We want to define the characteristics and techniques of Leadership-the Scandinavian way http://www.scandinavianleadership.com 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 The President of the Republic of Finland, Tarja Halonen, has presented the 2009 Internationalization Awards to the software company Tekla Corporation, the environmental consultancy firm REACHLaw Ltd., and the Muxlim Lifestyle Community. The objective of the Internationalization Awards is to encourage businesses to operate in an international environment and to boost their ability to develop and adopt new operating models. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4735 OLIVER LINDE Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:46:00 GMT Business Saturday, February 06, 2010 Each year, 25 million pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa run the risk of contracting malaria. Women who have become infected with malaria parasites during their first pregnancy are at considerable risk of severe anaemia and significant impairment of fetal growth. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have become the first in the world to synthesize the entire protein that is responsible for life-threatening malaria in pregnant women and their unborn children. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4737 SARAH THOMAS Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:47:00 GMT Science Saturday, February 06, 2010 Iceland leads the world in addressing pollution control and natural resource management challenges in 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI). Iceland’s top-notch performance derives from its high scores on environmental public health, controlling greenhouse gas emissions, and reforestation. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4736 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:46:00 GMT Science Friday, February 05, 2010 New University of Copenhagen study shows football can lower blood pressure in the short term, increase fitness and help with weight loss, including lowering blood pressure and cholesterol. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4733 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:44:00 GMT Science Friday, February 05, 2010 The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences have announced their Oscar-nominees. Two Danish films "Burma VJ", the awardwinning documentary, and "The New Tenants", a short film, have been nominated. Furthermore Danish director Lone Scherfig ("Italian for Beginners") in nominated in three categories for her British production. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4734 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:45:00 GMT Culture Friday, February 05, 2010 Arni Hole remembers the shock wave that went through Norway’s business community in 2002 when the country’s trade and industry minister, Ansgar Gabrielsen, proposed a law requiring that 40 percent of all company board members be women. Many prominent business leaders dismissed the 2003 law as a political stunt. Nearly eight years on, the share of female directors at the roughly 400 companies affected is above 40 percent, while women fill more than a quarter of the board seats at the 65 largest privately held companies. Indeed, the world has noticed: Spain and the Netherlands have passed similar laws, with a 2015 deadline for compliance. The French Senate will soon debate a bill phasing in a female quota by 2016. Belgium, Britain, Germany and Sweden are considering legislation. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4732 JOHN DUNNIGAN Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:14:00 GMT Business Thursday, February 04, 2010 Swedish golfer Robert Karlsson claimed a three shot win over Spaniard Alvaro Quiros to win the $2.5 million Qatar Masters at the Doha Golf Club on Sunday the 31st January. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4720 EMIL ANDERSEN Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT Sports Thursday, February 04, 2010 Finnish corporate giants Nokia, Kesko and Nest Oil have been listed on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations –list. The list was published at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on 27 January 2010. Nokia ranked fifth, Kesko 33rd and Neste Oil 85th. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4729 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:29:00 GMT Business Thursday, February 04, 2010 Iceland has been appointed as the best airport in Europe. The ACI’s prestigious survey is the world’s leading airport customer satisfaction standard, with around 130 airports taking part. Specified within the passenger survey, travelers described Keflavik International Airport as comforting, cozy and with a friendly atmosphere. Passengers also indicated their gratification with the airport’s huge range of duty free stores. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4730 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT Business Wednesday, February 03, 2010 The Norwegian company Cryogenetics Ltd. has made a significant breakthrough by inventing a method for the cryo-(freezing)-preservation of fish embryos down to -130° C (-202° F). This is seen as a major achievement. The world’s scientific community has pursued a method for cryo-preservation of fish embryos over several decades without success. A Cryogenetics scientific team, lead by Dr. Elisabeth Kommisrud has over the past two years systematically approached the task of establishing protocols for cryo-preservation of fish embryos. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4725 JOHN DUNNIGAN Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:53:00 GMT Science Wednesday, February 03, 2010 People all over Sweden are celebrating their team’s victory in the hugely popular game of bandy. The Swedish men’s team beat reigning champions Russia 6-1 in a match in the central Swedish town of Västerås. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrick Reinfeldt was quick to congratulate the team on taking bandy gold. Since 1980 Sweden has won the world championship nine times. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4722 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:02:00 GMT Sports Wednesday, February 03, 2010 Two Danish entrepreneurs have struck gold with a music programme they have created for mobile phones that compiles playlists based on the user's mood at any particular time. The application was first used by Nokia under the name Playlist DJ, but has first really started to take off since the iPhone version of the app called Moodagent was launched at the end of December, writes national daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4724 MEGAN Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:01:00 GMT Business Tuesday, February 02, 2010 Sweden's Margot Wallström is set to become the UN special representative tasked with combating sexual violence against women and children in conflicts, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced it on 31st January. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4721 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, February 02, 2010 Norway's chess ace Magnus Carlsen (19), now the world's highest rated player, won the 10,000-euro first prize in the 72nd annual Dutch Corus Chess Tournament, with a draw against Italy’s Fabiano Caruana on 31st January. Carlsen collected altogether 8.5 points for a tournament score of five wins, seven draws and one loss. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4723 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:04:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, February 02, 2010 Long-serving Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura has been appointed by UN chief Ban Ki-moon as his new envoy to Afghanistan. Ban said the Swede "brings an enormous wealth of experience and skills" to the post, but also took care to praise Eide "for his leadership of UNAMA (the UN mission in Afghanistan) during a very difficult period." http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4716 ANU FRANCIS Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:25:00 GMT Politics Monday, February 01, 2010 NYT is to interview a municipal mayor and the boss of a waste incineration plant to find out more about the Danish model of waste management. Over the years Denmark has developed a particular talent for waste management, and has crystallized its thinking into what is now referred to as the "Danish model". http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4713 EMIL ANDERSEN Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:36:00 GMT Science Monday, February 01, 2010 Icelandic snowboarding history was made Friday in Denver, Colo. as Halldor Helgason was awarded the Rookie of the Year award at the annual Transworld Riders' Poll Awards the same day as he topped the men's Slopestyle Elims at Winter X Games 14. The Akureyrian sensation thus becomes the only Icelandic shredder to win the Rookie of the Year at both of North America's largest snowboard magazines. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4709 ANU FRANCIS Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:32:00 GMT Sports Monday, February 01, 2010 Danish healthcare company Novo Nordisk has received the long-awaited marketing authorisation of Victoza (liraglutide) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in adults from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), reports national daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten. Victoza is the brand name approved in the US and Europe for liraglutide, the first once-daily human Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4707 SAMUEL Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:24:00 GMT Science Sunday, January 31, 2010 Top Swedish skier Anja Pärson sealed her first World Cup win of the season in the women's super-combined event in St. Moritz on Friday(29th January). In what was her 41st career World Cup victory, Pärson clocked a combined time over a super-G and slalom of 2min 0.54sec, 0.43sec ahead of Michaela Kirchgasser of Austria with American Lindsey Vonn at 0.92. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4706 JOHN DUNNIGAN Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:12:00 GMT Sports Sunday, January 31, 2010 Bille August (born November 9, 1948) is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won the Palme Dor, Academy Award and the Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme Dor twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best Intentions, based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4705 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:00:00 GMT Culture Saturday, January 30, 2010 Finnish cancer researchers have had an important breakthrough in the treatment of breast cancer. A new treatment protocol developed in Finland reduces the renewal risk of aggressive breast cancer and the consequent deaths by as much as a third. “The new treatment form, trastuzumab, is one of the greatest advances in the past 15-20 years in the field of breast cancer research”, says Petri Bono, Chief Physician at the Department of Medical Oncology, Helsinki University Hospital. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4700 SARAH THOMAS Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:27:00 GMT Science Saturday, January 30, 2010 ABB has delivered an electricity distribution substation, control equipment, medium voltage switchgears and transformers to the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The technology, which has been designed and manufactured in Finland, will improve the building’s energy efficiency while offering electrical stability. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4703 ANU FRANCIS Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:31:00 GMT Science Saturday, January 30, 2010 Norway's Pål Golberg won gold in the 10km cross country classic style at the Junior World Championships in Hinterzarten, Germany on 27th January 2010. Golberg also won silver in Monday's(25th January) freestyle sprint event, which was won by team mate Tomas Northug, Petter Northug's younger brother. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4702 EMIL ANDERSEN Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:40:00 GMT Sports Friday, January 29, 2010 The Danish capital's investment promotion agency, Copenhagen Capacity, attracted 31 international companies in 2009 and thereby created 600 new jobs despite the general negative trend seen in other regions and metropolises, reports financial daily newspaper Børsen. Copenhagen Capacity puts its success down to the fact that it has focused its marketing on the right business sectors (principally cleantech, life science and IT), and that it has concentrated its efforts on countries like the US, the UK and Germany, which are relatively safe bets for attracting investor interest. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4704 SYAM Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:35:00 GMT Business Friday, January 29, 2010 A Norway resident will be named the 2010 S.C. Mother of the Year on Thursday. Annette Brunson Sutcliffe will be recognized as the recipient of the state honor by Carolyn Poole, chairman of the Mother of the Year search team, at the Regional Medical Center of South Carolina. Sutcliffe has done much in her lifetime for other people, Poole says.” She will be an inspiration as our 2010 Mother of the Year. I feel that she is a mother who deserves recognition because she has made beautiful things out of hard circumstances,” Poole said. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4695 SARAH THOMAS Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:20:00 GMT Culture Friday, January 29, 2010 A new ranking of the world’s nations by environmental performance puts some of the globe’s largest economies far down the list, with the United States sinking to 61st and China to 121st. The top performer this year is Iceland, which gets virtually all of its power from renewable sources — hydropower and geothermal energy. It was joined in the top tier by a cluster of European countries known for their green efforts, including Switzerland, Sweden, Norway and Finland. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4694 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:50:00 GMT Science Thursday, January 28, 2010 Is it possible to have too much ABBA? The answer is no. The spangly Swedish quartet that gave the world ''Waterloo'' and ''Dancing Queen'' has sold 400 million records since its 1970s heyday and spawned the hugely successful stage and film musical ''Mamma Mia!'' And now there's ABBAWORLD -- a new museum-cum-theme park in London with enough music, mementoes and memory-lane appeal to satisfy even the most fervent ABBA fan. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4687 JOHN DUNNIGAN Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:19:00 GMT Culture Thursday, January 28, 2010 All three individual awards at the recent Eurohockey Nations trophy went to Danish players after their skilled performances. Denmark swept the awards for best player, best goalkeeper and top goal scorer of the tournament. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4690 OLIVER LINDE Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:56:00 GMT Business Thursday, January 28, 2010 The University of Jyväskylä will export the Finnish primary-school model to Adu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where an interest in developing the local school system according to the Finnish model has emerged. The project in Abu Dhabi involves the establishment of two lower primary-schools, where teaching is provided according to the Finnish school model. As the project gains ground, also Finnish teaching personnel will be recruited. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4692 ANU FRANCIS Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:58:00 GMT Education Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck has entered a research collaboration with the Dutch biotech company to-BBB to develop antibodies for the treatment of diseases in the central nervous system http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4575 JOHAN Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:35:00 GMT Science Wednesday, January 27, 2010 The Finnish Embassy in Washington D.C. has received significant environmental recognition. The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the acknowledged LEED Gold certification to the embassy for its energy efficiency and environmental friendliness. The Finnish Embassy is the first embassy in the U.S. to receive the LEED certificate. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4683 ANU FRANCIS Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:50:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, January 27, 2010 A charity concert arranged by Norwegian artists at the Oslo Operahouse on 24th January , coupled with a telethon appeal has so far netted NOK 20 million for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The Opera House was sold out, and ticket sales alone netted NOK 700,000, NRK reports. (Ticket buyers could themselves decide what to pay.) The concert was also televised nationwide by NRKTV, and viewers were encouraged to make automatic call-contributons to the Norwegian Red Cross and Norwegian Church Aid. Telenor figures show that by late Sunday evening NOK 20 million had been contributed by the call-ins. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4685 SAMUEL Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:32:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Recognised as a country of nature lovers and cutting-edge design, it is not surprising that Sweden has fostered a strong new generation of fashion designers who combine fashion and sustainability, writes Anna Maria Bernitz of the Swedish Institute. Four Swedish eco designers are taking part in the Berlin Fashion Week to take a stand against the overuse of nature’s resources. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4680 CHARLOTTE Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:04:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Helsinki-based Pentagon Design has received two prizes in iF Product Design Awards in Germany.The award winning designs in the Product Design Award –category were Hackman Rotisser cooking range and Cembrit Shape cladding line.The international jury of the competition, which has been held since 1953, consists of design experts who assess the products for instance for their innovativeness, environmental friendliness and functionality. The awarded designer products will be displayed in an exhibition in Hannover. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4684 EMIL ANDERSEN Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:56:00 GMT Business Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Norwegian doctors are in Haiti helping victims of the earthquake and the Norwegian Red Cross has set up a hospital near the Port au Prince airport, which has been operating in unbearably hot temperatures. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4678 JOHN DUNNIGAN Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:53:00 GMT Politics Monday, January 25, 2010 Finland's defending champion, Laura Lepistö, who placed third in the short programme European figure skating gold in Tallinn on 22nd January 2010, skated into second place in the long free skating finale. Lepistö and Korpi, the two best Finnish skaters at the competition, will represent Finland at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in three weeks’ time. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4682 SARAH THOMAS Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:30:00 GMT Sports Monday, January 25, 2010 Finland is among the first four countries to take part in an international research, which evaluates the role of technology in innovative teaching and learning. The research project analyses the impact of information and communication technology in teaching and learning in schools and within the education system. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4648 CHARLOTTE Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:41:00 GMT Education Monday, January 25, 2010 Danish Men’s handball team produces electrifying first half to beat Serbia at the European Championship. There’s room for improvement but Coach Ulrik Wilbek is pleased with the national handball side’s 28-23 win against Serbia at the European Championship in Austria. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4681 OLIVER LINDE Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:54:00 GMT Sports Monday, January 25, 2010 The term “Swedish Model” is used to describe the fact that the Swedish society is based on a high degree of public financing. For each child, parents are allowed no less than 480 days of parental leave, a very long time by international comparison. 80 percent of the salary paid by the Swedish state. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4677 STEPHEN PAUL Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:35:00 GMT Culture Sunday, January 24, 2010 A research group led by the University of Gothenburg in the west of Sweden, has been granted 25 million kronor ($3.5 million) in EU funding to develop an online multilingual translation system covering most European languages. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4651 CHARLOTTE Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:01:00 GMT Education Sunday, January 24, 2010 The success story of Finland’s schools has one overarching lesson for policymakers in Britain. It is that sustaining high standards requires stability and, eventually, consensus. Since Finland embarked on its education reforms in 1967, it began with tight state controls over the school curriculum, but it has gradually ceded power to local authorities, schools and teachers. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4676 SHYAM Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:11:00 GMT Education Sunday, January 24, 2010 Eighty-six percent of Norwegians believe that their country is almost the perfect place to live, although public services still seem to show room for improvement. The Citizen Survey of Norway measured the satisfaction of the country’s citizens with governmental, regional and municipal services. Among the conclusions gleaned were that higher learning institutions, public libraries and Vinmonopolet – the state owned liquor store chain – were all held in high esteem. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4673 JOHN DUNNIGAN Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:30:00 GMT Politics Saturday, January 23, 2010 Cecilie Skog of Norway (35) and Ryan Waters (36) of the US have completed their 1800 km crossing of the Antarctic continent on skis, from the Berkner Island to the Ross Barrier (Ross Shelf) in 70 days. The crossing is historic, since it is the first one that has been unsupported, that is on skis using their own power to pull all supplies on sleds. Earlier crossings have been completed using kites or sails, or by receiving other forms of assistance. Ålesund native Cecilie Skog is also the only woman in the world who has reached both the North and South Pole, climbed Mount Everest and the so-called "Seven Summits". http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4669 MEGAN Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:20:00 GMT Sports Saturday, January 23, 2010 Sweden needs to do more to help young “violence-affirming Islamists” turn their backs on extremist organizations, minister for integration Nyamko Sabuni said. “Either society helps support their way back to a normal life, or we have a ticking bomb in our society,” Sabuni told Sveriges Radio (SR). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4656 JOHN DUNNIGAN Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:54:00 GMT Politics Saturday, January 23, 2010 “Finland's government is planning some of the world's toughest measures to stop people from smoking. Ilkka Oksala, state secretary in the health ministry, drew up the latest plans and his approach is uncompromising. ‘The goal is to get rid of smoking once and for all. It is a long-term goal, but still we are going to achieve it.’ ‘Of course, this would mean the end of the tobacco industry if all the countries in the world took the same kind of steps as we are. We have had negotiations with that industry, naturally, but to be quite honest, our goal is against their business.’ http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4674 SAMUEL Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:42:00 GMT Culture Friday, January 22, 2010 Norway's Marte Høie Gjefsen won gold in the skicross freestyle World Cup at Blue Mountain in Canada on Wednesday. Canada's Ashleigh McIvor came second and Sasa Faric, Slvenia placed third. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4670 AJITH Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:28:00 GMT Sports Friday, January 22, 2010 Continuing its commitment to relief efforts in Haiti, Icelandic Water Holdings ehf, makers of the award-winning CarbonNeutral® natural spring water Icelandic Glacial, announced today that the company has donated more than 300,000 bottles – or 230 metric tons – of water to aid earthquake victims. Icelandic Glacial’s donation is equivalent to just over one bottle of water from each person in Iceland. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4668 SAMUEL Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:57:00 GMT Politics Friday, January 22, 2010 Parents who push themselves too hard at work may harm their children's chance of success at school. Research shows that mothers and fathers with career burnout pass on their feelings of disillusionment at home. The researchers, from the Academy of Finland's educational arm, quizzed more than 500 teenagers about whether they had ever experienced burn-out. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4666 MEGAN Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:04:00 GMT Education Thursday, January 21, 2010 The Norwegian short film “Alle fugler”, is selected for the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. The film will be screening at the festival from January 25th, after having had its world premiere at the Venice film festival, September 2009. The Sundance Film Festival is the largest independent cinema festival in the U.S. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4667 AJITH Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:25:00 GMT Culture Thursday, January 21, 2010 The plight in Haiti has touched hearts in Finland. In its first week the disaster relief collection of the Finnish Red Cross has generated over one million euro. The need for aid is urgent, as the International Red Cross estimates that up to three million people are in need of help in earthquake-stricken Haiti. The aim of the Finnish Red Cross collection is to raise EUR 2 million. This aid operation is the biggest by the International Red Cross and the Finnish Red Cross since the tsunami disaster in 2004. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4665 SAMUEL Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:48:00 GMT Politics Thursday, January 21, 2010 On a cold grey morning in Copenhagen, 20-year-old Nanna Andersen is being told by the man at the jobcentre that he is closing her file and that her benefits will stop. But she isn't worried, because this month she starts a vocational course in animal care, after completing a 13-week course paid for by the jobcentre to help her figure out what she wants to do in life. Andersen is one of a hundred or so unemployed young people taking part in the scheme run by the city. It is one of the many policies Denmark has been pioneering to reduce youth unemployment. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4664 PAUL STEPHEN Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:20:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Norway has dropped 17 tobacco companies, including Philip Morris and British American Tobacco, from its sovereign wealth fund, adding to a growing list of stocks blacklisted by Europe’s biggest equity investor. The tobacco companies join a list of about 50 stocks excluded from the Norwegian fund on ethical grounds, ranging from arms manufacturers, such as Boeing and BAE Systems, to companies accused of environmental and labour rights violations, including Rio Tinto and Wal-Mart. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4662 SHYAM Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:20:00 GMT Business Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Vietnamese Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Phu Trong said that Vietnam and Finland's cooperative relations are increasingly strengthened and expanded in many areas such as education and training, science and technology, tourism and human resources. Trong said that Vietnam wants to learn experiences of Finland in the execution of fundamental functions of the parliament, increase the effectiveness of parliamentary bodies and competencies of deputies. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4661 AJITH Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:10:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, January 20, 2010 The global financial crisis has brought low the economies of just about every country on earth. But not Norway. With a quirky contrariness as deeply etched in the national character as the fjords carved into its rugged landscape, Norway has thrived by going its own way. When others splurged, it saved. When others sought to limit the role of government, Norway strengthened its cradle-to-grave welfare state. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4659 SAMUEL Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:52:00 GMT Business Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Sweden is the third best nation that trades its goods efficiently around the world according to the World banks logistics survey. The study is based on the most comprehensive world survey of international freight forwarders and express carriers. “Economic competitiveness is relentlessly driving countries to strengthen performance, and improving trade logistics is a smart way to deliver more efficiencies, lower costs and added economic growth,” said World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4650 SHYAM Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:06:00 GMT Business Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Norsk Hydro is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo and ranked the fourth largest integrated aluminium company worldwide. Until 2007 its operations were divided more or less equally between aluminum and energy products. Norsk Hydro is now focused almost exclusively on its aluminum operations, which are strong throughout Asia, Europe, and North America, and rank among the worlds top five, along with the likes of Rio Tinto Alcan, RUSAL, and Alcoa. In 2006 it combined its energy operations with Norwegian state-owned Statoil, though the company still does own a small energy business through its operation of 17 hydroelectric power stations in Norway. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4646 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:28:00 GMT Business Monday, January 18, 2010 The Icelandic Heart Association has received a research grant from America’s National Institutes of Health. The ISK 125 million (USD 1 million) grant will be spent on research into the vascular system and brain and kidney function, as well as separate research into bone structure mapping to help predict the likelihood of breaks with old age. The Icelandic Heart Association has become known as one of the world’s leading authorities on the use of new generation picturing/mapping technology for medical use in epidemiology, the Association’s press release says. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4623 ALWIN Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:00:00 GMT Science Monday, January 18, 2010 Just a couple of days ago MIRIS took another order from one of the leading Swedish hospitals. It was the eighth Swedish hospital and more are to come. Scandinavian Leadership met with Lars-Ove Sjaunja at the office in Uppsala. Lars-Ove is the founder of MIRIS together with Tony Malmstrom, Dan Lindqvist and Kerstin Svennersten-Sjaunja. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4647 JOHAN EKLOW Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:46:00 GMT Business Monday, January 18, 2010 The Norwegian government has allocated NOK 40 million to be used in immediate relief efforts in Haiti. - It is now decisive that we see a broad and coordinated international relief operation, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg says. Experience from Pakistan demonstrates the importance of the UN having a central role in relief work. In light of this the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning will establish a UN support camp in Haiti. Also, Norway will support UN efforts with Norwegian Refugee Council emergency personnel. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4644 SHYAM Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT Politics Monday, January 18, 2010 Rolf-Goran Bengtsson is a Swedish show jumper. He won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the individual jumping, and also a silver medal in the team jumping event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4642 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:11:00 GMT Sports Sunday, January 17, 2010 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing new technology enabling a simpler and more affordable way of producing far infrared and Terahertz cameras for various security applications. The new scanner is believed to have commercial potential especially within the aviation industry. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4629 SARAH THOMAS Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:47:00 GMT Science Sunday, January 17, 2010 Teknoware, a Lahti-based international lighting technology company, which designs, manufactures and markets solutions for vehicle interior lighting and emergency lighting for buildings and passenger ships, delivered tailor-made emergency exit luminaires to the world's largest luxury cruise ship, the Oasis of the Seas. The company equipped the cruise ship with more than 2500 LED luminaires which indicate emergency exits on board. The building of the 361-metre long and 66-metre wide Oasis of the Seas was finalized in the end of October at the Port of Turku. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4475 JOHAN EKLÖW Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:33:00 GMT Business Sunday, January 17, 2010 A computerized scale can help overweight kids lose weight by showing them how rapidly they eat, researchers have found. The scale, known as the Mandometer device, was developed at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. It provides real-time feedback to show people their eating rate during mealtimes and compares their actual rate to an ideal rate. The goal is to teach people who are overweight how to eat more slowly and, in doing so, to eat less. