from Uppsala University. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5231 SANTIAGO Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:59:00 GMT Business Wednesday, July 07, 2010 Norwegian biker Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) captured third place in stage one of the Tour de France in Brussels on Sunday(04/07/2010). Italian veteran Alessandro Petacchi won, with Aussie Mark Renshaw second. Hushovd managed to avoid two massive pile-ups which marked the end of the stage, involving several of the top riders. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5229 SAMUEL Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:18:00 GMT Sports Wednesday, July 07, 2010 The Danish bio fuel company, Inbicon, has just finished a project, which enables cars to replace gasoline with bio-fuel produced from straw. Inbicon is owned by the Danish energy company, DONG Energy. It has now successfully enabled the usage of bio-fuel as a replacement for gasoline. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5232 JOHAN I. BORGOS Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:22:00 GMT Science Tuesday, July 06, 2010 Those who often feel stressed while middle-aged carry a greater risk of developing dementia, especially Alzheimer's, later in life, a new study by Swedish researchers has shown. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5228 MEGAN Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:45:00 GMT Science Tuesday, July 06, 2010 Norway's Tarjei Skarlund and Martin Spinnangr won silver at the men's Stavanger Grand Slam Beach Volleyball World Cup on Sunday(4th July). Skarlund (31) and Spinnangr (23) also became the first host country team to win a medal in the Stavanger event since the first tournament in 1999. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5230 FRANS SATTERSEN Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:52:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, July 06, 2010 The Nordic Council Music Prize 2010 goes to the Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen, for his work "Opus 42". The prize is worth DKK 350,000. “Opus 42” consists of four vocal works: Sun Prayer, Funeral Psalm, Heavenly Father and Dual Melodies. The first was commissioned by the Bergen International Festival, the other three by the Osa Festival, a combined Norwegian folk and classical event, reflecting the fact that Thoresen's ability to rejuvenate and vitalise both art music and folk is another unique aspect of his work. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5227 MEGAN Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:58:00 GMT Culture Monday, July 05, 2010 Norway has taken over the presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States . This means that the Norwegian Foreign Minister will serve as president of the council for one year. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5226 SANTIAGO Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:48:00 GMT Politics Monday, July 05, 2010 Olof Bergstrom was a pioneer leader of Swedish settlers in the Gothenburg area of Nebraska. Bergstrom worked for a time on the Union Pacific Railroad after coming to America from Sweden in 1881 and then homesteaded in Dawson County near Gothenburg. He eventually became a land agent for the UP and made several return trips to Sweden to lead groups of settlers to Dawson County. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5225 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:36:00 GMT Culture Sunday, July 04, 2010 Grass seeds from Denmark have produced ideal surfaces for World Cup football pitches, according to reports. The Danish company DLF-Trifolium won the bid to deliver the grass seeds for the tournament’s pitches, and the players, coaches and tournament officials have all been pleased with the surfaces. Denmark is the world’s largest supplier of grass and grass seed for football pitches and golf courses. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5218 SAMUEL Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:48:00 GMT Business Sunday, July 04, 2010 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a body of knowledge for software companies. The purpose of the Software Innovation Body of Knowledge, or SinnoBoK is to speed up the emergence of new business models. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5220 SHYAM Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:15:00 GMT Science Sunday, July 04, 2010 Bastoy island is described as the world's first human-ecological prison — a place where inmates learn to take responsibility for their actions by caring for the environment. Prisoners grow their own organic vegetables, turn their garbage into compost and tend to chickens, cows, horses and sheep. They also operate the ferry that shuttles a number of them to school and jobs on the mainland, make their own dinner (they're allowed to use knives) and chop wood (using axes and chainsaws). Although authorities carry out routine drug tests, the prison generally emphasizes trust and self-regulation: Bastoy has no fences, the windows have no bars, and only five guards remain on the island after 3 p.m. and on weekends. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5223 SANTIAGO Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:05:00 GMT Culture Saturday, July 03, 2010 This year’s Narrative Award, which recognizes the finest narrative film in competition at the Los Angeles Film Festival, went to Pernille Fischer Christensen for feature film ‘A Family’ (En Familie). The award which goes directly to the winning film’s director carries an unrestricted $50,000, or 300,000 kroner, cash prize. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5219 SNOFRID THOMSEN Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:52:00 GMT Culture Saturday, July 03, 2010 When it comes to offshore safety, an Australian-based risk management expert says Norway is one of the countries leading the way. Kimberley Turner, CEO of Aerosafe Risk Management, told the Wells Inquiry Monday the Norwegian regulatory regime is open, transparent and makes a variety of reports and safety audits publicly available on its website. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5221 SUSMITHA Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:13:00 GMT Business Saturday, July 03, 2010 Jacob Christian Hansen Ellehammer was a Danish watchmaker and inventor, remembered chiefly for his contributions to powered flight. Originally trained as a watchmaker, Ellehammer quickly got ambitious and started inventing motorbikes, aeroplanes and helicopters. On September 12, 1906 he made a tethered flight, becoming the second European to succeed in making a powered flight. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5224 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:16:00 GMT Science Friday, July 02, 2010 Finland has made access to broadband connections to the internet a legal right for every one of its citizens in the first legislation of its kind anywhere in the world. From today, all Finns will have the right to a 1 megabit per second (Mbps) broadband connection. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5216 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:32:00 GMT Science Friday, July 02, 2010 Gallup Organization ranked Denmark at the No. 1 spot for overall well-being. The data was collected from a representative sample of more than 136,000 people across 132 nations from 2005 to 2006. The poll used telephone surveys in more affluent areas and door-to-door interviews in rural or less-developed regions. Overall satisfaction with life went up with both personal and national income, suggesting societal circumstances play an important role in happiness. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5222 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:19:00 GMT Culture Friday, July 02, 2010 Which are the safest government bonds in the world? If the world economy tumbles back into crisis, which if any could you hold and still sleep soundly at night? It's a timely question. The good news is that a handful of countries around the world managed, on the whole, to stand aside from the debt-fueled Rake's Progress of recent years. Money markets consider Norway the safest of all. Not only does it have sound public finances and a small, prosperous and homogenous society, but it's also buoyed up by all its North Sea oil. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5215 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:30:00 GMT Business Thursday, July 01, 2010 Finland ranked fourth at the Digital Economy Rankings 2010 carried out by The Economist and IBM. The generalization and development of e-services in the country helped Finland to reach the top of the list. Digital Economy Rankings research compared the utilisation of electronic communications and information technology in seventy countries. Sweden reached the top of the ranking, Denmark was second and the United States third. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5214 EMIL ANDERSEN Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:09:00 GMT Business Thursday, July 01, 2010 Finnish and Danish eighth-graders tied for first place in a study of civic knowledge conducted in 38 countries by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). The latest ICCS indicates that youngsters' social awareness has weakened over the past decade in most countries, but not in Finland. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5212 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:31:00 GMT Education Wednesday, June 30, 2010 SWEDISH businessman Dan Sten Olsson, owner and chief executive of Britain’s biggest ferry company Stena Line, which operates out of ports including Harwich International, has been presented with the CBE in recognition of his long-standing business relations with the UK. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5213 SARAH THOMAS Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:02:00 GMT Business Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Machine translators such as Google Translate, have always had problems with empty words in set expressions and idioms. However, a new method developed by Danish scientists solves some of machine translators set phrase challenges by introducing a new algorithm that analyses the linguistics behind set expressions. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5209 SANTIAGO Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:59:00 GMT Science Wednesday, June 30, 2010 The world’s first combined wave and wind power plant has been established just outside Lolland, in the Southern part of Denmark. The plant scaled 1:6 is a pilot project named Poseidon 37. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5210 MEGAN Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:17:00 GMT Science Tuesday, June 29, 2010 The children design their uniforms. They sit on cushions while being taught. And it's the teachers who change classrooms between lessons. It all will happen in Hampton Academy. Hampton Academy will be one of the first two Swedish-style academies to be opened in England this September(2010). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5211 EMIL ANDERSON Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:10:00 GMT Education Tuesday, June 29, 2010 The Danish Minister for the Environment, Karen Ellemann, is currently in China to promote Danish environmental and energy technology as well as to sign a collaboration agreement with the Chinese minister for water resources. Combating air pollution, managing growing amounts of waste and protection of water resources have increasingly high priority in China – all areas where Denmark can offer significant experience and a range of technologies. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5207 MEGAN Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:16:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Norway's women are Beach Handball World Champions for the first time after beating Denmark 2-0 in the BHWC final in Antalya, Turkey on Sunday(27th June). Both teams reached a final for the first time. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5206 SHYAM Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:15:00 GMT Sports Monday, June 28, 2010 Sweden is a good place for careers in most professions. With one of the highest standards of living in the world, Sweden offers residents a good life -- from the cradle to the grave. Education is free from six years of age to university, and most health care and pension benefits are paid for by employer and income taxes. In Sweden, having a job means being offered a range of benefits, from paid parental and sick leave to employment-based pension and optional unemployment insurance, all based on the salary. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5205 SANTIAGO Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:27:00 GMT Culture Monday, June 28, 2010 “FINNISH government is allocating 400,000 euros for granting humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan, a spokesman for Finland’s Foreign Ministry told Itar-Tass on 17 June. Aid will be made available to Kyrgyzstan via the International Red Cross and will include both material and human resources, the spokesman said. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5208 SNOFRID THOMSEN Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:21:00 GMT Politics Monday, June 28, 2010 A four-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Johann Olav Koss is a legendary winter athlete and a pioneer in the field of Sport for Development. President, CEO and Founder of Right To Play, Johann is active in many sport-related causes. As one of the greatest speed skaters of all time, he earned 5 Olympic medals and broke 11 world records throughout the course of his career. Johann Olav Koss is considered to be one of the best in history; he is currently the assistant coach of Norways speed skating team. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5203 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:14:00 GMT Sports Sunday, June 27, 2010 Anxiety disorders significantly increase a person's risk of developing heart disease and also raise the odds of suffering a fatal cardiac event, new study suggest. The study, by Imre Janszky, MD, PhD, of Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, found that anxiety disorders are predictive of future heart disease even after controlling for other risk factors such as blood pressure and smoking. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5200 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:22:00 GMT Science Sunday, June 27, 2010 Finland-born Vedic scholar-turned-Dravidianist, Prof. Parpola, who is an authority on the Indus script, received the inaugural Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi classical Tamil award at Coimbatore in India. His magnum opus, ‘Deciphering the Indus Script’, proposing Dravidian as the language of the Indus script, has been hailed a ‘classic’ in the field. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5204 MEGAN Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:02:00 GMT Culture Saturday, June 26, 2010 The Mozambican and Swedish governments signed an agreement in Maputo on Wednesday under which Sweden will provide a grant of 33 million US dollars to rehabilitate the Mavuzi and Chicamba hydro-electric power stations in the central Mozambican province of Manica. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5198 SNOFRID THOMSEN Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:33:00 GMT Politics Saturday, June 26, 2010 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is located in Trondheim. NTNU is the second largest of the seven universities in Norway, and, as its name suggests, has the main national responsibility for higher education in engineering and technology. In addition to engineering and the natural and physical sciences, the university offers advanced degrees in other academic disciplines ranging from the social sciences, the arts, medicine, architecture and fine art. NTNU was ranked 6th in Europe and 54th in the World in 2009 in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, the highest ranking of any Norwegian university. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5202 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:45:00 GMT Education Friday, June 25, 2010 Copenhagen pioneers as a bicycling city and serves as a model for the rest of us. The numbers are impressive: 37 percent of Copenhageners ride bicycles to work and school, though the city's leadership is not satisfied with this and aims to increase that to 50 percent by 2015. More than 350 kilometers of physically separated bikeways grace the city's streets, and plans are underway to expand the already-impressive bicycling network with more dedicated bike space and improved intersections. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5199 EMIL ANDERSON Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:12:00 GMT Culture Friday, June 25, 2010 One out of every 200 Swedes is a millionaire in US dollars according to a study published by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch. In total, 48,300 Swedes had assets worth at least $1 million this year, excluding their home. Sweden's increase this year was greater than in the rest of the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5194 EMIL ANDERSEN Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:30:00 GMT Business Thursday, June 24, 2010 Red Herring, the IT magazine, has just announced its list of the most promising IT companies in Europe. The list includes six Danish companies, namely: Adform, Nangate, Octshape Aps, Santaris Pharma A/S, Secunia ApS and Zoomio ApS who are now in the running to become Europe’s most promising IT company in 2010. Previously, companies like Skype, Google and eBay have received this honor. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5197 SHYAM Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:22:00 GMT Business Thursday, June 24, 2010 A project for Shell to clean up two petrol contaminated areas at a refinery in Fredericia could become an important breakthrough for fledgling Danish company Cleanfield, which has developed a method to clean up contaminated ground using bacteria, writes financial daily newspaper Børsen. In addition to Shell, BP and the German oil giant Winterschall are showing an interest in Cleanfield's method. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5196 MEGAN Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:25:00 GMT Business Thursday, June 24, 2010 The city sets the standard for low-emission urban living Copenhagen’s community-focused architecture coupled with the Danes’ civic commitment to looking after one another and their unyielding bicycle-obsession are all reasons why this city always ranks so high. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5192 JOHN DUNNIGAN Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:21:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Norrköping hopes to raise its profile in the hopes of becoming a European music capital after its recent success hosting the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition, welcoming 83 opera singers from 29 countries. Municipal leaders hope the event will not only be a springboard for launching the careers of young talents, but also enhance the city's musical reputation. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5193 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:29:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, June 23, 2010 The Aalto University team won the first tournament of the Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 in Spain. The first tournament of the decathlon of energy efficient building was held on June 20th. This is an exceptionally high-quality timber house. A house, which could have only been built with Finnish knowhow, said the Chairman of the competition jury Glenn Murcut. The Solar Decathlon has challenged eighteen interdisciplinary university teams from seven countries to build energy-efficient houses. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5195 SARAH THOMAS Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:15:00 GMT Science Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl won the Indonesian Open badminton tournament mixed doubles title on Sunday(20th June) following a 21-12, 21-15 win over top-seeded home team Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir. It was the Danish duo’s first ever win in one of the sport’s top level ‘Super Series’ tournaments – despite them being the reigning European and world champions. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5191 SNØFRID THOMSEN Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:38:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, June 22, 2010 The Norwegian government has granted NOK 10 million in emergency aid to Kyrgyzstan, to meet the immediate humanitarian needs in the Asian republic, plagued by recent violence."We are concerned over the situation in Kyrgyzstan. Norway wants to help those hardest hit by the difficult circumstances," said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5190 MEGAN Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:07:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, June 22, 2010 The Icelandic band Sigur Ros has been honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the Mojo Awards in London. Phil Alexander, Mojo’s Editor-in-Chief, said: “Sigur Ros are widely recognised as men of mystery. Their enigmatic presence is matched by their music. They are like a latter day Pink Floyd – transporting and epic. And their contribution to music can be heard and felt everywhere.” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5189 SNØFRID THOMSEN Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:44:00 GMT Culture Monday, June 21, 2010 85 percent of Swedish fathers take parental leave. Those who don’t face questions from family, friends and colleagues. As other countries still tinker with maternity leave and women’s rights, Sweden may be a glimpse of the future. In 1974, when Sweden became the first country to replace maternity leave with parental leave. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5188 JOHN DUNNIGAN Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:11:00 GMT Culture Monday, June 21, 2010 In the UN Human Rights Council on 15th June, Norway criticized the human rights situation in Iran on behalf of more than 50 countries. “This sends a clear and unequivocal message to the Iranian authorities that the human rights situation in the country is unacceptable and must be improved. It also sends a clear and powerful message to the people of Iran that the international community is watching the situation and responding to the many abuses of human rights,” Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre commented. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5179 SAMUEL Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:16:00 GMT Politics Monday, June 21, 2010 Linux refers to the family of Unix-like computer operating systems that use the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration. Linux can be installed on a wide variety of computer hardware, ranging from mobile phones, tablet computers and video game consoles, to mainframes and supercomputers. Linux is predominantly known for its use in servers. Linus is the Finnish software engineer who initiated the development of the Linux kernel and git revision control system. He later became the chief architect of the Linux kernel, and now acts as the projects coordinator. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5187 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:44:00 GMT Business Sunday, June 20, 2010 Finland’s nuclear energy policies are drawing international attention. The world’s first permanent repository for nuclear waste is being constructed on Olkiluoto island on the west coast, some 300 kilometres northwest of Helsinki. The tunnel site has been named Onkalo, the Finnish word for cavity or void. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5184 MEGAN Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:26:00 GMT Science Sunday, June 20, 2010 Sweden will provide long term financial and technical assistance to Bangladesh for expediting the country's overall development. The assurance came when outgoing Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh Britt Falkman Hagstrom paid a farewell call on President Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5178 SANTIAGO Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:31:00 GMT Politics Sunday, June 20, 2010 The Danish pavilion at the Shanghai 2010Expo is designed to give visitors an idea of what it is like to be in a Danish city with cyclists and pedestrians and other integrated sustainable elements such as a harbour bath and a social bench. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5181 EMIL ANDERSON Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:26:00 GMT Business Saturday, June 19, 2010 Scientists studying rats have found both male and female newborns have an innate sense of direction before they’ve even begun to move around, and this is likely to be the same for all the living beings. The team of researchers from Britain and Norway implanted miniature sensors in rat pups before their eyes had opened and before they had started to move about. They found that the directional signal, which allows an animal to know which way it is facing, is already at adult levels as soon as it can be measured in newborn rats. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5185 OLIVER LINDE Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:06:00 GMT Science Saturday, June 19, 2010 “Norway wants to help the victims of the storm in Guatemala. We are therefore providing a total of NOK 7.6 million (USD 1.2 million) for emergency relief,” State Secretary Ingrid Fiskaa said. The storm has brought torrential rains, flooding and landslides. Over 100 000 people have been driven from their homes. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5180 SHYAM Sat, 19 Jun 2010 07:37:00 GMT Politics Saturday, June 19, 2010 Science is sometimes defined as a way of seeing things. Women still far too often constitute a "blind spot" in the vision of the scientific community. Women in Finland, as elsewhere in the world, have for a long time been involved in academic research. However, very often their work has been shadowed by the achievements of their male colleagues. Two Finnish women who have contributed to the field of bioscience are Alexandra Smirnoff (1839 – 1913) and Ulla Hamberg (1918 – 1985). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5186 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:25:00 GMT Science Friday, June 18, 2010 Swedish central government finances are approaching balance already this year, as the economy recovers more quickly than expected. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that Sweden has weathered the global downturn relatively well and applauded the Riksbank and the government, pointing out that "aggressive stabilisation policies" had offset the impact of the global financial crisis. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5177 SANTIAGO Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:27:00 GMT Politics Friday, June 18, 2010 Finland has granted 400,000 Euros in humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan. The funding is for both financial, material and personnel aid to the conflict stricken area. The money will be used for projects aimed at helping victims of the conflict and relieving the plight of the suffering. The aid will be channeled to Kyrgyzstan via the Finnish Red Cross. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5183 JULIE Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:09:00 GMT Politics Friday, June 18, 2010 While community opposition often blocks or hampers new wind power projects, Sweden has managed to break ground for Europe's largest wind park counting more than 1,000 giant turbines, with barely a whisper of protest. "If I were to try the same thing in Germany, it would take me 20 years to get everyone's agreement," Wolfgang Kropp, the German head of the project, told AFP. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5175 MEGAN Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:28:00 GMT Business Thursday, June 17, 2010 Danish video game company PlayDead’s game ‘Limbo’ is chosen by software behemoth Microsoft as one of its five Xbox LIVE Summer of Arcade exclusive games. Limbo is being hailed as different by video game experts, and the black and white Tim Burton-inspired game has reportedly already found a solid fan base. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5182 SAHAY Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:51:00 GMT Business Thursday, June 17, 2010 The Oslo Forum 2010 has opened, with 100 peace mediators and key personnel from peace processes around the world participating. The Forum is hosted by Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. The Forum is seen as a unique opportunity for senior third-party conflict mediators and other key peace process actors to share their experiences. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5176 SANTIAGO Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:30:00 GMT Politics Thursday, June 17, 2010 Born Lars Trier, Danish film director and screenwriter, added von to his name because his peers at the Danish Film School called him so. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches. He is known for his female-centric parables and his exploration of controversial subject matter. Probably the most ambitious and visually distinctive filmmaker to emerge from Denmark since Carl Theodor Dreyer over 60 years earlier, his Dogme95-concept, has led to international interest in Danish film as a whole, he has inspired filmmakers all over the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5174 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:23:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, June 16, 2010 There is an energy problem that although being addressed, still needs some work. We are still trying to find cheap sources of renewable energy. One of those ideas recently came from the technology academy of Finland. 2010 Millennium Technology Prize Laureate Michael Gratzel was given 800000 Euros for designing a new type of solar panel which is super thin and can be used as windows. The idea is to replace the old windows with these power generating windows. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5173 SARAH THOMAS Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:57:00 GMT Science Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Finnish film 'On Thin Ice' (Kukkulan kuningas) has won an award for the Best Screenplay at the Brooklyn International Film Festival in New York. The festival took place from June 4-13th, directed by Alli Haapasalo. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5172 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:24:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) has signed a partnership agreement with EduCluster Finland to implement the Finnish education system model in two of Abu Dhabi's public schools. The partnership will utilise the Finnish experience, curriculum, and pedagogy methods in order to meet ADEC's objective of driving improvement in the P-12 school sector and developing the skills of UAE teachers and school leadership. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5171 EMIL ANDERSEN Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:08:00 GMT Education Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Women who drink boiled coffee more than four times per day have a lower risk of contracting breast cancer than those drinking less than one cup a day, a new Swedish study shows. The researchers at Umeå University explain that the health benefits of boiled coffee, as opposed to filter coffee, are due to the residual content of 80 times as much coffee-specific fatty acids which have been proven in animal tests to hinder the growth of cancer. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5169 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:52:00 GMT Science Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Denmark’s all-time leading golf money winner believes he has finally rediscovered his form after a long victory drought. The 39-year-old Bjørn shot 23 under par in gusty conditions at the Estoril Open de Portugal to take the trophy – a full five shots ahead of runner-up Richard Green. Bjørn, who in 2001 was ranked in the world’s top 10, had been a major force on the European Tour until his previous win in May 2006 at the Irish Open. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5170 OLIVER LINDE Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:15:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Norway's winner of last year's European Song Contest, Alexander Rybak, on Saturday won the prestigious Russian MUZ-TV annual award for best new-comer, the first non-Russian artist to win the prize. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5167 MEGAN Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:03:00 GMT Culture Monday, June 14, 2010 Norway's Andreas Thorkildsen won the javelin contest in the Diamond League meet in New York on Saturday with a throw measuring 87.02 metres, achieved in his second throw. This means that Thorkildsen has won both of the Diamond League javelin contests so far this season. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5168 SAMUEL Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:05:00 GMT Sports Monday, June 14, 2010 This year 149 nations of the world have been ranked by their peacefulness and the results have stimulated some very interesting analysis. The Scandinavian countries are among the top ten in Global Peaceindex 2010. The Global Peace Index is produced on the basis of 24 indicators analyzed by the think-tank Economist Intelligence Unit. Its data covers 98 per cent of the world's population. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5166 KRISTINA Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:06:00 GMT Politics Monday, June 14, 2010 Three years ago, the Tällberg Foundation set out to find the answer to a question: which countries and which social models have created the best societies? Which can work as tried and tested visions in the development of the evermore integrated globalized civilization? And Sweden emerged out as simply the best. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5164 SAMUEL Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:12:00 GMT Politics Sunday, June 13, 2010 Valmet AutomotiveValmet Automotive’s Uusikaupunki factory has been manufacturing the Norwegian Think City electric car since 2009. The City of Espoo, Valmet Automotive, Fortum and Nokia have launched a new Eco Urban Living initiative, which promotes the use of electric cars. The aim of the initiative is to advance technology development and create an eco-conscious living environment. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5165 MEGAN Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:16:00 GMT Science Saturday, June 12, 2010 Norway is unique. The country has the second largest GDP per capita in the world and has fared better than most through the recent financial crisis. While others have struggled with large budget deficits, falling GDP, and high unemployment, the country has emerged early from a mild recession with relatively low unemployment. Norway owes its success to its massive petroleum wealth, combined with prudent fiscal management and strong policy response to curb the effects of the global financial crisis. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5163 SHYAM Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:55:00 GMT Business Saturday, June 12, 2010 Sweden spends more per capita on development aid than all other EU countries, according to a new report which has slammed the failure of some member states for not doing enough to live up to spending goals. Sweden allocated 1.12 percent of GDP to development aid in 2009. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5161 SAMUEL Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:27:00 GMT Politics Friday, June 11, 2010 The Winner of the 2010 Millennium Technology Prize is Professor Michael Grätzel from Switzerland for his third generation, low cost, dye-sensitized solar cells. The Millennium Technology Prize is the largest technology prize in the world awarded by Technology Academy Finland. The Prize celebrates innovations that have a favourable impact on quality of life and well-being or on sustainable development. It has been established to steer the course of technological development to a more humane direction. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5162 SANTIAGO Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:45:00 GMT Science Friday, June 11, 2010 Iceland is the world’s second most peaceful nation after New Zealand, according to this year’s Global Peace Index; but the index also concludes that the global financial crisis has made the world a less peaceful place. The Global Peace Index is compiled by the Institute for Economics and Peacem, which uses data from the research and predictions department at The Economist. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5160 SANTIAGO Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:34:00 GMT Politics Thursday, June 10, 2010 Puula Paajanen led a team of Finnish researchers to study a relationship between a person’s height and heart disease. Three million people were included in the study as the team examined previous results from fifty-two similar studies. Men under five feet one inch height and women under five feet height have a fifty percent increase risk for heart disease compared to men over five feet eight inch height and women over five feet six inch height. Results were published recently in the European Heart Journal. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5159 MEGAN Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:46:00 GMT Science Thursday, June 10, 2010 Norway ranks in the top ten worldwide in innovation, according to INSEAD’s 2009-2010 Global Innovation Index. Some of the country’s best ideas have even been sold through big international acquisitions, such as the USD3.4 billion sale of Norwegian video conferencing company Tandberg to Cisco. The country is working to develop more of this type of innovative competence and keep the value creation through its scores of research parks and incubator programmes spread across the country. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5158 SAMUEL Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:33:00 GMT Business Thursday, June 10, 2010 More than 2,000 scientists from over 60 countries gathered on Tuesday(8th June) at an exhibition and convention center in Lillestrom, a city about 25 kilometers northeast of Oslo, to attend the five-day polar science conference. At what was said the biggest polar scientists meeting ever held, the participating scientists were expected to present their latest findings about the climate change in polar regions. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5156 SANTIAGO Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:26:00 GMT Science Wednesday, June 09, 2010 It’s notoriously difficult for European filmmakers to make it big in the US, particularly with non-English language films. But now Sweden’s filmmakers are echoing the successes of its authors and actors in winning over American audiences. But why has Swedish film become so successful? http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5154 JULIE Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:31:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, June 09, 2010 The Norwegian Ministry of Trade & Industry has granted one million Norwegian kroner to the UN International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to be used in projects relating to anti-piracy and training of seafarers. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5155 MEGAN Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:16:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, June 09, 2010 Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will succeed former UK prime minister Gordon Brown as co-chair of a U.N. group looking at ways to raise funds to help poor nations to combat climate. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5153 EMIL ANDERSON Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:30:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, June 08, 2010 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised both Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, and the Swedish government for their handling of the economic crisis. Peter Doyle, who led the annual review of Sweden's economy, sprinkled praise on the Riksbank and the government saying- he could not think of anything that could have been done better. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5152 AJITH Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:28:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, June 08, 2010 Saimaa Holiday, located in the scenic area of Rantasalmi, Savonlinna and Linnansaari and Kolovesi National Parks in Finland has been selected as the rising Aquatic Tourism destination in EDEN - European Destinations of Excellence competition 2010. The jury based its decision of the winning destination to the versatile aquatic tourism services, the invocation of the local culture, sustainable practises and the readiness to operate on the international market. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5151 MEGAN Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:22:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, June 08, 2010 “A strong culture of innovation has propelled Sweden to the forefront of technological development,” a new book “Sweden — Up North, Down to Earth” says. Swedes are some of the world's fastest people at adapting to new trends and ideas, and are constantly on the cusp of a groundbreaking innovation reads the chapter “Innovations” in the book. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5149 SANTIAGO Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:12:00 GMT Culture Monday, June 07, 2010 Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT and Tampere University of Technology take part in the global ITER-project, which has been claimed to be the world’s most challenging energy project. Finnish expertise has a significant role in the international ITER project. Developing the maintenance systems for the most critical components of the fusion plant to be built in Cadarache, France is the responsibility of VTT and Tampere University of Technology. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5150 SAMUEL Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:15:00 GMT Science Monday, June 07, 2010 Mexico may be the best place to retire, but a Reader's Digest study claims that Finland is the best place to live. So, what makes Finland so special? Among other things, the Scandinavian country boasts great air and water quality, low rates of infant diseases, and protection from water pollution and natural disasters and Finland, like all Scandinavian countries, takes care of its citizens' health. The study was conducted by U.S. environmental economist Matthew Kahn. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5147 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:04:00 GMT Culture Sunday, June 06, 2010 Poor, less educated mothers were more likely to have children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Swedish researchers say. Researchers from the Center for Health Equity Studies, a collaboration of the Karolinska Institute and Stockholm University in Sweden, done this study. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5145 EMIL ANDERSEN Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:15:00 GMT Science Sunday, June 06, 2010 Patients who avoid tobacco for six weeks after surgery for a fracture have fewer post-operative complications, researchers in Sweden found. Dr. Hans Nasell, senior surgical consultant at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, said earlier research indicated quitting smoking prior to surgery resulted in better healing and fewer postoperative complications. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5146 SARAH THOMAS Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT Science Saturday, June 05, 2010 Taming an unruly 10-year-old was just part of the job for a Copenhagen teacher named the country’s best. Copenhagen’s Amager district is home to this school year’s best teacher, according to homemakers' magazine Ude og Hjemme, which hands out the annual award. This year, 50-year-old Helle Kristensen from Dyvekeskolen School received the honour, primarily due to her work with a student suffering from ADHD. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5144 OLIVER LINDE Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:59:00 GMT Culture Saturday, June 05, 2010 Nils Alwall , a Swedish professor, was a pioneer in hemodialysis and the inventor of one of the first practical dialysis machines. Alwall pioneered the technique of ultrafiltration and introduced the principle of hemofiltration. Alwall is referred to as the "father of extracorporeal blood treatment." http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5148 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:43:00 GMT Science Friday, June 04, 2010 A study involving over a million Swedish men claims to show a link between low IQ scores at the age of 18, and the risk of suicide attempts later in life. Scientists in Sweden, Britain and Australia publish their research on Friday. Finn Rasmussen, professor in Social Medicine at the Karolinska Institute says that 'it seems as though those that have less intellectual aptitude have a lower ability to deal with difficult life events. This is the biggest study of its kind so far. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5143 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:15:00 GMT Science Friday, June 04, 2010 Swedish media on Wednesday hailed Robin Soderling's French Open win over Roger Federer as a "super-sensation" which could lead to a second successive Roland Garros final for the player. "An epic exploit", "a super-sensation" for "Robin Hood", said the tabloid Aftonbladet after Soderling's win over the defending champion, his first in 13 matches with the world number one. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5142 OLIVER LINDE Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:30:00 GMT Sports Thursday, June 03, 2010 Norway is not only a major donor to Nepal, but also a country that has been active in promoting peace in Nepal since the Maoist insurgency days. Norway has maintained good contacts with all the major political parties and has been advocating for sustainable peace from the beginning of the Maoist insurgency. During the insurgency, Norway was in contact with the Maoist leadership. Norway has offered and continues to offer to facilitate and provide a platform to meet and discuss crucial political issues. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5137 SANTIAGO Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:10:00 GMT Politics Thursday, June 03, 2010 Three out of the ten South African World Cup 2010 stadiums have been modeled using the Finnish Tekla Structures software. The World Cup will take place between June 11th and July 11th. Two of the brand new stadiums were built with Tekla modeling. These were the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit and the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. In addition, the modeling of the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, renovated for the Cup, was made with Tekla software. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5141 ANU FRANCIS Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:34:00 GMT Business Wednesday, June 02, 2010 Pakisthan on Friday(28th May)said that Norwegian help and assistance in developing the existing facilities would a long way in improving the lot of thousands of fishermen in Balochistan which had a 780 km long coast line dotted with the settlements of fishermen who were still leading a primitive existence. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5136 MEGAN Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:43:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, June 02, 2010 Norwegian driver Sverre Isachsen (39) won the third round of the European Rallycross Championship at legendary Lydden Hill in Britain on Monday(31st May), ahead of Sweden's Kenneth Hansen. Isachsen, who won the champonship last year, also leads this year's championships overall with 54 points. Sweden's Michael Jernberg is second with 48 and Hansen third with 43 points. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5139 SAHAY Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:51:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, June 01, 2010 Norway is internationally known for the ethical investment strategy exercised by the Norwegian Government Pension Fund, which has blacklisted companies such as WalMart and recently sold all tobacco company investments from its NOK 2,640 billion (USD449 billion) portfolio. The Norwegian Government Pension Fund is the second largest sovereign wealth fund with an average holding of 1% in equities worldwide. Initially created in 1990 as the Petroleum Fund, it invests Norway’s excess oil revenues in international stocks and bonds on behalf of the country’s future pensioners. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5140 SHYAM Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:15:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, June 01, 2010 Expo: 2010 has been built around the theme “Better City, Better Life.” Sustainable development has long been a key directive in Sweden’s urban planning. Linking economic growth with improved ways to live is already a well-established practice. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is widely implemented and Sweden was the first country to require state-owned companies to file sustainability reports. It also leads the world when it comes to environmentally certified companies. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5138 SAMUEL Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:45:00 GMT Business Tuesday, June 01, 2010 Greenpeace praised Nokia and Sony Ericsson for recycling, energy efficiency and phasing out hazardous substances. In its quarterly "Guide to Greener Electronics," released in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district, the group rates 18 of the world's major consumer electronics companies on their environmental credentials. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5132 SAMUEL Mon, 31 May 2010 14:03:00 GMT Business Monday, May 31, 2010 Dry drum compost toilet Naturum developed by Finnish company Biolan Oy has been chosen as the second best product in the 'Ecological Innovations' category of the public vote, which was held in association with a French professional event Journées des Collections. The major annual event, which was directed to buyers of retail chains, concentrates on gardening and leisure sectors. The award is a great achievement for a first timer. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5135 SAHAY Mon, 31 May 2010 11:31:00 GMT Science Monday, May 31, 2010 A new EU survey conducted by the European Commission shows that Denmark has the highest number of broadband lines (37.8 percent) in relation to the population count. Denmark also ranks in the high end when it comes to mobile broadband with a frequency of 10.65 percent of the population. Finally, the survey shows that Denmark has 25 percent more mobile phone subscriptions than the actual number of citizens. All in all, Denmark is in the lead within the prevalence of wireless technologies in the European Union. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5134 SANTIAGO Mon, 31 May 2010 09:17:00 GMT Science Monday, May 31, 2010 Norway's javelin ace Andreas Thorkildsen achieved seasonal best in the world with his winning throw of 90.37 metres at the athletics meet in Florø, Norway on Saturday(29th May). Finland's Tero Pitkämäki placed second. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5133 MEGAN Mon, 31 May 2010 06:15:00 GMT Sports Monday, May 31, 2010 Jon Pall is easily one of the greatest men ever to take part in the WSM contest. He was a strongman a powerlifter and a bodybuilder from Iceland who won the Worlds Strongest Man Competition four times. Not only did he dominate the competition throughout the mid and late 80s, he was also a wonderfully charismatic man who loved to be in front of a crowd. He seemed to have a habit of winning, and was always in the running. He won a total of four times - first in 1984, and for the last time in 1990. He also won five World Muscle Power championships and a number of bodybuilding titles. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5131 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 30 May 2010 13:36:00 GMT Sports Sunday, May 30, 2010 Norway and Indonesia agreed to enter into a partnership to support Indonesia's efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests and peat lands, the governments announced in Oslo on 27th of May. "Indonesia will take immediate and decisive action to reduce its forest and peat related greenhouse gas emissions. Norway will support those efforts with U.S.$1 billion over the next few years," the Norwegian Government says in a statement. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5130 SARAH THOMAS Sun, 30 May 2010 10:07:00 GMT Politics Sunday, May 30, 2010 The Finnish specialist in contract management, software company Sopima, has been selected to the exclusive group of Europe's 18 most interesting technology startups in Microsoft's support program for growth companies. 18 companies were selected for the BizSpark European Summit 2010. Each of these companies presented their solutions to the jury, which consisted of well-known investors and business leaders. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5126 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 30 May 2010 07:12:00 GMT Business Sunday, May 30, 2010 General Manager Camilla Bergman and Owner Norrabantorget Invest AB of the Clarion Hotel Sign were awarded the prestigious International Hotel of the Year award from Choice Hotels International, Inc, franchisor of the Clarion Inn brand. The coveted award was announced during the company's 56th annual convention in Las Vegas, Nev., last month. Located on Ostra Jarnvagsgatan, the Clarion Hotel Sign is ideally situated in the heart of Stockholm right next to the Stockholm Central Station. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5129 EMIL ANDERSEN Sat, 29 May 2010 13:30:00 GMT Business Saturday, May 29, 2010 The Finnish Association for Environmental Education has awarded the acknowledged international Green Flag to 25 daycare centres, 50 elementary schools, three comprehensive schools, four high schools and three vocational schools in Finland. The Green Flag schools belong to an environmental education program, known internationally as Eco-Schools. On a global scale there are 32 000 participating schools with a total of nine million pupils. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5124 EMIL ANDERSEN Sat, 29 May 2010 10:23:00 GMT Education Saturday, May 29, 2010 A record number of nine Finnish workplaces have reached the Europe’s Best Workplaces 2010 list published by the Great Place to Work Institute. The list consists of 100 Europe’s best workplaces, selected out of the 1300 companies participating in the research. The best Finnish ranking was achieved by the Finland’s Best Workplaces 2010 general category number one, Helsinki-based IT company Reaktor, which ranked third on the category of small and medium businesses on the European list. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5125 SARAH THOMAS Sat, 29 May 2010 07:10:00 GMT Business Saturday, May 29, 2010 The IKEA group, the world's largest home products retailer, started a three-day test operation of a new store in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Monday. The store is the Swedish company's largest store in Asia and the second largest in the world, the company said in a statement. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5128 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 28 May 2010 13:25:00 GMT Business Friday, May 28, 2010 Flataskoli School, from Gardabaer near Reykjavik, has won Schoolovision 2010 on behalf of Iceland. Schoolovision is an internet based eTwinning initiative based on the Eurovision Song Contest. Iceland’s Flataskoli scored 252 points to win and the Czech Republic’s entry scored 236 points to finish second. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5127 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 28 May 2010 11:12:00 GMT Culture Friday, May 28, 2010 The Assembly of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) will be held on 25-26 May in Punta del Este, Uruguay. Before the assembly, over 30 GEF contributor countries pledged to add 4.25 million U.S. dollars to the fund over 2010-2014. Finland increased its share more than any other donor; by 80 percent from the previous replenishment. Finland's total contribution to the 5th replenishment will be 57.3 million euros. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5121 MEGAN Fri, 28 May 2010 10:16:00 GMT Politics Friday, May 28, 2010 Assistant professor at Louisiana Tech University, Ville Kaajakari has developed new technology, which generates energy with a generator installed on the shoe heel. The news was published in the Finnish online magazine CO2-raportti. This technology can help particularly those who love to exercise outdoors and other people, who require geographic positioning systems or emergency help. Generally speaking, anyone, who uses portable electronic devices can become free from toxic single use batteries or recharging batteries on mains, says Kaajakari. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5123 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 28 May 2010 07:02:00 GMT Science Friday, May 28, 2010 Air passengers have chosen Finnair as the Best Airline in Northern Europe in the 2010 independent Skytrax survey. About 18 million passengers from some 100 different countries contributed to the Skytrax research, which was carried out between July 2009 and April 2010. Finnair is the only North European airline that has been rated as a four-star airline in Skytrax assessments. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5122 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 27 May 2010 13:21:00 GMT Business Thursday, May 27, 2010 Norway is to increase its humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe in 2010 by NOK 10 million, to NOK 30 million. This increase is due to the situation in Zimbabwe, which is cause for grave concern. Despite an increase in grain production in 2009, up to 2.5 million people in the country are expected to need food aid in 2010. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5119 SYAM Thu, 27 May 2010 10:10:00 GMT Politics Thursday, May 27, 2010 Swedish researchers have developed a new cancer DNA vaccine which restricts the supply of blood to tumours. The research results, published in the medical journal Oncogene, indicate success in delaying the growth of breast cancer tumours in mice, Karolinska Institute writes in a statement. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5120 SANTIAGO Thu, 27 May 2010 06:41:00 GMT Science Thursday, May 27, 2010 Helen & Hard’s extraordinary pavilion for Norway at this year’s World Expo Fair 2010 in Shanghai is a forest of fascination! Called “Norway Powered by Nature,” the structure is a solar powered landscape consisting of 15 independently functioning “trees” which at end-of-life can pack flat and be shipped away to each become part of a new landscape of their own. The Norway Pavilion puts a strong environmental emphasis. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5118 SAHAY Wed, 26 May 2010 13:35:00 GMT Business Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Two Danish films came away with awards at this year’s Cannes sidebar Critics’ Week competition. Janus Metz’s documentary Armadillo which details the experiences of Danish soldiers in Afghanistan has won the Critics’ Week Grand Prix at Cannes. The documentary has received considerable media attention after scenes of possible illegal actions by soldiers mired it in controversy and sparked an investigation by the Danish military. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5115 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 26 May 2010 10:19:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Since the 2004 tsunami, the International Federation together with Red Cross National Societies from Sweden and Finland have supported the local authorities and the Thai Red Cross Society to restore water sources, hospitals, clinics and blood banks. The disaster preparedness programme began as one element of a huge recovery programme in southern Thailand. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5117 MEGAN Wed, 26 May 2010 06:51:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Real-time passenger information system SeasamTRAVELLER developed by the Finnish Seasam House has been awarded as Poland's 'Best ITS Implementation of the Year'. The award was presented by ITS Polska, a member of international intelligent transportation network, and it was received by the city of Zielona Gora and its fully owned public transport company MZK Zielona Gora. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5110 SANTIAGO Tue, 25 May 2010 13:30:00 GMT Business Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Sweden rounded off their World Hockey Championships with a 3-1 win over hosts Germany to claim the bronze in the third-place play-off in Cologne on this weekend. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5116 SARAH THOMAS Tue, 25 May 2010 10:20:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Helsingin Energia has received prestigious recognition by the international IT sector for its energy-efficient operation. The 2010 Uptime Institute Green Enterprise IT Award was granted for technology created by Helsingin Energia, which innovatively uses heat generated by computers for heating buildings and domestic water. The award was presented at the annual Uptime Institute Symposium in New York. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5109 SUSMITHA Mon, 24 May 2010 13:15:00 GMT Business Monday, May 24, 2010 One in five of the 100 best European workplaces are Danish, according to new research by research and management consultancy A Great Place to Work. A flat hierarchy and a trusting atmosphere and excellent communication between leaders and employees are part of the explanation why Danish workplaces score high in the survey. Overall, 20 out of the 100 best companies are Danish. The survey was carried out among 1300 European workplaces. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5108 AJITH Mon, 24 May 2010 10:12:00 GMT Business Monday, May 24, 2010 Finland has launched an e-prescription system trial in Turku, southwestern Finland, Finnish Broadcasting Company reported Thursday. As the system being put into use, Finnish doctors start to issue and sign e-prescriptions electronically and store them in a centralized system called Prescription Centre. Pharmacist in pharmacy can review the patients' medication from the centralized system and deliver the prescribed medicine with advices to patients. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5105 SAMUEL Mon, 24 May 2010 07:06:00 GMT Science Monday, May 24, 2010 The International Ibsen Award for 2010 has been given to the Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse. The award will be presented on 10 September during the Ibsen Festival in Oslo. The Norwegian writer Jon Fosse is one of the most prominent names in contemporary drama. He was born in 1959 and lives in Bergen, Norway. He is an author, poet and playwright, with more than 30 plays to his credit. Since his debut in 1994, his plays have been staged more than nine hundred times across the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5112 SAMUEL Sun, 23 May 2010 13:21:00 GMT Culture Sunday, May 23, 2010 Sweden and Norway claimed 6th and 9th positions in the annual ranking of the world's most competitive countries prepared by the IMD business school in Lausanne, Switzerland. With a world-beating welfare system and first-rate transport, Sweden has attracted businesses looking to balance profits with a high standard of living. An efficient and business-friendly government, coupled with some of the best business infrastructure worldwide, helps explain why Norway makes it into this year's top 10. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5102 SHYAM Sun, 23 May 2010 10:38:00 GMT Politics Sunday, May 23, 2010 Every year the esteemed American media company Red Herring publishes a list of 100 most promising European technology companies. This year’s finalists include 14 Finnish ICT companies. The final Red Herring 100 Europe list will be published on May 27th in Paris. The Finnish finalists are Cellictica, Digium, Eniram, Flowdock, GogsWiz.com, HammerKit, Heptagon, Ideakone, LumoFlow, Motive Systems, Pancomp International, Red Solution Finland, Sibosonke and Snoobi. The jury evaluates the finalists for instance according to their economic figures, innovations, management and strategy implementation. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5111 SAHAY Sun, 23 May 2010 06:48:00 GMT Business Sunday, May 23, 2010 Without their inventors, Sweden would not be what it is today- and not the remaining world either. One of those successful men was Johan Petter Johansson. His most well-known inventions are the pipe wrench (1888) and the adjustable wrench (1892). Few Swedish inventions have had such an extensive spread internationally, been manufactured in such a great number, and lasted such a long time as the adjustable wrench. So far 100 million wrenches have been made by the present Bahco Tools in Enkoping and production is still running. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5113 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sat, 22 May 2010 13:34:00 GMT Science Saturday, May 22, 2010 The formal negotiations on contributions to the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for the period 2010-2014 were concluded in Paris. Sweden pledged a contribution of over SEK 1 billion to the GEF, encompassing both Sweden's traditional portion and an extra contribution for climate initiatives. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5107 MEGAN Sat, 22 May 2010 10:36:00 GMT Politics Saturday, May 22, 2010 Finland spends no more than the OECD average on education. But there is nothing average about its performance. Finland is top of the class. Better still, Finland had one of the smallest discrepancies between the best and worst performers. Overall, the OECD concluded that the Finnish education system was the best in the world… It is built on a sense of trust and confidence in teachers. Essentially, Finnish children learn well because they’re taught well. All teachers are required to have a masters degree; most will spend a minimum of five-and-a-half years acquiring expert knowledge and learning how to teach it. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5097 SHYAM Sat, 22 May 2010 06:41:00 GMT Education Saturday, May 22, 2010 Gunde Svan is a former Swedish cross-country skier and auto racing driver. During his career he won a total of four golds, one silver and one bronze medal at the Winter Olympics. Svan won a total of seven golds, three silvers and one bronze (4 x 10 km - 1985) at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Svan also won the 15 km once and the 50 km twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival. In 1984, he earned the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, and in 1985, he earned the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Anette Bøe and Per Bergerud). He is currently active as a board member of the International Ski Federation. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5106 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 21 May 2010 13:20:00 GMT Sports Friday, May 21, 2010 When the Baltic countries’ economies collapsed, investors fled Sweden because of its banks’ investments there. Today, they’re flocking to the Nordic country as a refuge from debt-ridden southern Europe. Banks in Sweden, including Nordea Bank AB and SEB AB, have less at risk in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain than most western European countries. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5104 SANTIAGO Fri, 21 May 2010 09:48:00 GMT Politics Friday, May 21, 2010 Norway is Europe's most diversified maritime nation and commands worldwide respect for its shipping expertise, equipment and ability to exploit new market niches. Norway's overall maritime economy - an expanding cluster of industries linked to shipping and the aquaculture industry - encompasses an increasingly wide variety of products and services. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5101 SHYAM Fri, 21 May 2010 06:20:00 GMT Politics Friday, May 21, 2010 Poll after poll lists Denmark as the happiest place in the world. Denmark is a mix of rural and urban cultures with ancient castles and modern designs that are spread throughout the country. It is the world’s most environmental friendly countries with smooth cycling lanes on both sides of the road that are thousands of kilometers in length and spread throughout the country. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5103 SANTIAGO Thu, 20 May 2010 13:49:00 GMT Culture Thursday, May 20, 2010 Norway plans to give Indonesia $1 billion to help protect tropical forests as part of a drive to combat climate change, a senior Indonesian official said yesterday(19th May). “It is the biggest (donation) from one country” to help Indonesia tackle global warming, said Agus Purnomo, head of the secretariat of Indonesia’s National Climate Change Council. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5100 SANTIAGO Thu, 20 May 2010 11:49:00 GMT Politics Thursday, May 20, 2010 The distinction between psychological illness and creative thinking is wafer thin, new Swedish research confirms, arguing that there is a feasible explanation for why the age-old myth of genius bordering on insanity could in fact be true. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5094 MEGAN Thu, 20 May 2010 09:33:00 GMT Science Thursday, May 20, 2010 The European Commission will reward the Best Life+ -Environment Projects 2009 in June. Four out of the 46 award-winning projects were located in Finland. They are The Vattaja Dune Life project, The Lesser White-fronted Goose Life project, The Green Belt Life project and the development project for preventing Volatile Organic Compounds. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5096 SAMUEL Thu, 20 May 2010 06:34:00 GMT Politics Thursday, May 20, 2010 Two hundred and eighty one years ago, Vitus Bering reached America by traveling from the west, just as Christopher Columbus had done by traveling from the east. His legacy lives on in atlases: Bering Island, the Bering Sea (the section of Pacific Ocean between Asia and America to the north of the Aleutian Islands) and the Bering Strait, which links the Pacific and Arctic oceans. All of them are named after the doughty Danish explorer from Jutland. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5098 SANTIAGO Wed, 19 May 2010 13:42:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Stockholm universities are among the top choices for students this autumn, with medicine, law and economics the most popular fields of study, according to a new report from the Swedish Agency for Higher Education Services http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5095 SANTIAGO Wed, 19 May 2010 11:47:00 GMT Education Wednesday, May 19, 2010 The Swedish International Development Agency (ASDI) has provided funding of 117 million Swedish kroner (US$15 million) for development of the River Púnguè basin, the Notícias newspaper reported in Maputo. The funding, which is to be used in the execution of the second phase of the Joint Water Resources Development and Integrated Management Strategy, in place since 2002 between Mozambique and Zimbabwe, will make it possible to identify the potential of the basin, to analyse and establish alternative future development possibilities, particularly in improving the quality of life of riverside communities. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5093 SANTIAGO Wed, 19 May 2010 06:10:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Jan Kenneth Eliasson is a Swedish diplomat and Social Democratic politician. A veteran in the fields of diplomacy and foreign relations, from 1994 to 2000 Mr. Eliasson served as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, a key position in formulating and implementing Swedish foreign policy. Mr. Eliasson has authored and co-authored numerous books and articles and is a frequent lecturer on foreign policy and diplomacy. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5092 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Tue, 18 May 2010 13:21:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Eccentric Icelandic singer Björk has been awarded the 2010 Polar Music Prize, along with Italian composer, arranger and conductor Ennio Morricone, organizers announced on Monday. The winners will receive 1 million kronor ($122,000) each and formally accept the prize from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony in Stockholm on August 30th. Björk was honored for "[making] an indelible mark on pop music and modern culture at large, despite her relative youth," the organization said in a statement. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5091 OLIVER LINDE Tue, 18 May 2010 11:35:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, May 18, 2010 There is no increased risk of brain tumours in people who have used a mobile phone regularly for 10 years, according to an international study including researchers at Stockholm's Karolinska Institutet. The Interphone study is the largest-ever international research conducted on a possible link between brain cancer and other tumors in the head and mobile use. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5090 EMIL ANDERSEN Tue, 18 May 2010 09:55:00 GMT Science Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Readers of PC-Gamer magazine have voted the Icelandic online computer game EVE Online as the third best computer game ever. The magazine compiled a Top 20 list of best computer games of all time – and Half-Life 2 came out on top with EVE in third. PC Gamer is one of the biggest computer games magazines in the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5087 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 18 May 2010 07:08:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Mountain climber Carina Räihä reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early hours on 17th May, Monday. She is the first Finnish woman to scale the world's highest peak. The successful attempt by the 43 year-old Räihä to the summit of Everest began last month. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5085 OLIVER LINDE Mon, 17 May 2010 13:46:00 GMT Sports Monday, May 17, 2010 Broadening waistlines and expanding bellies among Swedish women can be blamed on a lack of sleep, according to new research. The risk of obesity is also enhanced by frequent short periods of dream sleep or deep sleep according to the study by the Uppsala University. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5086 SARAH THOMAS Mon, 17 May 2010 09:57:00 GMT Science Monday, May 17, 2010 Norway's Thea Therese Næss (24) is new WAKO professional world champion - full contact kickboxing, 60kg class. She won over Italian Barbara Pazzoli 3-0 in her title fight. Næss has earlier a European Championship title as professional and both European and World Championships as an amateur. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5089 OLIVER LINDE Mon, 17 May 2010 07:29:00 GMT Sports Monday, May 17, 2010 Putting in long hours at the office is hard on the heart and might actually shorten your life, new research published in the European Heart Journal suggests. "Our findings suggest a link between working long hours and increased (coronary heart disease) risk," Dr. Marianna Virtanen, an epidemiologist at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Helsinki and University College London (UK), said in a news release. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5082 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 16 May 2010 13:45:00 GMT Science Sunday, May 16, 2010 The Government has proposed increased funding to Haiti in its revised budget for 2010. The earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010 hit the country hard, in both human and economic terms. Norway wishes to support the reconstruction process in Haiti, with a view to helping the country become more robust and stable. In its revised budget, the Government has proposed additional funding for these efforts. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5078 SAHAY Sun, 16 May 2010 09:53:00 GMT Politics Sunday, May 16, 2010 Karolinska Solna University Hospital is destined to become worlds’ first university hospital to achieve LEED Gold Certification for being environmentally friendly. Designed by Tengbom Architects and developed by Skanska the hospital aims to function with minimal environment impact. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5079 SANTIAGO Sun, 16 May 2010 06:54:00 GMT Business Sunday, May 16, 2010 From its roots as a Norwegian radio factory and a pioneer of videoconferencing technology, TANDBERG is now a global leader in the communication industry. It is the market share leader and the fastest growing company in the telepresence and video conferencing industry. It has consistently been the first to market with innovations that bring video communication to an ever-growing number – and variety – of users. Every employee has access to personal video, so that visual communication is possible with teams, partners, suppliers and customers at a moment’s notice. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5084 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sat, 15 May 2010 13:57:00 GMT Business Saturday, May 15, 2010 Recently Vietnam Innovation Day themed “Climate Change” opened its doors to reveal great creativity from all corners Vietnamese society in the battle against climate change. Since its launch in 2003, Denmark has supported the Vietnam Innovation Day, which is an annual event aiming to identify, share, exchange and directly support small, bottom-up, innovative development proposals delivering replicable results. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5077 MEGAN Sat, 15 May 2010 09:57:00 GMT Politics Saturday, May 15, 2010 Norway will donate part of the hospital currently deployed to the UN peacekeeping operation in Chad. The equipment will be transfered when the Norwegian contingent in the UN operation in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) completes its year long mission on May 15. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5073 MEGAN Sat, 15 May 2010 06:54:00 GMT Politics Saturday, May 15, 2010 Helsinki has been selected as the 2015 host city for World Gymnaestrada, the largest general gymnastics event. The International Gymnastics Federation announced its decision on 13th of May."We have always participated in the Gymnaestradas with large delegations, and now we want to show our hospitality in return," said Kirsti Partanen, the President of the Finnish Gymnastics Federation, in a statement. The event will bring 25,000 gymnasts to Helsinki from 60 countries. The Gymnaestrada is held every four years much like the Olympics. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5080 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 14 May 2010 13:50:00 GMT Sports Friday, May 14, 2010 A Danish research team has determined that the strongest animal ‘pound for pound’ on the planet is the water flea, whose strength is 10-20 times more than an elephant. Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have come to this conclusion after calculating the water flea’s relative size and strength. Water fleas are typically between 0.3 and 3 millimeters long. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5081 EMIL ANDERSEN Fri, 14 May 2010 09:55:00 GMT Science Friday, May 14, 2010 Forbes Magazine has included 27 Swedish companies on its list of the world's most successful major companies, including Nordea Bank, ABBHMand H&M. The top Swedish company on the list was Nordea Bank, which came in 95th. Of the 26 industries the magazine analyses, Sweden made the list in half of them. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5075 SANTIAGO Fri, 14 May 2010 06:55:00 GMT Business Friday, May 14, 2010 Scientists have found that one of the most common side effects of obesity – inflammation – can be fought by administering insulin. As an added benefit, the team behind the work says, this also reduces a person's risk of developing diabetes. The remarkable finding was recently presented in a new thesis, written by experts at the Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, in Sweden. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5069 MEGAN Thu, 13 May 2010 13:56:00 GMT Science Thursday, May 13, 2010 By forging links with bloggers and social media in the Middle East, Sweden is helping to promote democracy in the region, writes Javeria Rizvi Kabani of the Swedish Institute. On May 10, 25 high-profile opinion leaders from eight countries in the Middle East and North Africa arrive in Sweden to participate in the Young Leaders Visitors Program (YLVP), a leadership training that will equip them with the latest tools to help promote freedom of expression and social change in their respective contexts. YLVP is a Swedish Institute initiative, in line with the public agency’s goal to create mutual relationships with the Middle East. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5076 SAMUEL Thu, 13 May 2010 11:48:00 GMT Politics Thursday, May 13, 2010 The South Korean city of Ulsan lets water generated from processing food waste run off into the ocean, which can generate methane gas harmful to the environment. Now, with the help of a Swedish company, Scandinavian Biogas Fuels AB, it is going to start converting that waste water into biogas, a type of clean fuel that can be used as power to heat buildings and even run vehicles. The company is based in Sweden, a pioneer in manufacturing and using biogas. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5070 SHYAM Thu, 13 May 2010 09:56:00 GMT Business Thursday, May 13, 2010 The Danish Refugee Council has established a community centre in Homs, where a significant number of Iraqi refugees have found temporary settlement. The centre opened on with a ceremony on February 10, attended by the governor of Homs and the Danish ambassador. The ceremony is the first step in a plan to expand the response of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) to Iraqi refugees residing outside Damascus and support the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) in the assistance it provides to refugees and Syrian vulnerable families in areas far from the capital city where the international aid remains concentrated. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5074 SAHAY Thu, 13 May 2010 06:58:00 GMT Politics Thursday, May 13, 2010 Minister of Communication Suvi Lindén has been invited to join UN’s high-level Broadband Commission for Digital Development. The commission, which is run by top class leaders, aims at finding solutions for creating effective broadband connections and information society services for people in developing countries. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5068 SAMUEL Wed, 12 May 2010 13:54:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Norway has assisted the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) in training 120 South Sudanese police officers. Representatives from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Police Directorate visited Sudan last November(2009) to meet with delegations from UNMIS, “Training for Peace” and South Sudanese authorities. During the delegation’s visit to Khartoum, Rajesh Dewan, Police Commissioner in UNMIS, asked for Norway’s support in the training of South Sudanese police officers in election security. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5072 SAHAY Wed, 12 May 2010 11:32:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Sweden is among those countries that have offered international assistance to the United States for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The State Department said Washington was grateful for the offer of assistance. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5071 SUSMITHA Wed, 12 May 2010 09:58:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, May 12, 2010 "Sexual violence against women in conflict areas is not cultural, just criminal," say Margot Wallström at a meeting with Gunilla Carlsson. In connection with her visit, Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson presented Sweden's extensive work against gender-based violence against women in conflict. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5067 SANTIAGO Wed, 12 May 2010 06:55:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, May 12, 2010 In a review of Denmark’s Program for Better Business Regulation carried out by the World Bank and published this week, Denmark is named an international frontrunner in regulatory review and reform for businesses. Among others, Denmark is ranked no.2 in Europe on the World Bank’s index for efficient business regulation, meaning that Denmark scores high when it comes to reducing administrative costs and ensuring things run smoothly for businesses. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5063 SYAM Tue, 11 May 2010 13:44:00 GMT Business Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Statist journalist and staunch defender of Bill- and Hill-ism, Joe Conason asserted that “ Norway is different from the United States. Norwegian state can impose public values on oil producers without fighting off lobbyists and crooked politicians, because it owns and controls the resources. Rather than Halliburton-style corporate management controlling the government and blocking environmental improvement." http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5066 MEGAN Tue, 11 May 2010 09:43:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, May 11, 2010 The Norwegian banking industry has been praised by the OECD for its conservative culture and stability in the wake of the financial crisis. Nowhere has this been more evident than with DnB NOR, Norway’s leading financial services institution. Not only did it not need to avail itself of government assistance via the Norwegian State Finance Fund, it emerged strengthened and continued to expand internationally in its core areas: shipping and offshore, energy, and seafood. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5062 SAMUEL Tue, 11 May 2010 06:52:00 GMT Business Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Finnish national mail enterprise Itella has launched an environmental 'Posti Vihreä' stamp as part of its Green Program. Deliveries with the stamp are carbon-neutral since the carbon emissions resulting from the mail delivery will be compensated by participation in climate projects. According to Itella the Finns are among the first in the world to have the chance to choose a climate friendly option when sending mail. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5065 SUSMITHA Mon, 10 May 2010 13:49:00 GMT Business Monday, May 10, 2010 Sweden's economy remains the most competitive in the European Union, according to a new ranking from the Geneva-based World Economic Forum. Sweden, which also led last year's list, pipped Denmark and Finland to the top EU spots as WEF gave the Nordic nations high marks for innovation and cooperation between the business and tertiary education sectors. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5060 SAHAY Mon, 10 May 2010 11:59:00 GMT Politics Monday, May 10, 2010 New study being carried out to play music during transport after previous patients complain of increased stress levels caused by ambulance noise. A preliminary study carried out by Dr. Per Thorgaard, head of the ICU and anesthesia department at Aalborg Hospital, found that noises such as ambulance sirens, beeping medical equipment and slamming doors do little to aid a patient’s transport. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5064 MEGAN Mon, 10 May 2010 09:59:00 GMT Science Monday, May 10, 2010 An electric car race is under way in Europe and countries are rushing out their plans for the future. Each one is more ambitious than the last in an effort to prove who the greenest of them all. One country, however, appears to be better prepared than the others: Denmark. The biggest Danish power company has partnered with a California start-up company, Better Place, to build a nationwide grid to support electric cars, composed of thousands of charging poles in towns and cities and service stations along highways where depleted batteries can be swapped for fresh ones on long trips. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5056 SAMUEL Mon, 10 May 2010 06:41:00 GMT Business Monday, May 10, 2010 The Finnish economy's growth rate is one of the fastest in Europe according to a recent study published by research institute Oxford Economics. The institute predicts that Finland's gross domestic product will grow at an average of 3.5 per cent per year until 2014. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5052 SANTIAGO Sun, 09 May 2010 13:44:00 GMT Business Sunday, May 09, 2010 Too much pressure at work could be a significant risk factor for ischemic heart disease among younger female employees, according to a new study from Denmark. Ischemic heart disease occurs when blood flow is restricted to the heart muscle. Often called "a silent killer," it is estimated that as many as 4 million Americans may have ischemic episodes and not be aware that they have this condition because they do not experience symptoms. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5053 MEGAN Sun, 09 May 2010 09:46:00 GMT Science Sunday, May 09, 2010 “The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank of Finland have signed an agreement to provide IMF with up to 1.3 billion euros. The agreement is part of a commitment made by the European Union in March 2009 to contribute up to 75 billion euros to support the IMF’s lending capacity. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5054 SAMUEL Sun, 09 May 2010 06:49:00 GMT Politics Sunday, May 09, 2010 Ravagers, despoilers, pagans, heathens--such epithets pretty well summed up the Vikings for those who lived in the British Isles during medieval times. But that view is wildly skewed. The Vikings were indeed raiders, but they were also traders whose economic network stretched from today's Iraq all the way to the Canadian Arctic. They were democrats who founded the world's oldest surviving parliament while Britain was still mired in feudalism. They were master metalworkers, fashioning exquisite jewelry from silver, gold and bronze. Above all, they were intrepid explorers whose restless hearts brought them to North America some 500 years before Columbus. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5055 SAMUEL Sat, 08 May 2010 13:58:00 GMT Culture Saturday, May 08, 2010 The Kingdom of Norway is interested in cooperating with Angola in various fields of human rights, the Norwegian ambassador to the country, Jon Vea informed in Luanda. Speaking to the press at the end of an audience granted by the secretary of state for human rights, António Bento Bembe, the diplomat referred that Norway has a wide experience in terms human rights and aims at transmitting it to the Angolan government. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5051 MEGAN Sat, 08 May 2010 09:51:00 GMT Politics Saturday, May 08, 2010 Financial Times has awarded Copenhagen and Copenhagen Capacity. Copenhagen Capacity for "best strategy" and Copenhagen in the catagory "most future-oriented region". According to Financial Times, the Capital Region of Copenhagen is the best of Europe's smaller regions and Copenhagen Capacity has the best strategy on how to promote the capital in the future. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5048 SAMUEL Sat, 08 May 2010 06:55:00 GMT Culture Saturday, May 08, 2010 Stora Enso Oyj is an integrated, paper, packaging and forest products company. The Company produces publication and fine papers, packaging boards, and wood products. Stora Enso operates in more than 40 countries around the world. Stora Enso sells its products to publishers, printing houses and merchants, as well as the packaging, joinery and construction industries worldwide. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5057 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 07 May 2010 13:57:00 GMT Business Friday, May 07, 2010 At the Nordic Green conference in Menlo Park, Calif., Olov Hemstrom of the Swedish Trade Council discusses the history of Sweden’s drive to go green. He says government and business officials decided on a concept called SymbioCity, where various city functions from waste-water management to landscape and urban planning are all interconnected into one integrated system. Hemstrom is hopeful the practices tested in Sweden over the past 30 years can be applied to cities within the U.S. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5042 SANTIAGO Fri, 07 May 2010 11:52:00 GMT Culture Friday, May 07, 2010 Scientists claim to have found the first direct evidence that bacteria in the ocean can harvest light energy from sunlight for survival, thanks to a unique photoprotein. “It was long thought that phytoplankton were the only organisms in the sea that could harvest the energy from sunlight for growth,” said lead scientist Jarone Pinhassi of Linnaeus University in Sweden. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5049 MEGAN Fri, 07 May 2010 09:51:00 GMT Science Friday, May 07, 2010 Finance Minister Diana Dragutinovic and Swedish Ambassador to Serbia Krister Bringeus signed an agreement concerning development cooperation for 2010-2012 between Serbia and Sweden. Under this agreement, Sweden will annually allocate €12 million in the next two years for programmes and projects for the democratisation of society, human rights protection and environmental protection. Key areas defined for dialogue are sustainable development, gender equality and the role of women in democratic development and EU integration. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5050 SYAM Fri, 07 May 2010 07:03:00 GMT Politics Friday, May 07, 2010 The Stockholm area is one of the ten richest regions in the European Union, according to new figures from Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency. Stockholm came tenth out of 271 regions on the list. Stockholm has weathered the recession much better than many other European regions. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5044 SAMUEL Thu, 06 May 2010 13:58:00 GMT Culture Thursday, May 06, 2010 When it comes to regulation of business Denmark is on the very top says the World Bank which has looked closely into the system. No unnecessary bureaucracy or red tape when companies are doing business in Denmark. The World Bank has taken a closer look upon the Danish business regulation and repays with praise, writes business.dk. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5047 SANTIAGO Thu, 06 May 2010 11:57:00 GMT Business Thursday, May 06, 2010 Swedish business leaders suffer the lowest levels of stress in the world, far behind their Chinese and Mexican counterparts, according to a new survey published by US consultancy firm Grant Thornton. The report surveyed 7,400 privately-owned businesses in 36 countries in November 2009. The cool Swedish business leaders were joined by the Danes (25), Finns (33). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5043 SANTIAGO Thu, 06 May 2010 09:55:00 GMT Business Thursday, May 06, 2010 Halden, Norway's second largest prison, with a capacity of 252 inmates, opened on April 8. The facility boasts amenities like a sound studio, jogging trails and a freestanding two-bedroom house where inmates can host their families during overnight visits. Unlike many American prisons, the air isn't tinged with the smell of sweat and urine. "In the Norwegian prison system, there's a focus on human rights and respect. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5045 SHYAM Thu, 06 May 2010 06:43:00 GMT Politics Thursday, May 06, 2010 Mothers in Norway are living in the best places in the world, according to Save the Children's 11th annual "Mothers' Index", which ranks the best and worst places to be a mother. The "Mothers' Index" is highlighted in Save the Children's State of the World's Mothers 2010 report, which examines the many ways women working on the front lines of health care are helping to save the lives of mothers, newborns and young children, and makes an urgent call to increase the number of front-line health workers in the world's poorest nations. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5046 MEGAN Wed, 05 May 2010 13:55:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, May 05, 2010 Shafiq ur Réhman, a doctoral student at Umeå University in Sweden has unveiled his thesis project, a technology that converts facial emotions into special tactile sensations for the visually impaired. The system uses a webcam to capture faces, and then subsequently converts the captured emotion into a series of vibrations that correspond with the expressed emotion. The users are expected to train themselves by making their own faces into the webcam and getting a feel for how the vibrations change with the faces they're making. The technology has been granted a patent and reportedly will be brought to market in the near future. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5041 SAHAY Wed, 05 May 2010 09:47:00 GMT Science Wednesday, May 05, 2010 Finland has promised to lend Greece with over half a billion Euros this year to help it get over the current financial crisis. Over the coming three years Greece is set to get 100 to 120 billion Euros in loans from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. Finland’s share over the three year period will be nearly 1.5 billion Euros. Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen told YLE on Saturday (1st May) that the measures were needed as a firewall to keep the Greek crisis within Greece. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5040 AJITH Wed, 05 May 2010 06:44:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, May 05, 2010 With an economy open to global trade and investment Sweden climbed in a yearly economic freedom ranking conducted by the American think-tank The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. Sweden scored well when it came to trade, investment and financial freedom. The report especially hailed how easy it was to set up and run a business in Sweden. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5038 SHYAM Tue, 04 May 2010 13:49:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, May 04, 2010 With 40 percent of the inner city composed of green spaces, the Baltic Sea archipelago city seems a natural place to begin the European Commission's Green Capital initiative. Reveling in nature is a way of life in Sweden, so deeply engrained in the national character that widespread environmental activism already began here as long as 50 years ago. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5037 SAMUEL Tue, 04 May 2010 11:44:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, May 04, 2010 The Norwegian Northeast Arctic cod and haddock fisheries are as of today certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). An MSC-assessment evaluates the fish stocks, sustainable harvesting, and the environmental impact of the fisheries and effectiveness of the management. With this certificate in place Norway is the leading country in documentation of sustainable fisheries. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5039 SAHAY Tue, 04 May 2010 09:55:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, May 04, 2010 Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Finland will become one of the role models for Malaysia's New Economic Model. PM Najib said despite having a smaller population of five million as compared to Malaysia's 28 million, Finland had a higher Gross Domestic Product (GDP). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5030 SYAM Tue, 04 May 2010 06:59:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, May 04, 2010 Danish architects AART have developed the world’s first Active House which produces more energy than it consumes. “Home for Life” is located near Aarhus in Denmark and is a self-sufficient demo project. Because of an array of solar devices such as solar collectors, solar cells and a solar heat pump, the house generates more energy than it requires to sustain itself. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5034 JOHN DUNNIGAN Mon, 03 May 2010 13:56:00 GMT Business Monday, May 03, 2010 Mortality rates worldwide among adults under 60 have dropped over four decades by 34 percent for women and 19 for men but show a sharp increase in inequality across nations, according to a major study. The list of countries with the lowest adult mortality has changed greatly. Only three – Sweden, the Netherlands, and Norway – remained in the top 10 for male mortality between 1970 and 2010. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5036 SANTIAGO Mon, 03 May 2010 11:57:00 GMT Politics Monday, May 03, 2010 Too little sleep may be linked to the development of a large belly and broad waist, a study of women in Sweden has found. Short periods of deep sleep and dream sleep are also contribute to an increased risk of obesity, according to the study carried out at Uppsala University, the results of which are published in the May edition of the scientific journal Sleep. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5035 MEGAN Mon, 03 May 2010 09:33:00 GMT Science Monday, May 03, 2010 The Swedish Ambassador H.E. Ms. Helena Sångeland was one of the speakers at the ”Creative Culture Series” in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday 28 April. The Ambassador talked about creativity in the context of the development of Sweden. She also mentioned that Sweden has been ranked as one of the most creative countries in the world. Asked why Sweden has become such a creative country the Ambassador stressed the investments in new technology and commitment to education which encourages critical thinking. Another important factor is tolerance. Tolerance towards other people and minorities facilitates the exchange of ideas and the creation of new ones, she said. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5029 SANTIAGO Mon, 03 May 2010 06:50:00 GMT Politics Monday, May 03, 2010 Mustafa Hassan Mohamed is a Somali-Swedish long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase. Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Mohamed moved to Sweden at the age of 11. He eventually became a Swedish citizen and now lives in Lysekil. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5033 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 02 May 2010 13:54:00 GMT Sports Sunday, May 02, 2010 When it comes to responsible economic development, Sweden is already a world leader. Hoping to showcase its expertise at the World Expo in Shanghai, Sweden arrives in the Chinese harbor city with a message focused on three keywords — innovation, sustainability, and communication. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5024 SANTIAGO Sun, 02 May 2010 09:57:00 GMT Politics Sunday, May 02, 2010 Orion Diagnostica and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have won the Chemical Industry Innovation Award 2010 with their surface hygiene monitoring innovation Orion Clean Card® PRO. The award-winning innovation is a new kind of chemical test for the assessment and monitoring of surface hygiene, which is manufactured by roll-to-roll printing method. The monitored surface is simply moistened and wiped with the test card. A colour change indicates immediately if the surface is not sufficiently clean and protein residues remain on the surface. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5028 SAHAY Sun, 02 May 2010 06:49:00 GMT Science Sunday, May 02, 2010 In the Security Council meeting on the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti on 28th April, Norway supported the main findings of the Secretary General’s report to the council, and highlighted the urgency of stepping up efforts to protecting the civilians. The internally displaced people are particularly vulnerable, and there is a need to step up efforts to protect vulnerable groups, particularly from sexual violence and trafficking. Immediately following the earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January, Norway provided USD 35 million in emergency relief. At the International donors’ conference on March 31st, Norway announced long-term assistance to Haiti by an additional USD 100 million over the next four years. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5032 SYAM Sat, 01 May 2010 13:54:00 GMT Politics Saturday, May 01, 2010 Recyclable and sustainable production of toilet paper in Denmark mean residents here use far less of the product than most Western nations. The problem of toilet paper waste has been brought to the forefront of the media through a comprehensive, worldwide usage study by watchdog organisation World Watch, which said that each Dane uses a meagre 13 kilos of toilet paper annually – a figure at the ‘bottom’ of those for the western world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5027 MEGAN Sat, 01 May 2010 09:55:00 GMT Culture Saturday, May 01, 2010 "Sweden has some of the best wind conditions in the world, the costs have decreased and the expansion has finally caught wind" says Johan Ihrfelt, CEO of wind energy company O2. During 2009, 198 new wind turbines were installed in Sweden. This brings the total number to 1,359. The Swedish government is planning for a tenfold increase in wind energy by 2020, but it’s up to local municipalities to drive this development? http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5023 SUSMITHA Sat, 01 May 2010 06:54:00 GMT Science Saturday, May 01, 2010 Hilma Granqvist was a Swedish-speaking Finnish anthropologist who conducted long field studies of Palestinians. She can be counted among the pioneers of Finnish anthropology and sociology together with the internationally renowned Edvard Westermarck and his disciples Gunnar Landtman and Rafael Karsten. Her studies on Palestine have become internationally recognised classics. Her research can be placed in the school of "new anthropology" that evolved in Britain in the 1920s and 30s. This school of thought emphasised field work and first-hand observation as central instruments of research and aimed at understanding foreign cultures on their own terms. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5031 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:54:00 GMT Culture Friday, April 30, 2010 Finland's foreign affairs ministry says as long as Kenya demonstrates willingness to pursue good governance and sound politics, Nairobi can expect a cordial relationship with the Scandinavian nation whose total support through bilateral cooperation in 2009 amounted to over 6 million Euros. According to desk officer in the department for Africa and middle Maarit Nador, Finland will continue to pursue projects that benefit communities at the local level as one of way of alleviating poverty. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5022 SYAM Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:58:00 GMT Politics Friday, April 30, 2010 By year-end 2015, all residents in Finland will be equipped with high-speed internet connections. According to the communications ministry, the target set by the government will be reached on schedule, or even ahead of it. With a plan to offer Finland residents a minimum of 100 megabytes per second by the end of 2015, users will be able to expand at-home businesses, small businesses and their overall internet usage. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5021 SYAM Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:52:00 GMT Science Friday, April 30, 2010 Thanks to an inquisitive son and a playful mother, many Swedish children will soon have a chance to learn more about the environment, sustainable consumption and global interdependence, all through the use of games and toys. “Retoy was born out of a conversation I had with my son, who was then four,” says project founder Soledad Piñero Misa. “We were talking about fair trade products and he wondered why everything wasn’t fair trade and ecological, when it was so much better for both the environment and people. I started pondering how information about the consequences of our actions might be spread to other children.” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5025 SAMUEL Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:59:00 GMT Business Thursday, April 29, 2010 It’s no secret that certain lifestyle behaviors can have a negative impact on our health. A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that the combined impact of smoking, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption, and eating a diet low in fruits and vegetables, can triple or quadruple our chances of death compared with practicing none of those behaviors. Norwegian researchers interviewed 4,886 adult individuals in the United Kingdom in 1984 to 1985. Lead study author Elisabeth Kvaavik, Ph.D., of the Department of Nutrition at the University of Oslo, Norway, described the significance of their study as showing that “health behaviors work together to have a combined effect on risk of dying that is quite strong and significant.” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5017 SUSMITHA Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:11:00 GMT Science Thursday, April 29, 2010 Globally innovative InnoSchool researches and develops the school of the future. The multidisciplinary project combines research data in the fields of educational sciences, architecture, media pedagogy and business economics, and turns it into a lifelong learning environment. The project, which was initiated in 2007, investigates the future school from four viewpoints. InnoArch focuses on architecture and urban design, InnoEdu on pedagogy and teacher training, InnoPlay on media pedagogy and playful learning, and InnoServe on networks, leadership and services. InnoSchool is a unique project. No other equivalent interdisciplinary and practical project has ever been carried out elsewhere. This means that it has stirred up wide international interest. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5020 SAMUEL Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:49:00 GMT Education Thursday, April 29, 2010 Eco-cities are spreading around the world. One of the granddaddies of this municipal experiment in sustainable living - Hammarby Sjostad in Sweden - is expanding as well. A second, larger eco community is under develop in Stockholm - the Stockholm Royal Seaport - and builders are moving ahead on additional sites in Malmo, Vaxjo and Gothenburg, according to Olov Hemstrom, head of consulting at the Swedish Trade Council. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5019 SANTIAGO Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:44:00 GMT Culture Thursday, April 29, 2010 The annual list of the world's 50 best restaurants was unveiled in London last night (26th April), containing a new No 1. The title of world's best restaurant has finally been wrenched from the grip of El Bulli in Spain, with Denmark's Noma, a relative newcomer, being acclaimed as the globe's greatest dining experience. René Redzepi's groundbreaking restaurant in Copenhagen, which serves only food from the Nordic region, was propelled into the top spot thanks to a dedication to regional products fashioned into startling creations such as vintage potato and whey, and lovage and prästost (a Swedish cheese). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5015 SAMUEL Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:59:00 GMT Business Wednesday, April 28, 2010 The Kingdom of Denmark has provided assistance to the tune of 880 million CFA francs (10 million kronor) to help Niger to overcome the severe food crisis affecting more than 7.8 million people. The Danish aid will be made available to UNICEF to support efforts in the management of acute malnutrition among children under five years, the most vulnerable by the food shortages affecting the country. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5016 MEGAN Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:46:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Researchers in Sweden, Switzerland, and Britain have discovered the first human embryonic stem cell line that shows features of malignant cell lines. This is the first known cancer producing stem cell line generated directly from a human embryo. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5018 EMIL ANDERSON Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:55:00 GMT Science Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Finland announced plans to step up and meet EU requirements on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The EU requirement is to raise the share of renewable energy to 38% of energy consumption by 2020. In order to meet this goal, Finland must raise renewable energy production by 38 terawatt hours. How do they plan to reach this goal? Well, on top of using their current nuclear power system, Finland also plans on adding wood-based and wind energy systems, plus increasing the use of biofuels and heat pumps. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5010 SYAM Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:57:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, April 28, 2010 The Danish industrial enzyme manufacturer Novozymes, which commands a sizeable chunk of the world enzyme market, has been praised as one of the world's most successful companies by no less than Forbes Magazine, reports national daily newspaper Berlingske Tidende. The accolade has been bestowed on Novozymes by Forbes as it publishes its Global 2000 list, which lists the 2,000 most successful companies in the world.In a multipage feature which will be worth millions in promotional value to Novozymes, Forbes Magazine tells the full story of the Danish enzyme manufacturer, presenting it as a company in which it sees great potential. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5014 SANTIAGO Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:56:00 GMT Business Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Norway is providing NOK 2 million to China following the earthquake on 14 April. The money is to go to the Chinese Red Cross. The earthquake struck Qinghai province in northwestern China. The number of dead is over 2 000, with over 10 000 people injured. Around 15 000 dwellings have been razed to the ground, and 100 000 people have been made homeless. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5001 SYAM Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:55:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, April 27, 2010 A van equipped with sophisticated radiation-detection technology is scheduled soon to be shipped to Ukraine, where it would be used to guard against a nuclear terrorist attack at a 2012 European soccer tournament, Bloomberg reported. The mobile detection unit was provided by Sweden and Finland. The nuclear watchdog will work with Finland to provide training on the system, according to an IAEA release http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5012 MEGAN Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:50:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, April 27, 2010 While much of the world continues to struggle with the deployment of smart meters, several companies in Finland have already implemented smart grid technologies. Cleantech Finland, a collective of top 100 Finnish cleantech companies that specialize in energy-efficiency, clean industrial processes and bioenergy, and the Cluster for Energy and Environment consortium (CLEEN) will demonstrate their smart grid technology ecosystem at this week’s Nordic Green II conference in Palo Alto on April 27-28. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5009 SAMUEL Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:55:00 GMT Science Monday, April 26, 2010 Finland has donated 3.0 million euros (4.0 million dollars) into a fund for the reconstruction and stabilisation of areas of Pakistan on the Afghanistan border, the foreign ministry said Friday(23rd April). “The stability of Pakistan and the stability of Afghanistan are closely linked and supporting border areas also promotes broader regional development,” it said in a statement. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5011 SAHAY Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:18:00 GMT Politics Monday, April 26, 2010 Danish industrial catalyst company Haldor Topsøe is to supply groundbreaking technology to a plant in Gothenburg, Sweden, which will produce synthetic natural gas from woodchip waste. The plant is the first of its kind in the world, reports professional journal Ingeniøren. The new facility, which is expected to be complete by 2012, will be able to gasify the biomass, remove the tar, methanate and output ‘green’ natural gas that can then be fed directly into the gas supply grid. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5008 SANTIAGO Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:07:00 GMT Science Monday, April 26, 2010 With over 37,000 students and more than 7,000 employees, the University of Copenhagen with its more than 525 years of history, is the largest institution of research and education in Denmark. The diversity of academic environments and scientific approaches is the University of Copenhagens distinguishing feature and strength. The University offers more than 200 study programmes in health sciences, humanities, law, life sciences, pharma-ceutical sciences, science, social sciences, and theology. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5007 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:58:00 GMT Education Sunday, April 25, 2010 The Thua Thien-Hue provincial People’s Committee on April 21 announced a project to remove bombs and mines at an estimated cost of US$120,000. The Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA)-funded project will be carried out in Hong Tien commune, Huong Tra district to help prevent fatalities and utilise land for agricultural cultivation. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5003 AJITH Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:29:00 GMT Politics Sunday, April 25, 2010 The Finnish Meteorological Institute has developed a plasma brake capable of reducing the amount of debris left in space. Using the plasma brake, small satellites can be returned to the atmosphere after their service life, thus preventing the accumulation of space debris. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4999 EMIL ANDERSEN Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:51:00 GMT Science Sunday, April 25, 2010 Denmark has recently been awarded the title of ‘number one location to conduct business’. This is due to its fiscal polices, luxury hotels and incentive services according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. Denmark scored highly in quality across ten categories including fiscal polices, market flexibility and public services by the Economist Intelligence Unit. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5002 MEGAN Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:13:00 GMT Business Saturday, April 24, 2010 Funded by Denmark, the pilot in An Giang – a collaboration between Ministry of Health (MoH), An Giang Center for Preventive Medicine (CPM), and the IDE – is the first attempt to determine what it takes for the public sector to adopt and use this approach. The workshop marked the start of a joint effort to document the activities and lessons of the sanitation marketing pilot and share them in a rural sanitation marketing manual for the Mekong Delta region in Vietnam. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5005 SAHAY Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:58:00 GMT Politics Saturday, April 24, 2010 PUSHAK, an all-female Norwegian architectural practice, has won a competition to create a ‘guerrilla gardening’ installation for The Architecture Foundation in Central London to be launched in June 2010 at the London Festival of Architecture. The installation, part of the Architecture Foundation’s international exchange programme, will feature ‘moss graffiti’ and a spectacular moss landscape. It is expected to be one of the highlights of the London Festival of Architecture and will run from the 19th June to the 6th August. PUSHAK’s approach to design is based on understanding local conditions such as climate and available natural and human resources. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5000 SAMUEL Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:58:00 GMT Culture Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kone is one of the world’s leading elevator and escalator companies. Kone Oyj founded in 1910 and headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is an international engineering and service company employing some 32,500 personnel worldwide. The firm is the fourth largest manufacturer of elevators worldwide, a leading manufacturer of escalators, and also provides maintenance services and modernization solutions. In addition, Kone builds and services automatic doors and gates. The company provides local service for builders, developers, building owners, designers and architects in 800 locations in over 40 countries. From 1924 to date, Kone has been owned by one of Finlands wealthiest families, the Herlin family. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5006 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:10:00 GMT Business Friday, April 23, 2010 The Harper government turned to Norway to help salvage its showpiece G8 maternal and child health initiative after facing heavy criticism for apparently excluding family planning from the project. The special adviser to Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg flew to Ottawa from New York earlier this week to brief the Conservative government on his country's efforts to reduce the deaths of pregnant women and young children in poor countries. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=5004 SUSMITHA Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:31:00 GMT Politics Friday, April 23, 2010 Gothenburg-based Volvo Group, the world's second-biggest truck maker, has compiled a list of remarkable facts about how it’s “moving the world” and how its products “are busy keeping society running smoothly”. One in every seven meals eaten in Europe has been transported at some time by a truck from the Volvo Group, is one among the thrilling facts. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4998 SANTIAGO Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:51:00 GMT Business Friday, April 23, 2010 After the initial rush in November 2009, the Finnish-language Wind Atlas service has attracted a few thousand users per month, several hundred per day. The Wind Atlas of Finland has also aroused international interest. After its publication, there has been debate about the possibility of producing a wind atlas for the whole of Europe using the same method’, says Development Manager Bengt Tammelin from the Finnish Meteorological Institute. ‘Equally accurate web-based maps showing the results of modeling wind conditions has not been published anywhere else. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4996 AJITH Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:09:00 GMT Science Thursday, April 22, 2010 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland announced it has come up with a new, environmentally-friendly packaging coating, suited for food and pharmaceutical packaging. The coating provides a way for recyclable, thin, lightweight and air-tight packaging materials to be manufactured, while reducing the use of aluminium. In addition, VTT said it can improve the humidity tolerance and performance of bio-polymers, reducing the need for oil-based plastics http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4995 MEGAN Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:18:00 GMT Science Thursday, April 22, 2010 Mother son Breast milk may help boost willpower (Getty Images) Researchers at Lund University and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden claim that a substance found in breast milk can kill cancer cells. Although the special substance, known as HAMLET (Human Alpha-lactalbumin Made LEthal to Tumour cells), was discovered in breast milk several years ago, it is only now that it has been possible to test it on humans. Lab experiments have shown that HAMLET kills 40 different types of cancer. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4997 SANTIAGO Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:43:00 GMT Science Thursday, April 22, 2010 Sweden retains its position as the tenth most attractive country in the world, writes Liselott Bergman of the Swedish Institute. That is the result of this year’s Anholt-GfK Nation Brands Index (NBI), which measures the global image of 50 countries in terms of attractiveness and perceived qualities. One of Sweden’s challenges is to promote itself as a tourist destination – without having an Eiffel Tower or any other world-famous postcard motif to offer. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4993 SAMUEL Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:02:00 GMT Culture Thursday, April 22, 2010 Helsinki is a city so infused by design that it was recently awarded World Design Capital status for 2012. There’s good design everywhere in Helsinki, from quirky high chairs for cultured nippers in the cafe at the Kiasma modern art gallery to Eliel Saarinen’s magical central train station, which is guarded by lamp-bearing giants carved from granite that inspired Gotham City in the first Batman film. Clean-lined Scandinavian modernism is most famously showcased by two buildings. The Finlandia Hall, created by wavy vase designer Alvar Aalto and the functionalist Olympic stadium merits its own gold medal…” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4994 SYAM Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:00:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Up in northern Jutland, there is a municipality called Thisted, which is well-known for its green energy enthusiasm and get-on-with-it attitude. The area gets almost all the energy it needs from renewable resources. Thisted municipality also happens to be the same size as an average US air force base, and it is this combination of facts that brought a US delegation from the Pentagon on a look-see visit, accompanied by the US Ambassador to Denmark, Laurie Fulton, and the Danish Ambassador to the US, Friis Arne Pedersen. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4983 SANTIAGO Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:42:00 GMT Science Wednesday, April 21, 2010 In Viet Nam, about 100 people die every year because of landmines. Children make up 62 per cent of landmine victims, according to a survey conducted by the American organisation, Project RENEW (Restoring the Environment and Neutralizing the Effects of the War), which is funded by the US government and Norway's People's Fund. Based in central Quang Tri Province, Project RENEW operates mine clearance and public safety programmes collaboratively developed by the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial Fund and the Quang Tri Province People's Committee. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4987 SAHAY Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:02:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, April 21, 2010 A Swedish think-tank has launched a new web portal enabling aid-workers and peacekeepers to check that the firms they contract do not also engage in illegal activities. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said its new information web portal, www.ethicalcargo.org, would "prevent arms and drug traffickers from accessing significant humanitarian aid and peacekeeping funds." http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4992 SANTIAGO Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:33:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, April 21, 2010 A Danish hotel is to offer a free meal to guests who produce electricity on special 'get-fit' bikes. Crowne Plaza is launching the idea in Copenhagen, installing two exercise bicycles hooked up to generators. Guests will be able to race against the 366-room hotel's solar panel system in a bid to produce the most electricity. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4984 SAMUEL Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:45:00 GMT Business Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Sweden may lend Latvia EUR 720 million within weeks as part of its contribution to the Baltic nation's international bailout, according to a draft of the loan agreement, BLOOMBERG reports. The news was confirmed by a Swedish Finance Ministry official. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4991 SYAM Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:51:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Almost 50 recordings of indigenous traditional music interpreted by Huichol and Tarahumara people between 1890 and 1898 were donated by the Government of Norway to the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). The centennial recordings gathered in 3 compact discs, documented by anthropologist Carl Lumholtz were handled in by the premier of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg to the general director of INAH, Alfonso de Maria y Campos. During the official act conducted in April 9th 2010 at the National Museum of Anthropology, with the presence of representatives of both indigenous groups, the Norway officer mentioned that “it is a great honor to handle this unique material that is indeed a Mexican treasure”. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4988 MEGAN Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:08:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, April 20, 2010 It's 7:30 a.m. on a wintry morning in downtown Stockholm and a sea of Swedes are flooding Central Station to catch a train to work. The station is toasty thanks to the busy shops and restaurants and the body heat being generated by the 250,000 commuters who crowd Scandinavia's busiest travel hub each day. This heat used to be lost by the end of the morning rush hour. Now, however, engineers have figured out a way to harness it and transfer it to a newly refurbished office building down the block. Unbeknownst to them, these sweaty Swedes have become a green energy source. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4990 SANTIAGO Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:27:00 GMT Science Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Peter Gade secured his fifth men's singles championship as Denmark dominated the finals of the European badminton championships in Manchester Sunday(18th April) by winning four of the five titles. Tine Rasmussen won her first and the mixed doubles and men's doubles also went to the Danes as they matched their four golds from the 2000 event in Glasgow. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4985 SHYAM Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:20:00 GMT Sports Monday, April 19, 2010 David Langille, organized the showing of his new feature documentary Poor No More, in which Canadian actor Mary Walsh travels to Sweden for insight into that northern European country’s virtually unrivalled and egalitarian standard of living. The film, for which Langille was executive producer, highlights the lives of several Canadians impoverished by low-wage, part-time work, which is all they can find. It compares this with life in Sweden, where affordable housing, unionization, universal access to post-secondary education and free child-care, as well as worker-friendly labour laws, have created a worker’s paradise of good wages and extensive benefits. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4989 SAMUEL Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:14:00 GMT Culture Monday, April 19, 2010 With no clear idea how to address a downward trend in school meal uptake, Britain should look to labour-efficient models like those operated in Finland to fund school food, says FCSI education consultant Richard Wedgbury. He has been advocating the more labour-efficient service model employed in Finland. It involves self-help service, an automated self-clear system, much reduced levels of choice and the active involvement of teachers in the dining room to effect proper levels of supervision. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4986 MEGAN Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:49:00 GMT Education Monday, April 19, 2010 Skinny girls are more likely to develop breast cancer in later life, research has found. Females underweight at the age of seven are at greater risk of the disease when they get older than those who are larger in size. Scientists at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm also found that girls who were slightly overweight at a young age were less likely to develop particularly aggressive types of tumours which are very difficult to treat. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4974 MEGAN Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:09:00 GMT Science Monday, April 19, 2010 Liv Johanne Ullmann, a Norwegian actress and film director, is one of the muses of the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. She was the object of critical acclaim during the 1960s and 1970s - awards include three Best Actress prizes from the National Society of Film Critics, two from the National Board of Review, a threesome from the New York Film Critics Circle, and one Golden Globe as well as a LAFCA honor. A winner of the Golden Globe, Ullmann has also been nominated for the Palme dOr, two times for the Academy Award, and a BAFTA Award. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4982 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:48:00 GMT Culture Sunday, April 18, 2010 Genoa-based Mappa Stellare, a tour operator owned by Finnish Liisa Väisänen, has been awarded a Sustainable Tourism acknowledgement for its bear and wolverine tours to Northern Karelia. The acknowledgement was awarded by a major Italian travel magazine, L’Agenzia di Viaggi. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4980 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:59:00 GMT Business Sunday, April 18, 2010 People living in Sweden, with government-run healthcare systems are far more confident than Americans that their families can get good, affordable care, according to a 22-nation survey released on 15th April. The Ipsos/Reuters online poll found 75 percent of Swedes thought it would be fairly easy to get treatment if a relative became ill, compared to just 51 percent of Americans. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4973 SAMUEL Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:12:00 GMT Science Sunday, April 18, 2010 Norway is a nation that was quick to develop an oil industry that can operate without foreign assistance, and it says the UAE can learn from its example. Oil was not discovered in Norway until the 1970s, but over the next 40 years it refined its own oil expertise. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4975 AJITH Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:40:00 GMT Business Saturday, April 17, 2010 The Village of Denmark for the second time in four years has won the Project VOTE trophy. The traveling trophy is presented for having the highest voter turnout percentage in Brown County. Denmark had 28.4% voter turnout. Denmark will keep the trophy at least until the fall of 2010 elections. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4976 SUSMITHA Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:45:00 GMT Politics Saturday, April 17, 2010 Swedes recycle 76.5% of all packages and newspapers according to statistics from the Packaging and Newspaper Collection Service. Sweden is one of the best in the world when it comes to recycling, the organization reports to TT. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4969 OLIVER LINDE Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:18:00 GMT Science Saturday, April 17, 2010 Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright and writer. He is arguably the most influential of all Swedish authors and is considered to be the "father of modern literature" in Sweden. He is one of the most influential Scandinavian authors and is known as one of the developers of modern theatre. His work is of two major literary styles, Naturalism and Expressionism. A sensitive and controversial writer, who suffered from hostile reviews, Strindberg represented the 19th-century ideal of artist as a free personality, unrestrained by convention. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4981 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:49:00 GMT Culture Friday, April 16, 2010 People with fewer of their own teeth run a greater risk of dying from heart disease than those carrying a full set of pearly whites, a new Swedish research report shows. Although many studies published in the past 15 years have shown a link between oral health and cardiovascular disease, Swedish study shows a direct relationship between cardiovascular disease and the number of teeth in a person's mouth. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4968 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:57:00 GMT Science Friday, April 16, 2010 Denmark has assured Bangladesh of providing more support to the country's power, energy, ship building industry and trade and business sectors for socio- economic development of Bangladesh. The assurance came when the visiting Danish Development and Cooperation Minister Soren Pind paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4977 SANTIAGO Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:07:00 GMT Politics Friday, April 16, 2010 An interesting article in the NY Times analyzes how polarized opinion is on either side of the Atlantic regarding disposal of household waste and the consequences that has for the environment. The article starts by describing the advanced technology used in Denmark to incinerate non-recyclable household waste and the acceptance of residential districts to have the plants sited adjacent to their homes. The plants provide both heat and electricity to the local community meeting some 80% of heating needs and 20% of electricity needs with the benefits being directly fed to the community in the form of low cost heat and power. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4979 SYAM Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:15:00 GMT Science Thursday, April 15, 2010 FINLAND will help Vietnamese businesses access other European markets, promote environmentally and socially-sustainable development in forestry, and build a system for the Information Society. The announcement was made on 17 March by Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam Pekka Hyvönen at the Vietnam-Finland ‘Aid for Trade’ forum co-organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), and the Finnish Embassy In Vietnam. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4966 MEGAN Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:33:00 GMT Politics Thursday, April 15, 2010 Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has announced at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on the 13th of April, that Norway will contribute a total of NOK 20 million to the Nuclear Security Fund of the International Atomic Energy Agency. ”The Nuclear Security Summit has passed a declaration and an action programme to enhance our efforts against nuclear terrorism. In this the IAEA will be central. That is why we will increase our support to the IAEA to NOK 20 million, in order to contribute to a safer world”, says Prime Minister Stoltenberg. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4970 EMIL ANDERSEN Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:59:00 GMT Politics Thursday, April 15, 2010 “‘OUR democracy was built from the bottom up so it gave strong adherence to democratic values. Finland rejected the extreme right in the 30s,' said Former Finnish Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen in an interview with The Korea Herald. ‘We have a high degree of engagement in public affairs, not only elections, but parliamentary, local, municipal, so our democracy is really well functioning because of the responsibility at the local level,’ he added.” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4967 SAMUEL Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:08:00 GMT Politics Thursday, April 15, 2010 Norway has been actively engaged in efforts against deforestation. Prime Minister Stoltenberg launched his government's climate and forest programme at the UN climate summit in Bali in December 2007. One central goal is to include the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in developing countries (REDD), in a new global climate agreement. The Norwegian initiative is directed towards the preservation of all tropical forests. Economic support is already being given to several developing countries, mainly in cooperation with multilateral channels like the UN, the World Bank and regional development banks. A vital partner is also Brazil's Amazonas Fund. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4964 SYAM Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:14:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, April 14, 2010 A Finnish movie by Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio has won the Grand Prix at the Festival International de Films de Femmes in Créteil, France. This is the second time that Lapsui and Lehmuskallio won top prize in Créteil. They also took home the Grand Prix in 2000 for Seven Songs from the Tundra. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4963 AJITH Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:40:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, April 14, 2010 The world’s biggest coming-together of young data enthusiasts is well underway - for the 18th year running. A virtual stampede of a record 6000 young people has filled Hamar’s Viking Ship Hall for this year’s big event, “The Gathering 2010”. 'The Gathering' is an annual data event for young enthusiasts that started in 1992 with 1.200 participants in the Skedsmo Hall, near Oslo. It has since grown steadily in popularity, and the last couple of years it has attracted ore than 5000 participants. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4959 SYAM Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:50:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Scientists have discovered that there is a genetic link between low birth weights in babies and the onset of Type 2 diabetes later in life. The research which had a valuable contribution from the Finnish scientists could change the way diabetes is dealt with in the future. The team of scientists analyzed the results of 19 medical studies on pregnancy and birth, spanning over 38,000 European participants. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4952 MEGAN Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:11:00 GMT Science Wednesday, April 14, 2010 American environmental website treehugger.com has voted Copenhagen the world’s best city for cyclists, saying that the city constantly innovates to keep ahead of the competition. The website, which is owned by Discovery Communications, is viewed as an authoritative source of information on sustainable living. In its yearly awards, Copenhagen was voted ‘Best green city to visit’ in the Travel and Nature section, and ‘Best City for Cyclists’ in the Cars and Transportation category. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4965 SANTIAGO Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:52:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Recent survey concludes that Chinese Mayors see Denmark as a role model when it comes to low-carbon cities. Two out of three Chinese City Mayors see the Danish pattern of low-carbon cities as the most successful one. This conclusion is reached by the newspaper Nanfang Zhoumo after conducting a survey, asking 20 Mayors from all over China, who also participated in the recent NPC Congress. In line with this conclusion, the Danish concept “Green China” is experiencing increasing interest from Chinese companies and local authorities. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4961 MEGAN Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:29:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, April 13, 2010 How do you raise a bilingual child? The most effective method is to immerse them in the language from the youngest age possible. This is exactly what Futuraskolan, a company operating seven Swedish schools and preschools, strives to do. Since its creation in 2001, Futuraskolan’s innovative approach to education has taught many bilingual children throughout greater Stockholm. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4960 SANTIAGO Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:57:00 GMT Education Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Norway joined the International Monitoring Team (IMT), which will be looking into the implementation of the ceasefire agreement between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The IMT is currently composed of representatives from Libya, Brunei, and Japan, and is being led by Malaysia, which hosts the peace talks aimed at putting an end to the decades-old Moro rebellion. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4957 MEGAN Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:11:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Denmark is ranked 5th in the latest Global Competitiveness Report from the renowned World Economic Forum. In the report, Denmark distinguishes itself by having very low levels of corruption (currently no. 2 on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index) and having an excellent public health sector. Denmark is also characterised by high levels of public trust in politicians and high reliability of police services. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4962 SANTIAGO Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:25:00 GMT Politics Monday, April 12, 2010 Bangladesh and Denmark signed 75 million Euro loan agreement for a three-year project for construction of a new large water treatment plant at Saidabad with a production capacity of 225.000 cubic metres per day. The project will last for three years and is expected to increase the supply of drinking water to large parts of the capital. Danish Charg de Affaires Jan Mller Hansen hoped that the Danish assistance will contribute significantly to the necessary improvements of the critical water supply situation in Dhaka City and its growing population. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4947 SANTIAGO Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:20:00 GMT Politics Monday, April 12, 2010 Efforts to create an integrated water resource development strategy across the Mekong river basin received a new boost as the Finnish Government committed to a grant of Euros 1 million to support the MRC Water Management Trust Fund. In particular, the funding will support MRC Member Counties, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam, to formulate a new 5-year Strategy for the organization based on principles of integrated water resources management (IWRM). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4949 SUSMITHA Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:14:00 GMT Politics Monday, April 12, 2010 The Asbru Enterprise Park, located in Keflavik, is pushing Iceland to the forefront of entrepreneurship, education and business development. The park offers enthusiastic academic programs at Keilir: Atlantic Center of Excellence, aviation training, Iceland’s first international data centre and other inspiring projects such as medical tourism. In 2006, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) abandoned its military base in Keflavik, leaving over 900 local people unemployed. Instead of focusing on the negative aspects of the departure, the local population looked at the opportunities and consequently established the enterprise park, Asbru. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4943 SANTIAGO Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:12:00 GMT Business Monday, April 12, 2010 Millencolin, a punk rock band, was formed in October 1992 by Erik Ohlsson, Mathias Färm and Nikola Sarcevic in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band. Long revered as one of punk rocks leading forces, Millencolin built its reputation by playing to its strengths. The fearless foursome from Örebro, Sweden celebrates both an enduring musical brotherhood and an iconic presence in the genre. The name Millencolin is derived from the skateboard trick "melancholy". http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4956 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:46:00 GMT Culture Sunday, April 11, 2010 Scientists have developed a simple blood test that is capable of detecting breast cancer in women before it can be detected by standard screening methods. The new test, developed by a Norwegian company called Diagenic ASA, detects raised level of chemical markers for cancer picked up as blood flows through a tumour. It is expected to pick up a cancer the size of a small seed before a woman has developed any symptoms, reports telegraph.co.uk. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4944 SANTIAGO Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:14:00 GMT Science Sunday, April 11, 2010 Last year more than 100 foreign delegations and governments visited Helsinki, hoping to learn the secret of their schools' success. The Finnish philosophy with education is that everyone has something to contribute and those who struggle in certain subjects should not be left behind. A tactic used in virtually every lesson is the provision of an additional teacher who helps those who struggle in a particular subject. But the pupils are all kept in the same classroom, regardless of their ability in that particular subject. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4954 SANTIAGO Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:14:00 GMT Education Sunday, April 11, 2010 Specilisterne, a thriving Denmark-based software company, has a certain type of person in mind when recruiting new employees. Every new worker has to meet a certain job requirement to get hired – they must have autism, ABC News reports. Thorkill Sonne, who founded Specilisterne in Copenhagen, means to change the nature of the way society views disability, according to an ABC News report. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4946 SAHAY Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:16:00 GMT Business Saturday, April 10, 2010 Denmark’s ProjectZero, a public-private partnership initiative aimed at making the entire Sønderborg area in south Jutland CO2 neutral by 2029, has received an accolade from the European Commission as one of Europe's best sustainable energy solutions, reports business newspaper Erhvervsbladet. The award was given during the EU's recent Sustainable Energy Week event. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4945 EMIL ANDERSEN Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:15:00 GMT Business Saturday, April 10, 2010 The 2009 European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS), which provides a comparative assessment of the EU27 on innovation performance, places Denmark in the highest group. The EIS 2009 includes innovation indicators and trend analyses for the EU27 Member States, and based on their innovation performance across 29 indicators, categorises countries in four groups: Innovation Leaders, Innovation Followers, Moderate Innovators, and Catching-up Countries. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4953 SAMUEL Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:20:00 GMT Politics Saturday, April 10, 2010 Vegard Ulvang is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who won three Olympic gold medals. A Norwegian Nordic skier known both for his successful racing career and for his many adventurous trips throughout the world; he skied across Greenland and climbed some of the highest mountain peaks in the world, including Mont Blanc, Mt. McKinley, and Kilimanjaro. He is also the creator and organizer of the Tour de Ski. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4955 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:49:00 GMT Sports Friday, April 09, 2010 If there is will power and a clear vision, the now dying Yamuna river in India can be saved, says an expert from Finland where the once sewage Lake Vesijärvi now provides crystal clear water to people in this country. Vesijärvi, near this Finnish city, was a sewage and industrial wastewater dump 30 years ago, just like the Yamuna is for New Delhi. In the 1980s, a campaign was launched to revitalise the entire 111-sq km stretch and improve the quality of water. Today, it is one of nearly 60,000 lakes, out of 180,000 that dot this Nordic country, providing potable water to 5.3 million people. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4948 AJITH Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:18:00 GMT Politics Friday, April 09, 2010 Tekla Structures BIM (Building Information Modeling) designed by the Finnish software engineering company Tekla has been used for designing and building 13 pavilions at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. Other modern structures modeled with Tekla software include world’s highest building Burj Khalifa, Bird’s Nest stadium of Beijing Olympics, Wembley stadium of London, and recently opened SkyView gondola of the Globe stadium in Stockholm. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4940 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:18:00 GMT Business Friday, April 09, 2010 In a report published on 7th April 2010 by the World Economic Forum and the French business school INSEAD, Sweden placed first in a global ranking of countries in terms of their readiness for tech business, compared with a second place ranking in 2009. The U.S. fell to fifth place, down from its third place rank in the study last year. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4951 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:28:00 GMT Business Thursday, April 08, 2010 “Women who take a daily multivitamin pill to ward off illness may actually be increasing their risk of breast cancer,” according to the Daily Mail. The news is based on a decade-long study which followed over 35,000 Swedish women aged between 49 and 83 years old. Dr Susanna C Larsson and colleagues from the Karolinska Institutet and a hospital in Sweden carried out this research. The study was funded by the Swedish Cancer Foundation and the Swedish Research Council for Infrastructure. The study was published in the peer-reviewed American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4941 MEGAN Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:45:00 GMT Science Thursday, April 08, 2010 Norway will provide assistance totalling NOK 800 million (USD 135 million) to Haiti over the next four years. Following the earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January, Norway has provided NOK 200 million (USD 35 million) in emergency relief. Norway will step up its long-term assistance to Haiti by providing an additional NOK 600 million (USD 100 million). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4942 SHYAM Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:16:00 GMT Politics Thursday, April 08, 2010 Danish e-education in climate changes is attracting participants from all over the world. As climate experts, they are to advise decision makers and handle future climate changes. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4950 SANTIAGO Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:19:00 GMT Education Wednesday, April 07, 2010 The Norwegian mainland economy has grown by more than four per cent over the last 15 years. This is twice as high as in the EU member nations, according to figures from the Department of Finance. In comparison, the US has a growth in the same period of just over 2.5 per cent, Dagens Næringsliv reports. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4939 EMIL ANDERSEN Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:15:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, April 07, 2010 With 38 goals in just 69 appearances for Denmark, Elkjaer is the fifth highest scoring player ever for the national team. Elkjaer was named the most dynamic and powerful striker. In 1986 he travelled with Denmark to Mexico, the first time ever that Denmark had qualified for the World Cup finals. Elkjaer's aggressive style of play was well combined with the calmness and vision of his younger compatriot Michael Laudrup when they played side by side for Denmark and they were named the most effective attacking duo of the 1986 World Cup. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4938 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:10:00 GMT Sports Wednesday, April 07, 2010 Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has been invited to attend a nuclear security summit in Washington in the month of April to discuss sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. The meeting has been called by US President Barack Obama, and around 40 nations will participate. Norway has been invited because it has played an important role in the work for nuclear non-proliferation. The Prime Minister says Norway has well qualified experts with long experience from treaty negotiations and work aimed at disarmament. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4936 SANTIAGO Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:16:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, April 07, 2010 Sweden's People of Lava beat everyone to the chase to launch the world's first fully interactive internet TV. Following the launch at IFA Berlin in September, the new People of Lava "Scandinavia" will hit the stores, complete with Full-HD LED display and a fully integrated Android platform. The Scandinavia TV is unique in many ways. According to current plans, this is even the first TV to be built in Sweden for several decades - thus bringing a proud Swedish tradition back to life. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4937 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:34:00 GMT Business Tuesday, April 06, 2010 Why do Finnish students always rank high in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa)? The reason is clear and simple. They have high-quality teachers to thank. In Finland, teachers prove they can develop their own teaching techniques and effectively conduct their classes. They wholeheartedly embrace curriculum development, teaching experimentation and student feedback. The Finnish teachers are not only highly committed to their duty, but they are also happy in their jobs. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4932 OLIVER LINDE Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:48:00 GMT Education Tuesday, April 06, 2010 Finnish Indologist Asko Parpola, Professor Emeritus of Indology and South Asian Studies in Helsinki University, has been selected for the Kalaignar M Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Language Award for 2009. Tamil is one of India’s ancient and widely spoken languages. Parpola specializes in the Indus script and has made significant contributions in the field of deciphering it. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4935 EMIL ANDERSEN Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:10:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, April 06, 2010 Richard Karlberg of Sweden rounded off a superb week to lift his maiden Asian Tour title in style at the SAIL Open on Friday the 2nd April, 2010 in New Delhi. The Asian Tour rookie, who held the lead from the first round, closed with a superb six-under-par 66 for a winning aggregate of 20-under-par 268 and beat joint overnight leader Shiv Kapur by five shots at the Delhi Golf Club. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4934 SARAH THOMAS Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:32:00 GMT Sports Monday, April 05, 2010 Finland pledged 12.7 million euros on Wednesday to help rebuild Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake in January. The plan includes an annual 2.5 million euro contribution from the years 2010 to 2013. In addition, Finland will forgive Haiti’s debt of 2.7 million euros. Finland informed the United Nations of its contribution at a conference on the subject last week. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4933 ANU FRANCIS Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:31:00 GMT Politics Monday, April 05, 2010 Stockholm has been selected as the European Union's first ever Green Capital award due to its progressive environmental policies and green public spaces. With 40 percent of the inner city composed of green spaces, the Baltic Sea archipelago city seems a natural place to begin the European Commission's Green Capital initiative. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4931 SAMUEL Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:45:00 GMT Politics Monday, April 05, 2010 Johan Jonatan Björling was a Swedish tenor. One of the leading operatic singers of the 20th Century, Björling appeared frequently at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as well as most other leading opera houses. Jussi Björling’s flawless vocal technique, silvery beauty of tone, gleaming upper register, and superb interpretive skills have made him one of the greatest and most beloved tenors of the twentieth century. Numerous colleagues as well as music critics have long placed him at the very pinnacle of vocal excellence. It was to Jussi that Dorothy Caruso, widow of Enrico Caruso, said, "You are the only one worthy to wear his mantle, bear Rico’s crown!" http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4930 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:35:00 GMT Culture Sunday, April 04, 2010 Economic Information Office in Finland will open a new learning environment ‘Enterprise Village’ for primary school fifth and sixth graders. The Enterprise Village will be opened on April 8th at the Museum of Technology in Helsinki. The Enterprise Village is the first of its kind in the whole of Europe. The Enterprise Village offers the youngsters experience-based information on working life, the society, economy and different companies. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4928 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:44:00 GMT Education Sunday, April 04, 2010 Export of Swedish cleantech is on the rise in China as its share of the country’s total merchandise export increases rapidly, according to new statistics. Swedish environmental engineering export to China swelled by 51 percent last year, from 1,463 million kronor ($200 million) in 2008 to 2,219 million kronor in 2009, according to a sum up by Swentec, the Swedish Environmental Technology Council. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4926 SANTIAGO Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:15:00 GMT Business Sunday, April 04, 2010 Axel Thue, a Norwegian mathematician, was known for his highly original work in diophantine approximation, and combinatorics. He stated in 1914 the so-called word problem for semigroups or Thue problem, closely related to the halting problem. This work is the start of the mathematical basis for a formal solution to Rubiks Cube (via groups of combinatorial transformations). Today there is a well known esoteric programming language named Thue after this man. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4929 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:35:00 GMT Education Saturday, April 03, 2010 Playing for Change is a major Swedish initiative that seeks to promote social enterprise focusing on the right of children and young people to play. Playing for Change actively seeks out, supports and invests in social entrepreneurs who introduce new ideas that promote the right of children to grow and develop and to empower themselves and others through play. In 2009, it issued a call for creative and innovative social entrepreneurs around Sweden to come up with ways of making the world a better place. Out of thousands of respondents, they selected eight winners. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4918 SANTIAGO Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:21:00 GMT Culture Saturday, April 03, 2010 Copenhagen’s Kastrup Airport staff was judged to be Europe’s best when it comes to customer service at the industry’s World Airport Awards last week in Brussels. CPH won the ‘Airport Staff Service Excellence in Europe’ award from Skytrax Research, which holds the ceremony each year. The honour was bestowed on the airport from the results of a survey of 9.8 million customers. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4923 JOHN DUNNIGAN Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:21:00 GMT Business Saturday, April 03, 2010 Maritime shipping regulations, oil-spill cleanup capabilities and search and rescue capabilities topped the agenda at today’s Arctic Ocean’s Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Chelsea, Canada, held immediately before the opening of the G8 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Gatineau, Canada. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere reminded all ministers of the rationale behind their meeting. “I think we are discovering that the Arctic is climbing to the top attention of the international community, and for good reason, because of climate change, new sailing routes, available resources [and] geo-political changes.” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4921 MEGAN Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:23:00 GMT Politics Friday, April 02, 2010 New research suggests that estrogen replacement therapy shields women from coronary heart disease, the number one killer of Finnish women. Estrogen therapy replaces the hormones which women’s bodies stop making at menopause. ”Estrogen replacement therapy maintained and improved the functioning of blood vessels among women experiencing flushes and sweats. Their blood pressure also decreased,” says Pauliina Tuomikoski, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4919 SARAH THOMAS Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:12:00 GMT Science Friday, April 02, 2010 Sweden got the top ranking, followed by Singapore and Denmark, for its ability to use information and communications technologies (ICT) to boost economic growth, according to the 2009-2010 Network Readiness Index (NRI). "Sweden, Singapore and Denmark's capacity to leverage ICT as an enabler of sustainable, long-term economic growth is a direct result of the focus placed by governments and private sectors on education, innovation and ICT access," said Irene Mia, senior economist of the Global Competitiveness Network at the World Economic Forum. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4917 SAMUEL Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:19:00 GMT Politics Friday, April 02, 2010 Iittala is a Finnish design company specialising in houseware objects made on the principle of "modern Scandinavian design". Its most famous products are the glassware designs of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, such as the so-called Aalto Vase (or Savoy vase) and the glassware designs of Timo Sarpaneva who also designed the Iittala i-logo. The company also sells glass birds designed by Oiva Toikka. Today iittala continues to create glassware that is as attractive as it is functional. Its brand encompasses a range of glassware, cookware and art pieces that continue to push boundaries in the name of ingenuity. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4927 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:12:00 GMT Business Thursday, April 01, 2010 Norway, along with fellow NATO members Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, have joined together to call on the Western-based defense alliance to increase support for achieving a world that is nuclear-weapon-free. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4922 SAHAY Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:15:00 GMT Politics Thursday, April 01, 2010 A research team at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has shown in a study that two closely related enzymes could be targets for the treatment of lung cancer. The discovery was made when the researchers blocked the production of the two enzymes in transgenic mice. This resulted in inhibition of cell growth, fewer tumours and greater survival among the mice. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4915 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:12:00 GMT Science Thursday, April 01, 2010 Author Sofi Oksanen has won this year's Nordic Council Literature Prize for her novel Puhdistus ("Purge"). A total of eleven writers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands were nominated for the award this year. The prize is worth EUR 47,000. Oksanen's novel has already collected numerous literary awards, including the prestigious Finlandia Prize (2008) and the Runeberg Prize (2009). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4920 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:14:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Getting the composition of a company board right is arguably the most important part of corporate governance. Tomorrow’s Company, the business-led think-tank, has brought out a report, backed by Cevian Capital, an activist investor, calling for UK-listed companies to invite big shareholders to join their board nomination committees. The study draws from Sweden’s shareholder-led nomination committee model of ensuring good board selection that has woken up investors to responsible stewardship. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4910 SYAM Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:15:00 GMT Business Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Norwegians have been traditionally fascinated by the world around them, from exploring unknown distant lands to the close beauty of their spectacular homeland. This unity with nature, combined with a deep-seated value of common sense and practical solutions, lays the basis for a unique attitude towards design. Understanding that design means far more than image, and can only become a true success when it contributes to improved functionality, substance and enhanced use, is a core strength of Norwegian designers and architects. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4914 SYAM Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:14:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Market research commissioned by Music Export Finland and executed by Mediaclever Oy has revealed that Finnish music export is on the increase. The growth of Finnish music export has been boosted not only by sales, but also by service business, such as concert sales. Also the number of active international license agreements is on the increase. Finnish export turnover is the highest in Europe and in the Nordic countries. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4911 OLIVER LINDE Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:25:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Icelandic company Nox Medical this week received the annual innovation award supported by The Icelandic Centre for Research, The Icelandic Innovation Centre and the Trade Council of Iceland. Nox Medical was established in June 2006 with the goal of creating sleep disorder diagnosis equipment designed equally for children as for adults. At the time no equipment existed to help children with sleep disorders. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4908 SAMUEL Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:04:00 GMT Business Tuesday, March 30, 2010 A group of 10 journalists from China, the US, Russia and many European countries recently visited the city of Malmo reputed for its eco-friendliness. Tor Forssum from the Environmental Department of the City of Malmo explained to the journalists that the community experienced a lot of close downs of factories and losses of jobs in the 1990s that made them rethink about their future. This scenario sparked a desire to build an eco - friendly city district with well planned and built-in environmental solutions. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4909 SANTIAGO Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:12:00 GMT Culture Monday, March 29, 2010 Alex Rasmussen blew away the field in the competition at the indoor Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup on 28th March 2010, giving home team Denmark its first gold medal in the annual event. The win marks the second time Rasmussen has claimed gold in scratch racing, having also won at the 2005 World Championships in Los Angeles, California. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4913 EMIL ANDERSEN Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:15:00 GMT Sports Monday, March 29, 2010 The humble tomato could be a weapon to deploy in the fight against cancer. Researchers hope that in the future tomatoes could have a role to play in battling cancer. According to the study conducted at Lund University, and reported in the Sydsvenskan daily, tomato genes have been found to destroy cancer cells. "Tomato genes seem to work like a suicide bomb," said Jure Piskur, a professor at Lund University and one of the researchers behind the study. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4906 JOHN DUNNIGAN Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:14:00 GMT Science Monday, March 29, 2010 Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the god father" of modern drama and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. His plays were considered scandalous to many of his era, when Victorian values of family life and propriety largely held sway in Europe. Ibsens work examined the realities that lay behind many facades, possessing a revelatory nature that was disquieting to many contemporaries. It utilized a critical eye and free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality. Ibsen is often ranked as one of the truly great playwrights in the European tradition, alongside Shakespeare. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4905 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:21:00 GMT Culture Sunday, March 28, 2010 Global leader in the paper, packaging and wood product industry, Stora Enso has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for 2010. Stora Enso is recognized for its commitment to ethical leadership, compliance practices and corporate social responsibility. The company secured its spot on the list now for the third time. The number of nominations this year was record-breaking. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4900 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:20:00 GMT Business Sunday, March 28, 2010 Finland beckons the world. And particularly India, which the Nordic country sees as one of the major potential destinations for its unique and increasingly evolved and developed technologies vis-à-vis environment ,water and waste water management, waste management, industrial processes and energy production. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4902 EMIL ANDERSEN Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:14:00 GMT Science Sunday, March 28, 2010 Helsinki- Vantaa Airport has received the Skytrax World Airport Reward prize for Best Airport in Northern Europe. In the whole of Europe, Helsinki-Vantaa was rated fourth and was in fourteenth place worldwide. Over 9.8 million travellers were surveyed around the globe in 2009 and 2010. The award was granted on the basis of 39 different factors. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4901 ANU FRANCIS Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:29:00 GMT Business Saturday, March 27, 2010 The 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament in Nice has ended in an overall shared victory for Norway's chess ace Magnus Carlsen (photo) and Ukraine's Vasily Ivanchuk. The victory was theirs after two weeks of intense matches against 11 of the world's best players. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4903 SARAH THOMAS Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:44:00 GMT Sports Saturday, March 27, 2010 With funds from the largest-ever private donation in Danish history, the University of Copenhagen is set to build a new center for international metabolic research at the Faculty of Health Sciences. The center will open in autumn 2010. The Center will conduct research into Type 2 diabetes, among other diseases, and will acquire the capacities and resources to establish itself as one of the leading international research centers in the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4895 ANU FRANCIS Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:24:00 GMT Science Saturday, March 27, 2010 Carl Peter Henrik Dam was a Danish biochemist and physiologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1943 for his work in discovering vitamin K and its role in human physiology. His key experiment involved feeding a cholesterol-free diet to chickens. The chickens began hemorrhaging and bleeding uncontrollably after a few weeks. Dam isolated the dietary substance needed for blood clotting and called it the "coagulation vitamin", which became shortened to vitamin K. During his career he published more than 100 articles in scientific journals on vitamin K, vitamin E, cholesterol, and a variety of other topics. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4904 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:52:00 GMT Science Friday, March 26, 2010 "One in six Britons with high blood sugar levels faces a greater danger of developing cancer" The Observer reported. The researchers suggest that their study provides “strong evidence that high blood glucose is a risk factor for cancer” and that “associations between glucose and overall incidence and fatal cancer were stronger in women than in men”. The research was carried out by Dr Tanja Stocks and colleagues from the University of Umea, Sweden. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4896 EMIL ANDERSEN Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:25:00 GMT Science Friday, March 26, 2010 Sweden has the world's most hooked-up economy, according to a new report from the World Economic Ranking (WEF). Nordic countries all performed well on the list in the WEF Global Information Technology report released on Thursday(March 25th). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4897 JOHN DUNNIGAN Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:07:00 GMT Politics Friday, March 26, 2010 New figures from consultancy firm Make Consulting reveal that Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas maintained its position as the world's leading company in the sector, reports energy-supply.dk. According to Make Consulting, Vestas had a market share of just over 14%* in 2009, a couple of percentage points ahead of US concern GE (General Electric). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4899 MEGAN Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:52:00 GMT Business Thursday, March 25, 2010 Nordic scientists said on Wednesday they had found no evidence that screening women for breast cancer has any effect on death rates, adding to an already fierce international debate about routine testing. In a study published in the British Medical Journal, researchers from Denmark and Norway said reductions in breast cancer death rates in regions with screening were the same or actually smaller than in areas where no women were screened. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4893 MEGAN Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:14:00 GMT Science Thursday, March 25, 2010 Copenhagen’s metro has been voted the best in the world at the annual MetroRail conference in London. The Danish company, Metro, which runs the system, took home the award for best driverless metro and took the overall best metro prize ahead of transit systems from London, Madrid, Sao Paulo and Seoul. The awards’ jury said that Copenhagen’s metro had taken the overall prize because of its high level of operational stability, passenger satisfaction, innovative technology and expansion plans for the transit system. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4892 JOHN DUNNIGAN Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:09:00 GMT Business Thursday, March 25, 2010 Denmark’s teen tennis queen is now just one spot away from reaching the top of the world rankings. Although Caroline Wozniacki reached the finals of the BNP Paribas Open WTA tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California this weekend, she succumbed to Jelena Jankovic, 6-2, 6-4. Wozniacki, was seeded second in the tournament http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4890 SARAH THOMAS Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:11:00 GMT Sports Wednesday, March 24, 2010 The LUMA Centre, an umbrella organization coordinated by the University of Helsinki, has launched an English language online magazine MyScience directed at young people all over the world. The magazine highlights natural sciences, mathematics and technology; supports youth's activeness and brings Finland to the world map as the top country in science and technology. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4885 EMIL ANDERSEN Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:04:00 GMT Education Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Norway is an increasingly popular destination for students and researchers from all over the world. The options in high quality courses and degrees are many, and the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU) is responsible for getting the good word out to the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4888 MEGAN Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:12:00 GMT Education Wednesday, March 24, 2010 AIESEC Finland, Finnish chapter of the world's largest student-run organization, active in 12 universities across six cities, enables young people to explore and develop their leadership potential for a positive impact on society; and EBBF the European Bahai Business Forum, an international NGO representing business people in 70 countries and dedicated to inspiring responsible business practices convened early this month, in Ruovesi at a Leadership Camp concluding the two week National Leadership event. The aim of the 2010 Leadership Weeks was to provide a place for discussion around leadership in the 21st century and to encourage young people to develop the desired qualities of a future leader. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4884 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:07:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, March 23, 2010 On 21st March 2010, the Finnish No.1 Jarkko Nieminen overcame top-seeded Oleksandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine in straight sets (6-3, 6-2) in the final of an ATP Challenger tour event in Marrakech, Morocco, and the win propelled him 18 places upwards on the ATP ladder. Nieminen went into the clay court tournament ranked 85th in the world and seeded 2nd in the draw, and his win over Dolgopolov pushed him up to 67th in Monday's new listing. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4889 OLIVER LINDE Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:10:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, March 23, 2010 The effect of the economic crisis on Scandinavian countries has been limited to problems of high inflation in Iceland and redundancies in universities in Denmark and Finland. Yet all countries continued with extensive university reforms during the crisis. Four of the Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, have a total population of 19 million people, 825,000 university students and a total research budget nearing EUR20 billion. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4883 SANTIAGO Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:12:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, March 23, 2010 Norway's Marit Bjoergen claimed the women's World Cup 2x5km pursuit in Falun, Sweden on Saturday(20th March), to secure a second place finish in the overall World Cup distance standings. Petter Northug won the men's 20km. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4881 MEGAN Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:18:00 GMT Sports Monday, March 22, 2010 The Swedish Government has stated that it will provide not only political, but also financial support to the implementation of reforms in Turkey on joining EU. The website of the Swedish Government issued a statement on intentions to develop strategic cooperation with Turkey. The statement stressed that Turkey’s joining the EU will be encouraged and supported by Sweden. The statement also emphasized that Turkey will be supported in issues of democracy, equality and human rights. According to the statement, Turkey is one of the most important partners of Sweden, and reforms implemented in this country are of great importance. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4882 SAMUEL Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:15:00 GMT Politics Monday, March 22, 2010 Finland's Teemu Selänne became the 18th player in NHL history to score 600 goals, reaching the milestone Sunday night in the Anaheim Ducks' game against the Colorado Avalanche. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4880 OLIVER LINDE Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:01:00 GMT Sports Monday, March 22, 2010 Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat and author, was the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. He served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. He is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously and the only U.N. Secretary-General to die in office. U.S. President John F. Kennedy called Hammarskjöld “the greatest statesman of our century.” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4879 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:41:00 GMT Politics Sunday, March 21, 2010 On 11 March 2010 French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, opened an international conference on deforestation in Paris. The main focus of the International Conference on the Major Forest Basins was funding for REDD+ activities during 2010-2012. France and Norway are leading this effort to foster new climate partnership in 2010. “The idea is to establish a partnership of everyone who wants to be included [in safeguarding forests], stated Norway’s Environment Minister, Erik Solheim. According to Solheim, the initiative will be transparent and “it will be open to everyone, even if you don’t contribute one single dollar, even if you don’t have a single tree.” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4875 SANTIAGO Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:13:00 GMT Politics Sunday, March 21, 2010 Researchers from DTU Fotonik at Technical University of Denmark surprised the scientific world with their new discovery which, in the long term, may be used in, e.g., solar cells and quantum computers. Their findings were published on 12 March 2010 in the prestigious international journal Science. All over the world, intensive research is being conducted on how to use the smallest particles of light, photons, for communication applications. Where electronic technology makes use of microchips, optical communication uses the so-called optical chip. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4877 MEGAN Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:01:00 GMT Science Sunday, March 21, 2010 AS Norway announced another month of record seafood exports, it was disclosed that the country has entered into a ground breaking agreement with India, one of Asia's fastest growing fishing countries. The deal is thought to cover areas such as aquaculture, where Norway is a renowned expert, and fisheries research and technology. The agreement has just been signed during Foreign Minister Jonas Støre's official visit to New Delhi. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4876 SHYAM Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:54:00 GMT Politics Saturday, March 20, 2010 According to the latest business and conference location rankings set by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Denmark has been named as the leading destination to conduct business and travel. The Economist Intelligence Unit analyzed the country’s pro-business strengths within ten separate categories, especially within the quality of public services, market flexibility and fiscal policies. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4878 SAMUEL Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:05:00 GMT Business Saturday, March 20, 2010 Researchers in Gothenburg have developed a promising new vaccine against genital herpes, with successful tests on mice offering hope of an STD-free future for millions, Gothenburg daily Göteborgs-Posten reports. The vaccine, which uses a protein produced by the type 2 herpes virus together with a substance which stimulates the immune system, has been developed by researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4869 MEGAN Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:13:00 GMT Science Saturday, March 20, 2010 Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger was a Danish scientist, physician, and professor of pathological anatomy who won the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Fibiger had claimed to find an organism he called Spiroptera carcinoma that caused cancer in mice and rats. Fibiger was born at Silkeborg (Denmark) to C. E. A. Fibiger, a local medical practitioner and Elfride Muller, a writer. Fibiger, after his bachelors degree and his medical degree, worked in hospitals. He studied under Koch and Behring and was assistant to Professor C. J. Salomonsen at the Department of Bacteriology of Copenhagen University. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4874 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:11:00 GMT Science Friday, March 19, 2010 Children as young as 13 who have evidence of secondhand smoke in their blood also have visibly thicker arteries, Finnish researchers reported last week. Their study suggests that the damage caused by secondhand tobacco smoke starts in childhood and causes measurable damage by the teen years. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4857 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:20:00 GMT Science Friday, March 19, 2010 Did you know that Skype originated in Denmark? Even though it comes as a surprise for many people outside the industry, Denmark is in fact a small nation at the cutting edge of modern information technology. In 2009 Denmark was ranked as a world leader in e-readiness and usage of Information Technology, both by The World Economic Forum and by IBM/Economist. Denmark is an important Northern European hub for multinational IT companies such as Microsoft, IBM, HP and Google. Excellent data quality combined with a high penetration of IT tools made the country an ideal test bed for new products and solutions. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4873 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:14:00 GMT Business Friday, March 19, 2010 Danish computer game Limbo has won two prestigious awards – for Excellence in Visual Art and Technical Excellence – at the 12th Independent Games Festival held in San Francisco. The computer game is strikingly different to most others in its universe. It is not only 2-dimensional, but also black and white. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4871 SANTIAGO Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:10:00 GMT Business Friday, March 19, 2010 The Millennium Youth Camp will take place from 6th to 13th June 2010. The purpose of the camp is to raise awareness of Finland as an innovative research and technology country, and of the study and employment opportunities the country offers. 30 talented young people between 16 and 19 years were selected for the camp. The participants of the camp represent all the seven continents. There will be an equal number of girls and boys. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4872 OLIVER LINDE Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:11:00 GMT Education Thursday, March 18, 2010 Freetime Machos Directed by Mika Ronkainen is the first Finnish film to be chosen to the documentary category of the Tribeca Film Festival held in New York. Freetime Machos is a portrait of stout Finnish male culture brought to the audience in a sympathetic manner. Tribeca Film Festival, now held for the eight times, has become one of the most significant film festivals in the whole world http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4862 EMIL ANDERSEN Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:12:00 GMT Culture Thursday, March 18, 2010 Norway's biker Edvald Boasson Hagen won the seventh and final stage of the week-long Tirreno-Adriatico race in a high-speed finish from Civitanova Marche to San Benedetto on 16th March 2010. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4870 SUSHMITA Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:36:00 GMT Sports Thursday, March 18, 2010 Denmark – along with the other Nordic countries, except Iceland – received the Aaa rating for their economic stability from International financial assessment firm Moody, despite the problems caused by the financial crisis. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4864 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:06:00 GMT Culture Thursday, March 18, 2010 In response to an emergency appeal by the International Federation of the Red Cross, the Finnish Red Cross (SPR) has decided to support the victims of the Chile earthquake by sending a field hospital to the country. The field hospital will be staffed by local nurses, but two experts in medication and technology will leave Finland for the same destination. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4866 SARAH THOMAS Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:14:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Restaurant AOC in central Copenhagen has been awarded a prestigious Michelin star in the new Michelin Guide Main Cities of Europe. The restaurant, known as Premisse until last summer, brings the total number of Michelin starred restaurants in the city to 12 – one of which, Noma, has retained its two-star status this year. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4865 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:07:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Norway's Nils-Erik Ulset has captured two silver medals at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics. Ulset came second in the men's 20km cross country standing and in the men's Biathlon 3km pursuit. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4868 EMIL ANDERSEN Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:13:00 GMT Sports Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Traditionally Norway has not been associated with design in the same way that its Scandinavian neighbours have. It’s not that Norway doesn’t have a design heritage, because it does. Norwegian design – while it’s also very expensive - is now big international news. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4863 SAMUEL Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:10:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Finnish design house Magisso Ltd. has won the first prize in the product design category of the coveted "Red dot design award". The international jury judged the entries by functionality, durability, ecological factors, and innovation and quality. The awarded cake server is made of stainless steel and designed by Maria Kivijarvi. Red Dot Award is the biggest and best known design competition in the world. This year the competition received over 4200 entries from over 57 countries. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4861 SARAH THOMAS Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:15:00 GMT Business Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Mila Tervo’s short film Lumikko (2009) won the Grand Prix of Tampere Film Festival’s International Competition on Sunday. The festival was celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and Lumikko is only the third Finnish work to have earned the accolade. What adds to the value of Tervo’s success is the fact that Lumikko is the 30-year-old film-maker’s first student work at the Aalto University School of Art and Design. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4860 OLIVER LINDE Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:32:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, March 16, 2010 There was double joy for Denmark as Tina Rasmussen and the men’s doubles’ pair of Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen claimed victory at the prestigious All England Badminton Championships on 14th March 2010. The victory makes Rasmussen the second Danish woman ever to take two All England titles. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4859 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:14:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Norway's Marit Bjørgen led compatriots Kristin Størmer Steira and Therese Johaug to a clean sweep of the podium in front of a cheering home crowd at the cross country World Cup at Holmenkollen on Saturday the 13th of March. Bjørgen retook the lead on the final kilometer to claim her third consecutive World Cup victory. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4856 SARAH THOMAS Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:42:00 GMT Sports Monday, March 15, 2010 Researchers from the Institute for Biotechnology at the University of Helsinki have developed a computer-based model, which explains the population-level variations in complex structures such as teeth and organs. The new research findings may advance medical science, such as growing new organs in the laboratory environment. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4855 OLIVER LINDE Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:34:00 GMT Science Monday, March 15, 2010 Swedish police officer Ann-Marie Orler is now the top UN police adviser. Marking International Women's Day, UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ann-Marie Orler as Police Adviser for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, which makes her the first woman to hold the top rank. Orler worked with the Swedish National Police for almost 20 years before joining the United Nations, and has served as UN's Deputy Police Adviser since 2008. Presently, there are approximately 13,000 international police officers from 100 member-states serving in 17 peacekeeping operations. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4858 DANIEL LINDE Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:21:00 GMT Politics Monday, March 15, 2010 Stefan Christian Holm is a Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver one in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships. His personal record in high jump is 2.37 m (outdoors 2008) and 2.40 m (indoors 2005). In 2004, Holm was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4852 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:27:00 GMT Sports Saturday, March 13, 2010 Just days after celebrating its second anniversary, the Svalbard “Doomsday” Global Seed Vault has this week received thousands of new seeds that will push its collection to more than half a million unique samples. This makes the Svalbard Seed Vault the most diverse assemblage of crop diversity ever amassed anywhere in the world, according to the Global Crop Diversity Trust. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4854 MEGAN Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:02:00 GMT Science Saturday, March 13, 2010 One of Asia's largest festivals, Hong Kong Arts Festival has invited the Finnish cultural events collaboration forum Finland Festivals to be its partner in organizing the festival's annual symposium. The Director of Hong Kong Arts Festival Tisa Ho has visited Finland twice and familiarized himself with several Finnish festivals. He considers Finland a great example of the application of a number of good practices in the festivals business, for which reason Finnish expertise is worth presenting also in Hong Kong. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4850 ANU FRANCIS Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:07:00 GMT Culture Saturday, March 13, 2010 The Swedish parliament voted on Thursday in favour of a motion to recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide. Speaking prior to the vote, Left Party foreign policy spokesperson Hans Linde expressed his view that the time had come for Sweden to take a stand on the issue. "Firstly, to hinder any repeat and to learn from history. Secondly, to encourage the development of democracy in Turkey - which includes dealing with their own history. Thirdly, to redress the wrongs committed against the victims and their descendants," Linde said. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4853 SHYAM Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:38:00 GMT Politics Friday, March 12, 2010 PowerWear - weighted training gear developed by the inventor and entrepreneur Pertti Hasanen was one of Finnish champions at the Vancouver Olympics. PowerWear is used by sportsmen all over the world. PowerWear, which was developed in Finland together with the Foundation for Finnish Inventions, is used for intensifying sports training. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4851 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:08:00 GMT Sports Friday, March 12, 2010 Denmark’s track record on human rights has traditionally been one of the world’s best and a UN expert once again confirmed that fact, indicating that the country has for all practical purposes eliminated state-sponsored torture. Manfred Nowak, the UN Human Rights Council’s special rapporteur on torture, stated at an international conference that ‘only very few countries, such as Denmark, seemed to have managed to eradicate torture in practice.’ http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4849 SANTIAGO Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:44:00 GMT Politics Friday, March 12, 2010 Karl Ove Johansson, tenorsax, composer, has since the end of the fifties been leading his own groups and been a driving force of the Swedish jazz scene. He is also musical director of MWENDO DAWA. Although he has been very active on the Swedish jazz scene since several years, his most rewarding efforts has been with MWENDO DAWA. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4848 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:34:00 GMT Culture Thursday, March 11, 2010 As accelerating climate change and other man-made environmental degradations create growing alarm across the planet, the Sami people have much to teach the world about how to adapt, survive, and thrive. "There is a lot to learn from the Sami, they have the traditional ecological knowledge, they really know about nature," said Helander-Renvall, head of the Arctic Indigenous Peoples Office at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4847 SANTIAGO Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:27:00 GMT Politics Thursday, March 11, 2010 Two Swedes have been named among the richest people in the world, according to the latest Forbes ranking which ranks Mexican Carlos Slim in first place. The first Swede on the list is Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad in 11th place. The Kamprad family fortune amounts to $23 billion. The richest Swedish resident is Stefan Persson of clothing chain H&M in 13th place with $22.4 billion. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4846 SYAM Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:15:00 GMT Business Thursday, March 11, 2010 Environment minister Karen Ellemann was the opening speaker on Monday(8th March) for an international ministerial conference on bio-piracy in Windhoek, Namibia, aimed at stopping companies from obtaining genetic resources from countries without providing reciprocal economic benefits. Together with the country's president, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Ellemann hopes the Danish co-sponsored conference will assist Africa in obtaining some of the significant profits from its many genetic resources often used by Western companies. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4845 SAMUEL Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:06:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Schmidt Hammer Lassen architects has won the prestigious competition for the design of the new permanent premises of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, The Netherlands from a 20-strong international shortlist including David Chipperfield, Mecanoo architecten, OMA/Search, Ingenhoven, Wiel Arets and Kengo Kuma & Associates. The architectural jury stressed the ability of the winning proposal to be an architectural icon while at the same time being both open, modern and a comfortable work place. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4844 SANTIAGO Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:15:00 GMT Business Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Swedish police officer Ann-Marie Orler has been appointed as the United Nation's top cop. UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon told reporters that Orler, currently a deputy police adviser to the UN department of peacekeeping operations, would be promoted to the top police post. "She has led a global effort to recruit more female police officers for UN peace operations," the secretary-general said. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4843 GJN Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:02:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, March 10, 2010 The municipality of in the region of North Karelia in the east of Finland is home to a remarkably successful health program. Eastern Finland once had the highest death rate from heart disease in the world. In 1972 a Finnish government led project was launched in cooperation with the WHO to combat heart disease in Eastern Finland, starting in North Karelia. The North Karelia Project focuses on lifestyle factors in non-communicable diseases – primarily diet and exercise. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4842 SANTIAGO Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:00:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, March 09, 2010 The Danish government's report on energy supply security, presented last week(1st week of March) by Climate and Energy Minister Lykke Friis, shows that Denmark is the only country in the EU that is a net exporter of energy, and that the country has a modern and well-functioning infrastructure with very high energy supply security in electricity, natural gas and district heating. On average, the electricity supply experiences outages of less than half an hour annually, corresponding to a supply security of 99.9%. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4841 AJITH Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:12:00 GMT Business Tuesday, March 09, 2010 Sweden has one of the highest levels of gender equality in the world. This is based on the belief that a more just and democratic society results from women and men sharing power and influence equally. A well developed welfare system makes it easier for both sexes to balance their work and family life. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4840 MEGAN Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:34:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, March 09, 2010 The Faculty of Life Sciences at Copenhagen University is one of Europe's leading environments in plant science. That reputation is now about to be further increased by the decision to invest DKK 200m (USD 36m) in a new research facility, Copenhagen Plant Science Center, writes national daily newspaper Berlingske Tidende. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4839 SANTIAGO Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:44:00 GMT Science Monday, March 08, 2010 Swedish sound technician Paul Ottosson claimed two Oscars at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles - for work with the big winner Hurt Locker. Ottosson won the Oscars for sound direction and sound mixing for the film. Ottosson is originally from Hässleholm in southern Sweden. Through music he found his way into movies and won an Emmy in 1997. He has done the sound for over 120 projects including The Scorpion King and Spider-Man 2. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4838 SAMUEL Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:50:00 GMT Culture Monday, March 08, 2010 The Norwegian government is providing NOK 10 million in emergency relief to victims of the earthquake in Chile, to be channelled through the Norwegian Red Cross and to other efforts where the Chilean authorities have requested support. Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim commented: "Many are in a very difficult situation. We want to demonstrate our solidarity with the Chilean people.” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4837 JOHN DUNNIGAN Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:19:00 GMT Politics Monday, March 08, 2010 Schack August Steenberg Krogh was a Danish professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916-1945. He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within several fields of physiology, and is famous for developing the Krogh Principle. In 1920 August Krogh was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the mechanism of regulation of the capillaries in skeletal muscle. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4836 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:25:00 GMT Science Sunday, March 07, 2010 Finnish Cleantech Sector ranked third in the Top 10 Cleantech Cluster Organizations for 2010 -comparison carried out by Sustainable World Capital, SWC. Finland was the leader among the Nordic Countries, following only Austria and the USA. The Finnish cluster was acknowledged for creating 40 new high-growth companies in the country and for its active role in the internationalization process of companies. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4832 ANU FRANCIS Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:23:00 GMT Science Sunday, March 07, 2010 Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, was a Swedish diplomat and he served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. He is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously and the only U.N. Secretary-General to die in office. U.S. President John F. Kennedy called Hammarskjöld “the greatest statesman of our century.” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4835 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:11:00 GMT Politics Saturday, March 06, 2010 The Finnish team cooked itself to the second place at the World Junior Chef of the Year competition held in Dubai. The team consisted of chef students from HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences. Silver is a top class achievement, the best ever ranking by a Finnish team of chefs. This is a big thing to the Finnish restaurant industry, says Outi Westman, the Director of HAAGA-HELIA’s degree programme in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4831 ANU FRANCIS Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:23:00 GMT Business Saturday, March 06, 2010 It is getting harder and harder for conventional electronics to satisfy the world's demands for ever more data transmitted at ever faster speeds. The solution to this problem could lie in the newly emerging science of nanoplasmonics. Denmark is fortunate to possess some of the brightest minds in nanoplasmonics, and now the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation is providing around DKK 20m (USD 3.6m) in state funding to boost knowledge and capabilities in this area through the project "Active Nanoplasmonics" http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4834 MEGAN Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:50:00 GMT Science Saturday, March 06, 2010 Freedom encourages creativity and responsibility. Few people in the world spend less time in the actual office than Norwegians, without them being less efficient. The desire for more efficient, entertaining and mobile ways of communication has placed Norwegians at the forefront of adapting and developing new technology, products and services. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4833 SYAM Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:45:00 GMT Business Friday, March 05, 2010 Finland is granting 400,000 Euros in humanitarian aid to Chile, through the Finnish Red Cross. The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Paavo Vayrynen took the decision to support the victims of the Chile earthquake, after the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) launched a 4.7 million Euro appeal.The aid will be targeted to cover health services, emergency accommodation and the distribution of aid kits. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4830 SANTIAGO Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:13:00 GMT Politics Friday, March 05, 2010 A new report released yesterday (04th March, 2010) ranks Iceland as the world’s innovation hotspot, stealing the crown from the USA. The annual report released by INSEAD and the Confederation of Indian Industry sees the US fall from top to 11th and Iceland rise from last year’s 20th place up to first. All five Nordic nations feature in the top ten. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4829 JOHN DUNNIGAN Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:21:00 GMT Business Friday, March 05, 2010 Ikea said it raised more than $10 million for children's charities in 2009 through its holiday season Soft Toy sales. For every Soft Toy sold from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24, the Sweden-based home furnishings retailer donated 1 euro (about $1.47) to UNICEF and Save the Children to support children's educational needs in developing countries. It was the most ever raised in a single season by the Soft Toy campaign, the company said. Since the program started in 2003, Ikea said, it has raised more than $35 million globally and contributed to the education of more than 8 million children in 30 countries. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4826 SAMUEL Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:35:00 GMT Business Thursday, March 04, 2010 Norway is one of the world leaders within aquaculture and bio-marine activities. The Oslo region plays a central role in Norwegian efforts within marine biotechnology. This has been the basis for the establishment of MareLife, a bio-marine member organization which mobilizes leading representatives from industry, R & D, venture capital groups and the public to develop concrete projects and cooperation within the Biomarine sector. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4828 MEGAN Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:16:00 GMT Science Thursday, March 04, 2010 In order to help Vietnam respond and adapt to climate change, Denmark pledged to support with 53 million USD. Above that, Denmark will help with the medical waste treatment system in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city. The Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and high-level representatives from the Government of Vietnam have secured a number of important contributions from Denmark to help the country combat climate change. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4827 MEGAN Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:55:00 GMT Politics Thursday, March 04, 2010 An interview with Hakan S. Edstrom, the President and Chief Operating Officer of Mannkind Corporation. He was educated in Sweden and holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics. Hakan was previously a director of Q-Med AB, a biotechnology and medical device company. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4815 JOHN DUNNIGAN Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:21:00 GMT Business Wednesday, March 03, 2010 The famous Norwegian explorer, humanitarian and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) also pioneered routes to the mind and is the inspiration behind the new Nansen Neuroscience Network. One hundred and twenty years ago, Nansen earned the first Norwegian doctorate degree in neuroscience. It presented a revolutionary idea: that the brain consists of individual, separate nerve cells. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4816 SAMUEL Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:17:00 GMT Science Wednesday, March 03, 2010 Of all renewable energy technologies for electricity production which are not carbon-based, the most well-advanced and commercially developed is wind energy. But it is by nature a fluctuating resource, which raises the challenge of how to integrate large amounts of it into a national energy mix while maintaining stability of supply. As a world leader in wind energy utilization, Denmark is taking on a pioneering role in finding viable and sustainable answers to this question. The experience that Denmark is gaining in large-scale wind energy integration is attracting considerable interest from abroad. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4813 SANTIAGO Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:45:00 GMT Science Wednesday, March 03, 2010 Moldova and Burkina Faso have become the latest countries to submit their instruments of ratification for the Norwegian-led Convention on Cluster Munitions during a United Nations meeting in the last week of February. The announcements mean that the mandatory minimum of thirty countries has now been reached, which will allow the new Convention to be implemented in August. “It’s finally clear that the ban will take effect. Through this convention we’ve contributed to making the world safer, we’ve strengthened international humanitarian law and those affected will now finally get help,” said Jonas Gahr Store, the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4814 MEGAN Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:33:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, March 02, 2010 International Programme Department Director in the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Jens Mjaugedal during his meeting with the head of National Committee for Refugees Affairs and Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Muthana voiced his country's readiness to offer all possible assistance to help Yemen in the refugees field. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4812 MEGAN Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:38:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, March 02, 2010 Scientists, led by Cancer Research UK and the Technical University of Denmark, have made a cancer breakthrough that could pave the way for tailor-made treatment of breast tumours. The discovery of six key genes means treatment for breast cancer could be revolutionised. The scientists have pinpointed genes that stop chemotherapy working in some women. This opens the door for targeted, “personalised” breast cancer treatment, which could save many more lives, according to research published in The Lancet Oncology journal today. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4811 SAHAY Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:51:00 GMT Science Tuesday, March 02, 2010 Fruit juices drunk by millions of children each day could contain a harmful chemical linked to cancer, scientists have warned. Scientists from the University of Copenhagen found that bottles of fruit juice and squash contained up to 2.5 times more of the substance as is deemed 'safe' in tap water, under EU guidelines. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4810 SAMUEL Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:44:00 GMT Science Monday, March 01, 2010 Norway's Petter Northug won the Olympic gold medal in the 50km cross country skiing mass start event on the last day of the Winter Games i Vancouver. He beat Germany's Axel Teichmann in a sprint finish. Sweden's Johan Olsson came third in a race under difficult conditions which caused several crashes. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4809 SAMUEL Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:50:00 GMT Sports Monday, March 01, 2010 New mobile apps for smartphones are receiving a lot of attention these days, but a Finnish firm, BookIT, continues to develop SMS- based solutions that make lives easier for all of us… Their latest application, iSMS® scheduling, allows medical centers to eliminate queues by scheduling and confirming appointments via text message. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4808 MEGAN Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:18:00 GMT Business Monday, March 01, 2010 Tuborg is a Danish brewing company founded in 1873 by Carl Frederik Tietgen. Tuborg initially produced pale lager for the Danish market. It merged with United Breweries in 1894, which then entered into a profit-sharing agreement with Carlsberg in 1903; since 1970 it has been part of Carlsberg. Today, they make lager for global export, as well as a variety of continental styles for both domestic and foreign markets. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4806 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:09:00 GMT Business Sunday, February 28, 2010 Head of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Jan Egeland, has been elected to co-chair the High-level Taskforce for the Global Framework for Climate Services. an international taskforce that is to compile and make available climate information. The responsibility of this international taskforce is to compile and make available climate information. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4807 SYAM Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:12:00 GMT Science Sunday, February 28, 2010 A woman's risk of heart disease and stroke in middle-age and beyond may be associated with the number of children she gives birth to, a large study of Swedish women hints. "Women having two births had the lowest risk of future cardiovascular disease," Dr. Erik Ingelsson, at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, noted in an email to Reuters Health, while women having five or more births had the highest risk. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4800 ANU FRANCIS Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:22:00 GMT Science Sunday, February 28, 2010 Anchored by Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Norway's team won the gold medal in the men's 4x7.5km biathlon relay at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games on Friday(26th February), nearly 40 seconds ahead of silver medal winner Austria. Team Norway were in seventh place after Halvard Hanevold's opening leg but newcomer Tarjei Bø (21) soared to the front on the next exchange. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4805 SAHAY Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:50:00 GMT Sports Saturday, February 27, 2010 Women who get pregnant with IVF are four times more likely to have a stillborn baby than those who conceive naturally, scientists claim. A study also found the ICSI technique - where sperm is injected straight into the egg - carries a higher risk of tots dying in the womb. The reasons are not clear, but researchers in Aarhus, Denmark, fear the treatment itself may cause the deaths. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4802 MEGAN Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:10:00 GMT Science Saturday, February 27, 2010 Scientists and researchers have known for some time that bacteria has the potential to generate energy in salt water, but were never really able to figure out quite how it works. Now research out of the Aarhaus University in Denmark is making important strides towards understanding that mechanism and may soon be able to create a natural biobattery from bacteria thriving in salt water. When they fully understand the mechanism, this natural battery could be used to provide clean power for monitoring buoys out in the ocean. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4804 SAMUEL PAUL Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:14:00 GMT Science Saturday, February 27, 2010 When it comes to utilising wind energy, Denmark sets a shining example to the whole world. That is the message US news channel CNN will be broadcasting today in a special programme on wind, wave and solar energy called 'Earth Frontiers', writes Berlingske Tidende. "All the research shows that if you want to know something about wind power, Denmark is the country to go to," said CNN journalist Tom Hayes to epn.dk. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4803 SANTIAGO Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:12:00 GMT Science Friday, February 26, 2010 Finnish 4DSwing has launched the world’s first golf swing analyzer, providing golf players and coaches comprehensive and very detailed data about everything that happens during a golf swing without attaching wires, sensors or vests to players’ body or club. The new technology enables an even more accurate golf swing measuring and perception tool. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4801 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:24:00 GMT Business Friday, February 26, 2010 If the United States is at a loss over what to do about nuclear waste, it may be time to check out the Swedish model. A symposium at the annual meeting of the American Assn. for the Advancement of Science in San Diego highlighted the Swedish power industry in gaining public support for a geological repository for high-level radioactive waste. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4799 SAMUEL Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:30:00 GMT Science Friday, February 26, 2010 An interview with Edward P.Gallagher. Ed Gallaher is President of the American Scandinavian Foundation. The American-Scandinavian Foundation, (ASF) is an American non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting international understanding through educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The Foundations headquarters, Scandinavia House, is located at 58 Park Avenue, New York City. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4797 JOHN DUNNIGAN Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:44:00 GMT Culture Thursday, February 25, 2010 Every day millions of people across the globe use Swedish products, work with Swedish companies or shop at Swedish global chains. Still, people are often not aware that these brands are Swedish. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4798 DANIEL Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:22:00 GMT Business Thursday, February 25, 2010 Denmark's leading contractor MT Højgaard has gained a EUR 84m contract jointly with French company Dégremont to build a waste water treatment plant in Bangladesh, reports financial daily newspaper Børsen. The contract, which has been awarded on a 50/50 basic, is 90% financed by the Danish International Development Agency and 10% financed by the Government of Bangladesh. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4796 MEGAN Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:56:00 GMT Business Thursday, February 25, 2010 THE Norwegian government has reiterated its commitment towards supporting the fight against corruption in Zambia through strengthening and reforming of the financial system. Visiting Norwegian State Secretary for Development Co-operation Ingrid Fiskaa said that the fight against corruption called for concerted efforts by all stakeholders as it affects not only developing countries but also industrialised ones. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4795 SAMUEL Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:37:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, February 24, 2010 The Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is to lead a DKK 20m (USD 3.6m) pan-European research project into cleaner and more efficient ways of using biomass as a feedstock for electricity production, writes the university in a press release. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4793 MEGAN Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:10:00 GMT Science Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Petter Northug led Norway to another Olympic gold in the men's cross-country team sprint at the Winter Games in Whistler on Monday. Together with team mate Øystein Pettersen he won the race ahead of Germany. Northug, the sport's front figure over the last four years, overtook Germany's Axel Teichmann on the sixth and final loop of the twisting 1.6km circuit, with what Eurosport calls "a stunning display of skating." http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4794 SYAM Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:14:00 GMT Sports Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Karolinska Institute have used novel technology to reveal the different genetic patterns of neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancer. This discovery may lead to significant advances in the treatment of this malignant disease, which mainly affects small children. The study was carried out with the support of the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation and the Swedish Cancer Society. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4789 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:15:00 GMT Science Tuesday, February 23, 2010 At the end of last week’s events of the Vancouver Winter Games, Norway was third on the overall medals table with a total of 12 medals. The US tops the table with 24 medals. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4790 OLIVER LINDE Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:16:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Estonia is honoring five Finns with state awards for their service to Estonia. Recipients include Finnish-Estonian writer Sofi Oksanen and Ilkka Herlin, the chairman of the board at cargo equipment manufacturer Cargotec. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4791 EMIL ANDERSEN Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:17:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, February 23, 2010 On Friday, 19 February, the President of the Republic and the Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discussed the national counter-terrorism strategy. The Finnish national strategy is based on four basic pillars in line with the European Union Counter-Terrorism Strategy adopted in 2005: prevention, protection, preparedness and consequence management. The strategy contains five strategic guidelines and ensuing recommendations for action which fall under the mandate of various authorities. The strategy is to be adopted as a Government resolution. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4787 MEGAN Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:30:00 GMT Politics Monday, February 22, 2010 The two first models, Lumigon T1 and S1, of a Danish designed smartphone range have been launched at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, reports professional journal Ingeniøren (The Engineer). Lumigon has spent the last two years developing the smartphones in secrecy in Copenhagen, where the company is headquartered, production has been carried out in China. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4786 SAHAY Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:28:00 GMT Business Monday, February 22, 2010 Norway will spend 137 million crowns ($23 million) to build what it says will be the world's biggest wind turbine with rotors 145 meters in diameter and producing 10 megawatts of electricity, green energy incubator Enova said. Unlike most offshore wind projects where turbines rest on the seafloor, Sway turbines float. That allows development further offshore where winds are stronger and more consistent. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4785 MEGAN Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:16:00 GMT Business Sunday, February 21, 2010 Sweden's Marcus Hellner powered away from his rivals in the home stretch to claim gold in the men's cross-country 30km pursuit in the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Saturday(20th February). It was Sweden's second cross-country gold of the Games after Charlotte Kalla won the women's 10km freestyle. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4784 SHYAM Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:14:00 GMT Sports Sunday, February 21, 2010 Norway's Marit Bjoergen won the women's cross country 15km pursuit on Friday, making her the first double gold medal winner of the Vancouver Olympics. Sweden's Anna Haag took silver. Eurosport points that Bjoergen (29) became the second Norwegian woman to win at least two golds at the Winter Games. Sonje Henie won three figure skating golds for Norway between 1928-36. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4782 MEGAN Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:48:00 GMT Sports Sunday, February 21, 2010 240 primary pupils at Tampines North Primary School in Singapore have received a free lunchbox from the Swedish furniture store IKEA. The purpose is to teach the children about saving the environment and the importance of minimizing waste, writes Asiaone Education. And the pupils seem to like the idea, Simran Kaur, a seven old year pupil said: “I love my new lunchbox. It helps me keep Singapore clean because I can use it again and again.” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4783 SAHAY Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:24:00 GMT Business Saturday, February 20, 2010 With the launch of a new enzyme product called Cellic CTec2 at the 15th National Ethanol Conference in Florida USA, Danish enzyme manufacturer Novozymes has taken a major step towards realising its ambitions in the global market for 2nd generation* or 2G bioethanol, which could be worth DKK 20bn (USD 3.7bn) in 10 years' time, writes financial daily newspaper Børsen. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4781 SAMUEL Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:14:00 GMT Science Saturday, February 20, 2010 Veteran Tora Berger won her first Olympic gold medal in the women's Biathlon 15km individual event, and Norway's 100th gold at a Winter Games, beating Kazakhstan's Elena Khrustaleva by 20.7 seconds. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4779 OLIVER LINDE Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:19:00 GMT Sports Saturday, February 20, 2010 US network management firm Niksun is joining forces with Aalborg University's Center for Teleinfrastructure and the Department for Electronic Systems on a project designed to improve security on tomorrow's network systems, the university has announced on its website. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4780 SYAM Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:49:00 GMT Science Friday, February 19, 2010 Norwegian Emil Hegle Svendsen won the 20km individual biathlon race at Whistler Olympic Park on Thursday(18th February), adding a gold medal to the silver he won earlier. Compatriot Ole Einar Bjørndalen captured the 20km silver. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4778 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:18:00 GMT Sports Friday, February 19, 2010 Stockholm captured fourth place in a prestigious ranking of European cities of the future. Only London, Paris and Moscow is ahead of Sweden´s capital city in terms of how well the cities are considered to be for foreign investment. The list is produced by the Financial Times and trade journal FDI Magazine. The evaluation is based on a set of criteria in the areas of economic potential, human resources and infrastructure. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4777 EMI Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:45:00 GMT Business Friday, February 19, 2010 Norway has transferred NOK 240 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA), in accordance with its earlier pledge. The funds have been provided to support implementation of the Palestinian Reform and Development Plan (PRDP). "The support will enable the PA to maintain the services available to the Palestinian population in the areas of education, health and safety. These funds will benefit the Palestinian people, including the hard-pressed civilian population in Gaza,” Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4776 MEGAN Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:16:00 GMT Politics Thursday, February 18, 2010 Director Klaus Härö’s Letters to Father Jacob has received the Best International Film Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California, USA. The film has also been given a cinema distribution license for the US, which was announced recently at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film has already received a number of awards. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4774 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:39:00 GMT Culture Thursday, February 18, 2010 Swedish biathlete Björn Ferry shot himself into the Olympic history books on Tuesday with a sensational win in the 12.5 kilometer pursuit event in Vancouver. Ferry bagged Sweden's first men's biathlon gold in 50 years on Tuesday when he muscled past Austrian Christoph Sumann taking silver and France's Vincent Jay to win the pursuit title. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4772 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:30:00 GMT Sports Thursday, February 18, 2010 Helsinki ranked sixth on the Economist Intelligence Unit's global liveability survey, which assesses the world’s most liveable cities. Helsinki was the only Nordic country to rank among the world top liveable cities. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4773 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:14:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Norwegian Emil Hegle Svendsen battled difficult weather conditions to secure silver in the men's Olympic 10km biathlon sprint on 14th February. Svendsen's silver was Norway's first medal of the 2010 Winter Olympics. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4770 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:38:00 GMT Sports Wednesday, February 17, 2010 A tiny, colorful bird living in the rocky forests of Laos and Vietnam has been discovered by Swedish scientists. It is officially called Phylloscopus calciatilis, but named as “limestone leaf warbler” because it is living only in a limestone environment. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4771 SARAH THOMAS Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:40:00 GMT Science Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Sweden's Charlotte Kalla claimed gold in the women's 10km freestyle cross-country event on Monday to give her country their first medal of the Winter Olympics. The 22-year-old, who claimed a bronze in the relay at the world championships last year, captured her first Olympic medal with a winning time of 24 mins 58.4secs. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4769 EMIL ANDERSEN Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:37:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Swedish scientists from the Karolinska Institutet have recently determined that one of the primary causes behind a person's risk of stroke is the amount of antibodies he or she has inside their bodies. The new investigation could also carry considerable implications in the fight against the dangerous condition called arteriosclerosis, which sees the blood vessels inside the body impaired, and unable to properly ensure a steady blood flow. Using the new data, investigators hope to soon be able to develop a new class of vaccines that could have the ability to mobilize the entire immune system, so that the risk of stroke is considerably lowered. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4765 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:37:00 GMT Science Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Finland's Mikko Hirvonen has held off the challenge of six-time world rally champion Sebastian Loeb to seal victory in the season-opening Rally of Sweden. The Ford driver led after both Friday and Saturday's stages and wrapped up the win by a margin of 42 point three seconds. Hirvonen is glad it is over as the rally was very hard on the tyres, but it is a great way to start 2010. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4768 SARAH THOMAS Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:02:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Swedish Energy Company Seabased Industry and Finnish power giant Fortum got one step closer to build the world’s biggest wave power plant on the Swedish west coast as the Swedish Energy Agency approved a 14-million-euro investment grant. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4766 OLIVER LINDE Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:43:00 GMT Science Monday, February 15, 2010 Robin Soderling won the ABN Amro final Sunday(14th February) when former champion Mikhail Youzhny of Russia retired because of a thigh injury. The third-seeded Soderling, who finished second to Michael Llodra two years ago, became the first Swedish winner of the indoor tournament since Anders Jarryd in 1993. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4764 MEGAN Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:22:00 GMT Sports Monday, February 15, 2010 It's little wonder that Fjord Norway was voted the world's number one sustainable destination by National Geographic Traveller magazine, whose judges remarked on the gorgeous scenery and well-preserved rural life that are vigorously protected. Yet Fjord Norway is not just about good looks, it's an outdoor playground for the active, a fabulous place for touring and a chance to return to nature in the most spectacular style. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4763 SAMUEL Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:20:00 GMT Culture Monday, February 15, 2010 On July 1 2009, four households in the Washington metropolitan area were designated "Climate Pilots" and embarked on a seven-month program. The first order of business: looking at four areas of their lives – food, spare time, energy, and traveling – and how those affect the environment. he Swedish Embassy in Washington facilitated the program, but the impetus behind it belongs to the city of Kalmar in southern Sweden. It's part of a region that has pledged to be fossil-fuel-free by 2030, and officials there ran a similar, although more rigorous, initiative in 2007 with 12 Swedish families. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4762 MEGAN Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:50:00 GMT Science Sunday, February 14, 2010 “Finland has made its first specific commitment to the development of European biomedical research infrastructures (BMS ESFRIs) by supporting a joint pilot infrastructure project in bioinformatics (ELIXIR), biobanking (BBMRI) and translational research (EATRIS). The initial commitment of 1.85 million euros is to support preparation and pilot studies in 2010. This funding is meant to ensure Finland’s commitment to the building of these European infrastructures. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4761 SAMUEL Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:46:00 GMT Science Sunday, February 14, 2010 Norwegians have traditionally seen design as being an integral part of their daily life, finding solutions, and making things work better – in a more aesthetic and functional way. This, combined with a long-standing curiosity of the world around them has led the way to a strong design infrastructure, from schools and universities to the organizations that lead the way in making Norwegian design a important focal point both in Norway and abroad. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4759 SYAM Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:44:00 GMT Business Sunday, February 14, 2010 World media have been reporting on Wikileaks editor Julian Assange’s efforts to gain support in Iceland for making the country a haven for the world’s free press and whistle-blowers. Here Assange explains the situation in his own words in a message sent to journalists all round the world: “I am in Iceland. You should be too, or at least, reporting about it. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4760 MEGAN Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:00:00 GMT Politics Saturday, February 13, 2010 Oslo Cancer Cluster (OCC) is a Norwegian Centre of Expertise (NCE), integrating members from both the life science industry and research institutions. Its goal is to improve the lives of cancer patients by accelerating the development of new cancer diagnostics and medicines. This cooperation goes far beyond Norwegian borders. Oslo Cancer Cluster is open for new members in cancer R&D from all over the world, and has established close cooperation with other cancer research-intensive regions that include cooperation with universities and research centres like Lund in Sweden; Heidelberg in Germany; Tolouse in France - and also North Carolina in the US. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4758 SAMUEL Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:41:00 GMT Science Saturday, February 13, 2010 A small IT firm Husets Web from Funen in Denmark has been rewarded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation for a new energy calculator which can help homeowners make environmentally friendly energy savings, reports daily business newspaper ErhvervsBladet. Together with the award, Husets Web received DKK 100,000, which will be used for its further development. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4756 OLIVER LINDE Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:15:00 GMT Business Saturday, February 13, 2010 Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a career biathlete, who has won five Olympic Gold medals (more than anyone in biathlon), and fourteen World Championship Gold medals. In addition, he has a record 91 World Cup victories, and became the first biathlete ever to win a FIS Cross Country World Cup race, in Gällivare, Sweden in 2006. He is also the only biathlete who has won every single event during the same Winter Olympic Games, in Salt Lake City 2002, and just the third Olympian to win four gold medals during the same Winter Games. He repeated this medal haul at the 2009 Pyeongchang Biathlon World Championships. Bjørndalen has finished in the top 3 of the World Cup rankings for twelve successive seasons. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4757 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:57:00 GMT Sports Friday, February 12, 2010 The Reykjavik City Welfare Board confirmed that it wants to welcome refugees from the recent earthquake in Haiti. The chairman of the Board, Jorunn Frimansdottir, explained on her Facebook page what will happen: “A (Haiti) project leader will be hired. He/she will be stationed at the Central Reykjavik and Hlidar social services centre.” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4754 SAMUEL Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:09:00 GMT Politics Friday, February 12, 2010 Sweden took the number one spot from the United States to top the annual rankings on the usage of telecommunications technologies such as networks, cellphones and computers, a report released on Thursday shows. Sweden was second in the last survey behind the United States. Norway placed third, up from fifth spot last year. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4753 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT Science Friday, February 12, 2010 Obese children are at a greater risk of dying young, a new study finds. "The results of this study suggest that obesity prevention should begin in early childhood," said lead researcher Paul William Franks, an associate professor of experimental medicine and head of the genetic epidemiology and clinical research group at Umea University Hospital in Umea, Sweden. "This will involve ensuring our children eat healthy, well-balanced diets and maintain physically active lifestyles." http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4752 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:32:00 GMT Science Thursday, February 11, 2010 In October last year(2009) a team at the Photonics Engineering Department of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), succeeded in breaking the so-called 'terabit barrier' in data transmission, by using laser pulses to send data down a fiber optic cable at a breathtaking 5.1 terabits per second. News of that success has travelled around the world at a commensurately high velocity, with the US in particular taking a great deal of interest, states a press release from the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4749 MEGAN Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:41:00 GMT Science Thursday, February 11, 2010 Norway's Ole Einar Bjorndalen on Sunday(14th February) begins his quest to add to his five Olympic gold medals and underline his status as one of history's top biathletes at the Vancouver Winter Games. The 35-year-old claimed four golds at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City to add to his first gold success in Nagano four years earlier, and is competing in five events here. No other athlete has won more biathlon gold medals. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4751 SHYAM Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:20:00 GMT Sports Thursday, February 11, 2010 US software giant Microsoft has chosen the Danish open-source content management system Umbraco for its ASP.Net site, which is Microsoft's forum for the web development community. The website attracts millions of users and the new version will be launched in a month's time. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4750 SHYAM Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:40:00 GMT Business Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Finland’s UPM has been awarded the Sustainable Innovation Management prize at the Best Innovator 2010 awards in Germany last week(1st week of February). The annual competition, which is organized by the international management consultancy A.T. Kearney together with the German top weekly business magazine WirtschaftsWoche, awards companies that excel in outstanding innovation management. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4745 SARAH THOMAS Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:55:00 GMT Business Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Amroy Europe Oy has received a significant European award in the field of nanotechnology. The European Technology Innovation Award was presented to Amroy for its innovative work on material called hyptonite. The award was presented by the prestigious research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4746 ANU FRANCIS Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:56:00 GMT Business Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Norway's Anders Jacobsen captured second place in the World Cup ski jumping event at Willingen, Germany on Saturday. Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer won, with Germany's Michael Neumayer third. Jacobsen's jumps measured 139 and 138.5 metres. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4744 OLIVER LINDE Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:54:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, February 09, 2010 The Contact Group on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia, which is currently chaired by Norway, met in New York on Thursday January 28. A great number of countries and organisations took part. The main goal was to coordinate and strengthen efforts that protect shipping off the Somali coast from piracy. Experience shows that the effort is paying off. Meanwhile the pirates have extended their sphere of operation to far out into the Indian Ocean. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4743 SHYAM Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:07:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, February 09, 2010 The Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung choose state-run Vietnam Electricity Group, or EVN to plan the construction of a wind power plant in the southern province of Ninh Thuan according to Nasdaq.com. The project will be financed by development aid from the Denmark the Vietnamese Government said without mentioning more precise figures and plans. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4742 MEGAN Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:38:00 GMT Business Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has won Denmark's highest musical honor, the 600,000 kroner ($110,000) Sonning Music Prize. The award committee says Saariaho is "one of the most outstanding composers of our time." The Leonie Sonning Music Foundation says she "has created transparent, vibrant and expressive new music." http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4741 SAMUEL Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:06:00 GMT Culture Monday, February 08, 2010 Thanks to Finnish R&D all multitouch applications of Windows 7 operating system can now be used also on large LCD screens. The multitouch applications of the Helsinki-based MultiTouch Oy can now for the first time be used simultaneously with many fingers and by multiple users. According to MultiTouch Ltd. the LCD multitouch support opens up new possibilities for Windows applications developed all over the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4712 EMIL ANDERSEN Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:35:00 GMT Business Monday, February 08, 2010 Many people with back pain do not know what is causing it and they do not receive effective treatment, but learning to move in a more integrated way makes a big difference, reveals research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4693 SARAH THOMAS Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT Science Monday, February 08, 2010 Sweden's Charlotte Kalla has outclassed overall World Cup champion Justyna Kowalczyk in the women's 10km freestyle Nordic skiing race in Canmore, Canada. In an event that will feature at the Vancouver Olympics Kalla, 22, completed the circuit on Saturday (6th Feb 2010) in 25 minutes 6 seconds to leave Poland's pre-race favourite Kowalczyck trailing by 9.7 seconds. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4739 SAMUEL Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:14:00 GMT Sports Sunday, February 07, 2010 A Swedish biotechnology firm has developed a new medicine which provides hope for sufferers of Huntington's disease, according to a report in Göteborgs-Posten. The new medicine, based on the findings of Nobel prize winning scientist Arvid Carlsson, is set to replace the only other treatment for the disease. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4738 SAMUEL Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:23:00 GMT Science Sunday, February 07, 2010 No single film of the art-house era (c.1956-68) exerted as great an influence on so many directors and critics as did "The Seventh Seal." From Woody Allen to Walter Murch, from Philip Kaufman to Richard Corliss, these individuals remember the night they saw Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece as vividly as they recall the death of Marilyn Monroe or the assassination of JFK. Bergman was just shy of 38 years old when he began shooting the picture on a modest budget during the summer of 1956. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4663 JOHN DUNNIGAN Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:36:00 GMT Culture Saturday, February 06, 2010