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4595 ANU FRANCIS Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:00:00 GMT Science Saturday, January 16, 2010 The Match Making Program (MMP) stands out as an effective aid mechanism. The MMP, a creative and non-conventional development program at times required some defending in certain quarters, said Royal Norwegian Ambassador Tore Hattrem at the book launch “Review of Operations 1994-2009” on MMP recently. The MMP has mobilized over 330 Norwegian SMEs to conduct commercial operations in 15 years with Sri Lanka. This is a high number, given the size of the Norwegian economy and the challenges Sri Lanka has faced in attracting FDIs due to the protracted war, he said. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4462 DESIRÉE LINDH Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:52:00 GMT Business Saturday, January 16, 2010 Swedish disaster assistance groups were mobilizing on Wednesday, 13th January to participate in international relief efforts in Haiti “It’s not uncommon for us to receive requests from the UN to help with IT and communications support when there is natural disaster,” MSB spokesperson Karin Wiklund told The Local. “It’s one of the areas where we’ve proven ourselves rather capable. “According to foreign media reports, the quake, which measured 7.0 on the Richter-scale, brought widespread damage to the Haitian capital. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4632 SARAH THOMAS Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:59:00 GMT Politics Saturday, January 16, 2010 SAS Scandinavian Airlines was Europe's most punctual major airline during 2009, with an overall arrival punctuality of 89.11%. SAS was also the world's third most punctual major airline for 2009. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4631 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:49:00 GMT Business Friday, January 15, 2010 A lamp designed by Finnish designer Jukka Kopihete has been awarded Chicago Athenaeum’s GOOD DESIGN 2009 Award. The GOOD DESIGN Awards, which have been awarded since 1950, are part of one the world’s oldest design award programs in the field of design. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4637 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:34:00 GMT Business Friday, January 15, 2010 Denmark began embracing electronic health records and other healthcare information technology a decade ago. Today, virtually all primary care physicians and nearly half of the hospitals use electronic records, and officials are trying to encourage more "telemedicine" projects, the New York Times reports. Several studies conclude that the Danish information system is the most efficient in the world, saving doctors an average of 50 minutes a day in administrative work. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4635 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:01:00 GMT Science Friday, January 15, 2010 Traveling by rail is on average three to 10 times less CO2-intensive compared to road or air transport, according to the UIC, a Paris-based international organization of the railway sector. In this area there's a great example set by Sweden. SJ, the government-owned rail operator, buys only renewable electricity from hydroelectric and wind-powered sources for its trains. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4624 SAMUEL Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:18:00 GMT Science Thursday, January 14, 2010 Researchers at Herlev Hospital in the outskirts of Copenhagen have made important breakthroughs in cancer treatment, clarifying the significance of a known indicator. The research team has found that increased levels of the protein CRP in the blood are a sign of cancer. That information means the disease can be detected much earlier. The new information should put an end to the ongoing discussion in the medical world about the relationship between CRP and cancer. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4626 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:44:00 GMT Science Thursday, January 14, 2010 Four Finnish companies have qualified among the finalists of the Red Herring Global 100 Awards. The Jury of the American business competition chooses 100 most promising and innovative technology companies from all over the world. The Finnish finalists are the date protection and control company Envault Corporation; Canatu Ltd, producer of carbon nanomaterials; StreamPlay Ltd, a specialist in advanced audio and video solutions and the software company nCore Ltd. Previous winners in the competition have been for instance Google and Skype. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4627 OLIVER LINDE Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:45:00 GMT Business Thursday, January 14, 2010 Amplex, a Danish technology company based in Aarhus, and Boeing Energy Solutions have joined forces to offer an intelligent streetlight management system that could decrease energy consumption in major US cities by 25-35%, thereby significantly reducing their carbon footprint. The announcement was made at the Bright Green Conference and Exhibition, held in Copenhagen during COP15. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4628 EMIL ANDERSEN Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:46:00 GMT Science Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Swedish outdoor outfitters Fjällräven are relatively new to the United States having just opened their first store here (above) in downtown New York. However the company is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded makers of fine outdoor gear in the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4630 DANIEL LINDE Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:48:00 GMT Business Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Swedish energy giant Vattenfall and British company Scottish Power have jointly won a bid to build "one of the biggest winds farms in the world" in Britain. The amount of the deal was not disclosed, but media reports said it could be about 20 billion euros. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4610 JOHAN Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:16:00 GMT Business Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Staffan de Mistura of Stockholm, Sweden is a long-serving Swedish diplomat might be the next UN representative in Afghanistan. De Mistura’s previous UN posts have included that of Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for Southern Lebanon, and Director of the UN Information Center in Rome. His work has taken him to many of the World's most volatile trouble-spots. Jean-Marie Guéhenno of France and Ian Martin of Britain are the other two candidates who are in the nomination list. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4614 DANIEL LINDE Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:40:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, January 12, 2010 IFC and Sida today signed an agreement for Sweden to provide up to $125 million to expand trade finance in the developing economies of Central and Eastern Europe, where business has contracted because of the global financial crisis. The agreement will provide unfunded guarantees to global and regional banks that finance trade in emerging markets in Central and Eastern Europe. The unfunded guarantees will encourage banks to finance trade by helping mitigate the credit risk of re-entering or expanding into emerging markets. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4609 JOHN DUNNIGAN Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:56:00 GMT Business Tuesday, January 12, 2010 According to National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark is now one of only three EU countries that now meet the union’s strict requirements for the quantity of dangerous particles allowed in the air. The air in Copenhagen and other Danish cities has improved significantly after a 15-year environmental battle to meet European Union air quality standards, reports Berlingske Tidende. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4619 JOHN DUNNIGAN Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:17:00 GMT Science Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Norway's Ole Einar Bjørndalen claimed his third World Cup victory of the season with a commanding win in the 15km Biathlon mass start race in Oberhof on Sunday, 10th January. Tim Burke of the US placed second. Poland's Tomasz Sikora claimed third. Norway's Tora Berger placed third in the women's 12.5km Biathlon mass start race http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4620 JOHN DUNNIGAN Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:20:00 GMT Sports Monday, January 11, 2010 Sweden based QlikTech, the world’s fastest-growing Business Intelligence (BI) Company had announced that its QlikView analytics application will soon be available on the Android operating system. QlikView for Android leverages fully interactive drill down functionality to explore information, not just static reports that traditional BI mobile offerings are limited to provide. The result is fast business answers in the hands of Android users worldwide. QlikView for Android was developed in partnership with TAT, The Astonishing Tribe AB, headquartered in Malmö, Sweden. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4618 DANIEL LINDE Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:14:00 GMT Business Monday, January 11, 2010 Karolinska Institutet, Uppsala University and Stockholm University have made the grade in a new list of the world’s top 100 higher education establishments. Karolinska is one of Europe’s largest medical universities and celebrates its 200th jubilee this year. The annual list was first published in 2003 and is highly reputed within academic circles around the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4611 JOHAN Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:18:00 GMT Education Monday, January 11, 2010 The New York Times recommends the "Stunnig Lyngen Alps" in Northern Norway as one of the "31 places to Go in 2010", and asks "Who needs a penthouse suite when you can book a lighthouse on a private island?" The US newspaper writes that with an acclaimed new opera house and plenty of high-end dining options, Oslo is already a must-visit urban destination. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4613 SHYAM Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:47:00 GMT Business Sunday, January 10, 2010 CO2 emissions from construction could be dramatically reduced with a newly developed facade system, on which three Danish companies have collaborated, writes professional journal Ingeniørsen (The Engineer). Architectural firm Arkitema, together with cement producer Contec and concrete element manufacturer Confac have invented a new facade system made of high strength concrete which reduces CO2 emissions by 70% compared with traditional sandwich elements. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4597 JOHAN Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:10:00 GMT Science Sunday, January 10, 2010 Swedish cross-country skier Daniel Rickardsson registered his first World Cup win on Thursday, 7th January as he edged out the competition at Toblach in Italy in the fifth stage of the gruelling Tour de Ski. Rickardsson claimed his first World Cup podium when he dominated Lukas Bauer in the men's 10km classic, the Czech finishing 1.7s behind with Northug in third at 6.2s. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4602 JOHN DUNNIGAN Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:13:00 GMT Sports Sunday, January 10, 2010 The Chinese trust the transit expertise of the Finnish engineering and service company KONE both underground and in high rise buildings. The company began the new year successfully by winning major orders for Beijing Subway and Leatop Plaza, a skyscraper under construction in Guangzhou. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4574 JOHAN Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:32:00 GMT Business Saturday, January 09, 2010 The Scandinavians, widely known as brilliant designers, have designed and crafted items for the beautification of the table–porcelain, silver ware, crystal, linen. What isn’t widely known is that they’re excellent cooks as well. It should stand to reason, however, that a people who care so much about the way a table looks would also care about the food that’s put on it. The Scandinavians do. The cooking is pure and simple. Foods taste of themselves. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4599 GJN Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:18:00 GMT Culture Saturday, January 09, 2010 The cellulose produced by bacteria could be used for artificial blood vessels in the future as it carries a lower risk of blood clots than the synthetic materials currently used for bypass operations, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. "There are hardly any blood clots at all with the bacterial cellulose, and the blood coagulates much more slowly than with the materials I used as a comparison," says molecular biologist Helen Fink, who wrote the thesis. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4568 EMIL ANDERSEN Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:42:00 GMT Science Saturday, January 09, 2010 Norway's Petter Northug won the 30km fifth stage of the Tour de Ski in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Wednesday, 6th January with his usual three-man sprint finish to claim and reclaim the overall lead. Northug, Switzerland's Dario Cologna and Sweden's Marcus Hellman led from the front after the handicap pursuit start before turning into the final 150m straight neck and neck, with the Norwegian prevailing on his 24th birthday. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4603 JOHN DUNNIGAN Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:17:00 GMT Sports Friday, January 08, 2010 This year several important scientific satellites were launched into space, with which significant astronomical and Earth-related discoveries were made. What is noteworthy about this is that much research equipment, computer programmes and other know-how made in Finland and also in the Turku region went into space with the satellites. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4605 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:32:00 GMT Science Friday, January 08, 2010 The office of ombudsman is a Scandinavian institution that has received much attention in recent years. New Zealand and Canada and several states in the U.S. and some of the new countries of Africa have adopted the idea, and the name at least has been applied to officials in business concerns and on college campuses. The concept of an ombudsman originated in its present form with the Swedish constitution of 1809, and it has been adopted and even extended in the other Scandinavian countries such as Finland (1919), Denmark (1953), and Norway (1962). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4600 GJN Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:31:00 GMT Politics Friday, January 08, 2010 In addition to being the best Swedish-born player to ever don a NBA jersey, Detroit Pistons rookie forward Jonas Jerebko is also the country’s tallest, fastest, smartest, and most athletic import, as well as its most prolific contributor on the NBA stats sheet. The 22-year-old Jerebko has taken 39th overall after spending a few seasons in the Italian League. It's no secret (or surprise) that Jerebko is a fan favorite in Detroit, where fans honor the Swede by wearing headgear of the Norse warriors and the arena blares, a Viking horn after Jerebko's big plays. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4601 DANIEL LINDE Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:14:00 GMT Sports Thursday, January 07, 2010 The Danish computer game developer Playdead has broken new ground by having its game 'Limbo' nominated in two prize categories at the prestigious US Independent Games Festival, reports national daily newspaper Politiken. The annual competition, now in its 12th consecutive year, gives awards to the best and most innovative games in the world. The nominations and winners are adjudicated by a panel of 150 of the main developers, researchers and journalists in the international games industry. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4596 JOHAN Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:09:00 GMT Business Thursday, January 07, 2010 As a renewable energy resource, wave power has much to recommend it, especially as a companion technology to wind power in offshore locations. To address the need to accelerate development, the Danish Council for Strategic Research has provided DKK 20m (USD 3.9m) in public funding to create a new international alliance under the leadership of Aalborg University, that will undertake a five year programme of research, reports the university in a press release on its website. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4583 JOHAN Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:54:00 GMT Science Thursday, January 07, 2010 Sweden's Emil Joensson took over the Tour de Ski lead with his third career World Cup win at the freestyle sprint in Prague. The 24-year old was lying third in the Tour standings before today but after Norway's Petter Northug and Germany's Axel Teichmann failed to make it past qualifying in Prague, the Swede took full advantage. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4590 JOHAN Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:03:00 GMT Sports Wednesday, January 06, 2010 The widely popular environmental website, Mother Earth Network, promotes the Finnish cleantech sector as the international promise of 2010. Karl Burkart, a green technology specialist writing on the website lists eleven Finnish environmental sector businesses which show promising development for the future. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4582 JOHAN Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:53:00 GMT Science Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Mayors, town planners and politicians from all over the world have visited Copenhagen often in recent years to study its bicycle traffic, district heating system or its waste management. In various respects Copenhagen is a role model for many of the world’s big cities when it comes to sustainable town development. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4580 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:21:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Norway's Magnus Carlsen has become the youngest person ever to top the world ranking in chess. The 19-year-old was listed as number one in the World Chess Federation's January statistics with a rating of 2,810. The Norwegian Chess Federation Monday said Carlsen is the youngest person to hold the title since ratings were introduced in 1971. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4572 DANIEL LINDE Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:25:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, January 05, 2010 The World Health Organization says antibiotic resistance is one of the leading public health threats on the planet. Norway began their battle against antibiotic resistance twenty-five years ago. They now have the lowest rate of MRSA infections on the planet. The steps they took were easy to implement, and obviously quite effective. Norwegian doctors do not prescribe antibiotics unless a bacterial infection is present. Colds, sniffles and fever are treated with other medications until such time as bacteria is shown to be the cause of the illness. Their citizens do not have a chance to develop antibiotic resistance. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4558 ALWIN Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:05:00 GMT Science Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Overweight or obese middle-aged men are at a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and premature death — even if they don’t have the metabolic syndrome, according to research by cardiovascular epidemiology at Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4565 OLIVER LINDE Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:39:00 GMT Science Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Cycling is one of Copenhagen’s most popular forms of transportation with thirty-six percent of Copenhageners travelling to work or school by bicycle every day. The city has even made it possible for tourists and visitors to do the same via City Bikes. City Bikes is a free transport service available to all visitors and residents, and is made up of 2000 bikes in over 100 cycle ’stations’ across the city centre. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4528 JOHN DUNNIGAN Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:12:00 GMT Culture Monday, January 04, 2010 Finland' Hannu Manninen took his second victory of the season by winning the World Cup Nordic combined ski event Saturday,2nd January at Oberhof, Germany. Manninen earned his 47th career World Cup win in only his third start after coming back this season following a one-year break from the sport. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4566 ANU FRANCIS Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:15:00 GMT Sports Monday, January 04, 2010 The Norwegian oil company Statoil is the first operator in the US Gulf of Mexico to adopt the environmentally friendly Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR) system that reduces discharges to sea. "We are the first company to use this technology in the Gulf of Mexico, and I am happy that we are constantly striving to push the boundaries in the areas we operate to constantly work for more environmentally friendly solutions," says Erling Meyer, who heads up Statoil’s drilling department in Houston. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4556 CHARLOTTE HOIJE Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:59:00 GMT Science Monday, January 04, 2010 Knut Haugland was a wartime hero of the Norwegian resistance and the last living member of Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki expedition across the Pacific Ocean on a balsawood raft. Radio was one of few modern devices allowed on board the ramshackle-looking vessel with its single square sail that set out from Peru in April 1947 to prove a point about ethnic migration. Haugland was one of two radio operators on board whose job was to inform the outside world about their progress. Click to read the interesting story... http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4545 JOHN DUNNIGAN Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:39:00 GMT Culture Sunday, January 03, 2010 Something that has come to epitomise the Copenhagen streetscape may be on its way to the Americas. Transport bikes fit like sand in a bucket with the Copenhagen streetscape and now the Nihola bike brand is looking to enter the North American market. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4446 PETER SVEN Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:15:00 GMT Business Sunday, January 03, 2010 Norway's most distinguished sculptor, Nico Widerberg, is presently visiting the Kings Place Gallery with a one man show 'Past in Future'. Extravagantly gifted, Widerberg has exhibited throughout Europe, Scandinavia in particular, as well as the US and comes from one of Norway’s most distinguished artistic families. His father Frans, for instance, has long been acknowledged as the foremost figurative painter since Edvard Munch. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4469 JOHAN EKLÖW Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:11:00 GMT Culture Saturday, January 02, 2010 Teliasonera which is headquartered in Stockholm become the world's first operator to offer 4G mobile internet facility - which is up to ten times faster than current turbo 3G technologies - when it rolled out the new network capability to customers in Stockholm and Oslo. It will give subscribers in the Scandinavian cities the opportunity to use mobile internet services which require high data transmission speed and capacity, such as online TV, gaming and web conferences. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4482 ALWIN Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:42:00 GMT Business Saturday, January 02, 2010 Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Calls to other users of the service and, in some countries, to free-of-charge numbers, are free, while calls to other landlines and mobile phones can be made for a fee. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing. Skype was founded in 2003. It’s based in Luxembourg, with offices in Europe, the US and Asia. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4554 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:56:00 GMT Business Friday, January 01, 2010 Denmark will be a power centre for the development of extremely long wind turbine blades which will pave the way for extracting more energy from the wind, opines Randall Hoeflein, head of R&D at LM Glasfiber, the world's leading supplier of wind turbine blades. The news is reported by financial daily newspaper Børsen. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4553 SHYAM Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:29:00 GMT Business Friday, January 01, 2010 Tetra Pak is a multinational food processing and packaging company of Swedish origin. It was founded in 1951 in Lund, Sweden, by Ruben Rausing. It was Erik Wallenberg who invented the tetrahedral package, today known as Tetra Classic. The company is part of the Tetra Laval group which also includes Sidel – who specialize in PET bottles – and DeLaval, a producer of dairy farming machinery and food processing equipment. Tetra Paks unique innovations have changed the way food is packaged and distributed around the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4549 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:40:00 GMT Business Thursday, December 31, 2009 Finnish companies are well aware of climate change, reveals a new survey carried out by the international auditing and professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Most of the participating companies have improved their energy and material efficiency. Half of all companies scrutinize the carbon and water footprints of their products. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4540 CHARLOTTE HOIJE Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:09:00 GMT Business Thursday, December 31, 2009 The University of Akureyri has grown aggressively to an important and progressive milieu of higher education and research since its establishment in 1987. Students are systematically challenged with inspirational subjects of sciences and practical knowledge under the guidance of our highly-qualified faculty. The university is known for its quality on-campus and distance education. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4548 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:37:00 GMT Education Wednesday, December 30, 2009 Oliver Ekman Larsson and Anton Rodin each had two goals and an assist to help Sweden beat Austria, 7-3, at the world junior hockey championship in Regina, Saskatchewan. Jacob Josefson, Mattias Ekholm and Andre Petersson also scored for Sweden (2-0-0), which got 24 saves from Anders Nilsson. Austria (0-2-0) got goals from Alexander Pallestrang, Dominique Heinrich and Konstantin Komarek, and Marco Wieser made 47 stops. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4527 JOHN DUNNIGAN Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:55:00 GMT Sports Wednesday, December 30, 2009 Rosina Heikel was the first woman to practise medicine in Finland and in all the Nordic countries. Heikel underwent a course in gymnastics at Gymnastiska Central Institute in Stockholm and then devoted herself to medical studies. In 1878 she underwent questioning for a licentiate degree in medicine, but was not allowed to take the exam for she was a woman. Heikel´s graduation as a doctor attracted much attention, especially among women. She founded Konkordiaförbundet for womens scholarships. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4547 EMI NOVAH Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:35:00 GMT Education Tuesday, December 29, 2009 Advanced technologies offer ways of reducing the quantity of nuclear waste. Professor Kyrki Rajamoki heads the New Type Nuclear Reactors project which belongs to the Sustainable Energy Research Programme funded by the Academy of Finland. The new generation reactors are very different from the existing light water reactors. The transition to new types of reactors over the next few decades would guarantee that the existing reserves of raw material for nuclear fuel can last for thousands of years to come, explains Professor Kyrki Rajamoki. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4541 CHARLOTTE HOIJE Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:11:00 GMT Science Tuesday, December 29, 2009 The Finnish anti-bullying programme KiVa received the first prize in the European Crime Prevention Award (ECPA) from the Swedish Minister for Justice Beatrice Ask. The award was presented to the programme co-leaders, Professor of Psychology Christina Salmivalli and the Director of the Centre for Learning Research Elisa Poskiparta on December 9th in Stockholm. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4544 SARAH THOMAS Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:24:00 GMT Culture Monday, December 28, 2009 The Norwegian Government is alllocating up to NOK five million in extra emergency aid to the victims of four earthquakes in the Karonga district in Malawi over the past two weeks. The last quake hit Monday a week ago, and Malawi President Mutharika has declared the district a disaster area. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4534 DESIRÉE LINDH Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:53:00 GMT Politics Monday, December 28, 2009 New research at Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg in western Sweden might be an important step towards creating a vaccine against ulcers and stomach cancer http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4538 DESIRÉE LINDH Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:03:00 GMT Science Monday, December 28, 2009 Danish architects are on a global crusade, with prestige projects from Riyadh to Bergen. Their secret? They put people at the centre. Danish architect firms are storming ahead in China, Britain, the Baltic states, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Germany and Mexico. Danish architect firms are storming ahead in China, Britain, the Baltic states, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Germany and Mexico. The youthful Danish architectural practice B.I.G. – Bjarke Ingels Group – recently won a competition to design Kazakhstan's new national library, beating off high profile competition from abroad including Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4542 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:22:00 GMT Culture Sunday, December 27, 2009 Swedes have become all the more generous despite – or perhaps because of – the economic crisis. The total amount donated in to charity 2009 will be around 5.2 billion kronor ($715 million), almost as much as in 2005, the year following the tsunami, reports financial daily Dagens Industri (DI). "Becoming involved with charitable causes goes with the spirit of the times. In addition, the population has benefited from lowered taxes and record-low interest rates," Erik Zachrison, general secretary of the Swedish Fundraising Council (Frivilligorganisationernas Insamlingsråd) told DI. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4510 JOHN DUNNIGAN Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:21:00 GMT Culture Sunday, December 27, 2009 The Norwegian government will provide 40 million Norwegian crowns ($7 million) to UN efforts to combat female genital mutilation and violence against women in developing countries. At the same time, Norway will contribute 20 million crowns ($ 3.5 million) to the new UN Fund for Gender Equality. Globally, every third woman experiences some form of sexual or gender-based violence during her life, according to UNIFEM. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4517 GJN Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:32:00 GMT Politics Sunday, December 27, 2009 Save the Children-Norway, an international humanitarian organization, and two bureaus of the Amhara State sign 40.5 million Birr worth project agreement to enable the former support on-going efforts toward ensuring quality education across the state. The organization has been assisting expansion of primary education across the Amhara region at a cost of over 135 million Birr during the last six years. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4550 MEGAN Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:18:00 GMT Education Saturday, December 26, 2009 The Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported that Finland's first shopping mall claiming to put out zero emissions of carbon dioxide is to be built in Pori, a western coast city in Finland. Construction on the complex with a surface area of about 55,000square meters is to begin in the autumn 2010. The estimated cost is about $148 million. The shopping mall will not be connected to the district heating network. Instead, the energy for both heating and cooling will come from geothermal energy, the paper said. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4546 MEGAN Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:57:00 GMT Science Saturday, December 26, 2009 Caroline Woznacki is cementing her reputation as a star on the tennis scene as she is ranked number 4 in the world in the latest Women’s Tennis Association rankings. Despite withdrawing from the Luxembourg Open last week due to an injury, Wozniacki has jumped two places up the WTA rankings, leap-frogging both Venus Williams and Elena Dementieva. And at the age of 19, Wozniacki is also the youngest player in the top 10. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4525 AJITH Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:16:00 GMT Sports Saturday, December 26, 2009 Surpassed only by Nasa’s Ares-1 rocket, Akva Group in Fredericia was ranked second by Time Magazine for having found the second-best invention in the world – ahead of for example the AIDS vaccine. The company has made it possible to farm-breed giant-sized tuna fish. By simulating the tuna fish’s migrations before spawning, Akva Group Denmark has brought farm-bred blue fin tuna fish to spawn for the first time. The technology developed in Denmark has now resulted in Time Magazine’s selection as the second-best invention in 2009. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4551 MEGAN Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT Science Friday, December 25, 2009 Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has announced that he will initiate a climate group consisting of the most important rain forest countries, to discuss central measures against deforestation. The Prime Minister said he will invite forest countries to meet in Oslo in the first half of 2010.The new climate group will coordinate and contribute to measures in the most important forest countries, and work to secure that the efforts against deforestation will be central in a new climate agreement. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4522 SAMUEL Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:38:00 GMT Politics Friday, December 25, 2009 Europe’s biggest fleet of hydrogen powered cars can be found in Iceland, following the recent arrival of ten new hydrogen cars to the country. Iceland’s total fleet now consists of 22 such vehicles. Iceland New Energy and the car dealer Brimborg took possession of the new cars at a dockside ceremony yesterday. By means of comparison, Visir.is points out that the whole of Germany is home to 19 hydrogen powered cars. However, starting in 2015 it is expected that several hundred thousand such cars will become available on the market. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4552 AJITH Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:57:00 GMT Business Friday, December 25, 2009 The Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Aalborg University and the Danish company Fiberline Composites are to collaborate in a three year project "The High Insulation Window of the Future", which will develop a new generation of energy saving windows, writes Building Supply, a part of Industry Supply Denmark, on its website. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4524 MEGAN Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:08:00 GMT Science Thursday, December 24, 2009 Guyana and Norway have entered into partnership to protect Guyana’s tropical forests. Under the partnership, Norway will provide financial support to Guyana at a level based on Guyana’s success in limiting emissions, Norway Post reported on 10 November. President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana and Norway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim signed a Memorandum of Understanding declaring the two countries’ determination to work together to provide the world with a working example of how partnerships between developed and developing countries can save the world’s tropical forests. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4518 GJN Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:34:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, December 23, 2009 When it comes to caring for children, Sweden ranks highest among the world’s wealthy countries, according to a new report from the United Nations children’s organization, Unicef. The report compares OECD countries, as well as Slovenia, on ten different criteria, including parental leave, access to quality preschools, funding for childcare, and the frequency of child poverty. Of the 25 countries included in the study, Sweden is the only one which meets all ten of Unicef’s recommended benchmarks. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4515 MEGAN Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, December 22, 2009 When the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 was awarded to US President Barack Obama, and the UN Climate Change Conference COP15 was set in motion in Copenhagen, four members of the Nobel family launched a climate initiative at a meeting of the Børsen Executive Club, reports financial daily newspaper Børsen. Four descendants of Ludvig Nobel, the older brother of Alfred Nobel who instituted the Nobel Prizes, have founded the Nobel Charitable Trust, which will be headquartered in the Danish city of Kolding, and whose aim is to combat climate change and promote sustainability. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4516 AJITH Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:41:00 GMT Science Tuesday, December 22, 2009 Denmark has the highest rate in Europe of children ‘hatched’ in fertility clinics, reports Berlingske Tidende newspaper. The latest figures from the country’s fertility databases show that 8 percent of children are born with help from fertility treatment or about 5000 a year. Lone Schmidt, a fertility researcher at University of Copenhagen, said Denmark topped the European rates because of the many fertility clinics here. The clinics are also more accessible, with short waiting lists and have a high quality of treatment, she said. ‘Its got nothing to do with Danes having lower fertility than those in other countries,” Schmidt told Berlingske Tidende, adding it was free for Danish people to receive treatment, unlike in many other countries. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4511 JOHN DUNNIGAN Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:24:00 GMT Science Tuesday, December 22, 2009 If all goes to plan, billionaire Richard Branson’s spaceships will take off with tourists on board in 2012 – from Kiruna in the far north of Sweden. Earlier last week, billionaire Richard Branson paraded his company Virgin Galactic’s specially designed tourist ship ‘SpaceShipTwo’, which will take tourists out into space. Virgin Galactic, has selected two 'spaceports', from where tourists will be able to launch into space. One of the spaceports is in New Mexico, while the other is the Sweden Spaceport, in Kiruna. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4504 JOHAN Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:01:00 GMT Business Monday, December 21, 2009 n response to the growing need to develop feedstocks from other sources than oil, Aalborg University is launching an accredited 2 year course in Sustainable Biotechnology. The course, which is the first of its kind in Europe, will be conducted 100% in English which it is hoped will help attract students from around the world. And to that end, the university is preparing information about the course to be distributed internationally. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4514 SAMUEL Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:37:00 GMT Education Monday, December 21, 2009 Marit Bjørgen and Petter Northug completed a Norwegian double at the cross country World Cup classic sprint events in Rogla, Slovenia on Saturday. This was Bjørgen's second World Cup win. Bjørgen held out against rival Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland in a sprint finish. Meanwhile, on the men's side, Petter Northug won the men's classic sprint, his first ever in this class, ahead of ahead of Germany's Tobias Angerer and Sweden's Jesper Modin. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4505 JOHAN Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:04:00 GMT Sports Monday, December 21, 2009 Plans are underway to upgrade security in Finnish schools with the use of an emergency SMS system which is already being trialled at Helsinki’s Laurea University of Applied Sciences. “In the case of an emergency, such as a fire or the threat of a violent incident, the system accesses student contact information from the school’s database. It is then able to send 600 SMS messages per minute to both students and staff. These could, for example, be orders not to enter the building or to leave it,” explains Paivi Korhonenen, Laurea’s Communications Director. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4508 SAMUEL Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:20:00 GMT Culture Sunday, December 20, 2009 Norway will provide the EU around NOK 3 billion (EUR 347 million) per year to reduce social and economic disparities and promote cooperation in Europe in the period 2009–2014, a 22 per cent increase over the previous period. The scope of the mechanism is now closer to Norway’s priorities, with focus on the environment, climate change, renewable energy and tripartite cooperation. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4500 AJITH Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:44:00 GMT Politics Sunday, December 20, 2009 The Swedish government, which has set the goal of 10TWh (terawatt hours) wind power generation capacity by 2015, is not alone in their search for clean energy. More and more individuals are taking things into their own hands. On the gable end of Pär Nord’s quintessentially Swedish Falu-red house near the High Coast in northern Sweden, the blades of a small wind turbine are spinning in the fresh breeze. They make a sound which Pär compares with obvious fondness to the swishing noise small waves make when they break on a pebbly beach. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4499 MEGAN Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:33:00 GMT Science Sunday, December 20, 2009 Research has revealed that a genetic variation protects against type 2 diabetes when inherited from a person’s father, but increases risk of the same condition when it comes from the mother. It is among five DNA variants with different medical effects that depend on the parent of origin which have been identified by researchers at deCODE Genetics in Iceland. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4487 ALWIN Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:59:00 GMT Science Saturday, December 19, 2009 Sweden’s Helena Jönsson, the reigning biathlon World Cup champion, cruised to her third victory in five races on Thursday be winning the women's 15km individual race in Slovenia. The 25-year-old reigning world 10km pursuit champion, who has already won at Hochfilzen, Austria, and Östersund, Sweden, this season, was the surprise World Cup winner last winter and was faultless with the rifle here. "I have real confidence in my shooting at the moment, that is what is making a real difference," said Jönsson. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4495 JOHN DUNNIGAN Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:55:00 GMT Sports Saturday, December 19, 2009 Holding off on introducing certain foods in order to prevent children from becoming allergic to them may be counterproductive. Dr. Bright Nwaru of the University of Tampere and colleagues has found that Late introduction of some foods increased the likelihood that a child would be sensitized to that food by the time he or she was five years old, the researchers found, whether or not the child's parents had allergies themselves. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4486 SARAH THOMAS Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:27:00 GMT Science Saturday, December 19, 2009 As the first Dane in history, Peter Jensen completed the icy marathon in just less than nine hours. Jensen finished the grueling 42 kilometer race in eight hours and 50 minutes. Jensen, who works as an asset manager for Nordea, is the only Dane to have run a marathon on all seven continents. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4484 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:15:00 GMT Sports Friday, December 18, 2009 The Norwegian Government will increase its contribution to the Amazon Fund to USD 150 million for 2010, after proven results in reducing deforestation, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg says. “Our financing of the fund is resultsbased and given the reduction, we will increase our contribution to the Amazon Fund to USD 150 million for 2010. It’s very encouraging that deforestation continues to decline in the Amazon,” Prime Minister Stoltenberg says. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4498 SAMUEL Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:45:00 GMT Politics Friday, December 18, 2009 With thousands of tons of citrus waste produced each year, researchers at the University of Borås in Sweden were in search of ways citrus waste can be utilized, minimizing its impact on the environment. These researchers have now developed a method to produce four products from citrus waste that include linon, an antibacterial agent, pectin, a gelling agent used in food products, and most importantly biogas and ethanol that can both be used as fuel for heat and power. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4485 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:10:00 GMT Science Friday, December 18, 2009 Esa-Pekka Salonen is a prominent Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He emerged as one of the most exciting and fast-rising major conductors of the last two decades of the twentieth century. In addition to established modern composers such as Bartók, Messiaen, Stravinsky, and Hindemith, he also frequently performs more recent masters such as Lutoslawski, Ligeti, Lindberg, Saariaho, and Corigliano, whose concerto from the film The Red Violin he recorded with violinist Joshua Bell. He is currently Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and Conductor Laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4494 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:39:00 GMT Culture Thursday, December 17, 2009 The groundbreaking Swedish pop group ABBA is set to be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. "ABBA first put Sweden on rock's global map," the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame said in a statement. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4493 MEGAN Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:16:00 GMT Culture Thursday, December 17, 2009 The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has announced that Norway has donated CHF 450,000 (approximately NOK 2.5 million) to the WTO Trade Facilitation Trust Development Fund. Norway is one of the biggest contributors to the WTO development programmes. Overall, Norway's contribution the various WTO trust funds has reached 16.1 million. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4488 SHYAM Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:48:00 GMT Politics Thursday, December 17, 2009 As the youngest chess player ever, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen (19) now tops the list over the world's top players, after his match at the London Chess Classic against British Michael Adams on 14th December ended in a draw. Carlsen whose 19th birthday was on November 30th, is also the first player from a western nation to reach the top since Bobby Fisher in1972. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4481 AJITH Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:05:00 GMT Sports Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Researchers from Lappeenranta University of Technology and Tomsk Polytechnic University in Russia have coalesced in order to develop a more energy efficient and environmentally friendly device for water purification. The device applies a purification method, which is based on technology utilizing electric discharge. According to research this method is up to three times more energy efficient than for instance the traditional ozonization method. The team is in the process of patenting the device. The new device has been tested also as a solution for the Saimaa blue-green algae problem, and it is effective in destroying algicides and algae growth. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4480 SHYAM Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:34:00 GMT Science Wednesday, December 16, 2009 According to a newly-published report from the World Wide Fund for Nature WWF, sales of green technology currently account for a larger chunk of Denmark's GDP than that of any other country. Denmark has emerged as a frontrunner in cleantech following three decades of unwavering focus on energy efficiency and innovation in renewable energy, especially wind and biomass. What triggered it all was the oil crisis of 1973, which shocked this small north European country to its boots as it became suddenly and painfully aware of its utter dependence on foreign oil. Something had to be done – and so the country set about doing it. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4478 JOHAN EKLÖW Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:43:00 GMT Science Wednesday, December 16, 2009 When a town faces the prospect of losing a major employer, the fate of an entire community can hang in the balance. But for Västervik, situated on Sweden’s east coast in Småland, a factory closure gave a kick-start to the town's entrepreneurial spirit. Swedish electrical appliance company Electrolux closed its factory doors in Västervik in March 2004 with a loss of 1,500 jobs - a sizeable number in a town of 20,000. The closure of the factory was undeniably a blow to the town, but local leaders saw that it also provided new opportunities. Their initiative has come to be known as The Västervik Model – an active way of promoting business growth in a small town. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4467 SAMUEL Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:00 GMT Business Tuesday, December 15, 2009 For the second time this year Cyron Melville won a best actor award for his role as Daniel in Morten Geise’s ‘Vanvittig Forelsket’ (‘Love & Rage’). The 25-year-old half-Scottish, half-Danish actor took home the honour at this year’s Marrakech International Film Festival this weekend. He also was judged best actor for 2009 at the World Film Festival in Montreal in September. The talented Melville also works as a drummer, playing with popular Danish rock band Aura. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4468 MEGAN Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:38:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Norway's Jon Kristian Dahl outsprinted compatriot Petter Northug to win the men's World Cup freestyle sprint in Davos on 13th December. Russia's Alexej Petukhov captured third place. Although he has been on the podium several times before, this was Dahl's first World Cup win of his career. Norway's Øystein Pettersen came fifth. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4459 DESIRÉE LINDH Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:42:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, December 15, 2009 At first sight, that CO2 reduction challenge looks daunting. But the fact is that Denmark, the country where COP15 is taking place, has already reached a level of national energy efficiency that – if replicated across the globe today – would according to calculations from the confederation of Danish Industry reduce energy use by 40% and CO2 emissions by a commensurate amount. And remember, Denmark is a country which currently gets around three-quarters of its energy from fossil fuels. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4466 SAMUEL Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:19:00 GMT Science Monday, December 14, 2009 Sweden has had a freedom of information law for nearly 250 years - in fact, since its Freedom of the Press Act of 1766. This Swedish tradition of transparency has had a powerful effect on the country's culture in many ways. But how and why did Sweden adopt this principle so far ahead of any other state? It arose out of a period in eighteenth-century Swedish history known as the "age of liberty", and the main mover behind the act was an MP and Finnish clergyman Anders Chydenius (at that time, Finland was part of Sweden). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4465 MEGAN Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:14:00 GMT Culture Monday, December 14, 2009 Norway and Mexico have launched a joint model for climate funding at the negotiations in Copenhagen. The model will establish a Green Fund for financing of climate actions in developing countries. The resources for funding climate actions in developing countries are inadequate. Both Norway and Mexico have at an earlier stage in the ongoing negotiations tabled proposals that can give increased predictable funding for climate actions in developing countries. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4453 SHYAM Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:54:00 GMT Politics Monday, December 14, 2009 Cooperation between Danish companies within the field of renewable energy and American high-tech companies stand to be greatly expanded if Laurie S. Fulton gets her way. The US ambassador to Denmark is gearing up for a green technology boom across the Atlantic, praising the Scandinavian country’s clean energy efforts, especially in wind power. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4455 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:41:00 GMT Science Sunday, December 13, 2009 Norway's Aleksander Hetland won the men's 50m breaststroke event at the European Swimming Championships in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday, 12th December, ahead of Alessandro Terrin, Italy. With a winning time of 26.19, the 26-year-old Norwegian also set a new Norwegian record and a Nordic record as well. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4454 MEGAN Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:56:00 GMT Sports Sunday, December 13, 2009 Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) is the most distinctly profiled institute in Sweden, thank to its strong emphasis on applied information technology, IT and sustainable development of industry and society. BTH is the only one of four institutes in south-east Sweden that has earmarked funding for research and graduate programmes in technological disciplines. BTH has also been granted the right to award MScEng degrees. Some 25% of full-time students are from other parts of the world, the majority from Asia and Africa. Research accounts for one-third of the activities at BTH and several of the technology research areas have attracted attention internationally. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4452 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:23:00 GMT Education Saturday, December 12, 2009 Norway's Ole Einar Bjorndalen won the men's 10km sprint at the biathlon World Cup event in Hochfilzen, Austria on 11th December with perfect shooting, the 90th Biathlon World Cup win of his career. The Norwegian biathlon legend won 6.7 seconds ahead of Russia's Nikolaj Kruglov. His compatriot Jevgenij Ustjugov placed third. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4451 SAMUEL Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:10:00 GMT Sports Saturday, December 12, 2009 Professor Johan Rockström from the the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Stockholm Environment Institute has been named "Swede of the Year" by the Swedish political weekly magazine Focus. Rockström is awarded for his engagement and inspiring work for a sustainable future. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4447 ANU FRANCIS Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:29:00 GMT Culture Saturday, December 12, 2009 While they relish the unique flavors of Scandinavian cuisine the diners at Restaurant Julian, a popular Copenhagen lunch spot, are helping to reduce carbon dioxide emissions with every bite they eat. The restaurant is a prominent member of Climate+, a program sponsored by the Copenhagen municipal government and the city’s Green Business Network to help local businesses reduce their carbon footprints. The program is one of many small projects that fall under the ambitious Copenhagen Climate Plan, which aims to make the Danish capital carbon neutral by 2025. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4412 JOHN DUNNIGAN Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:39:00 GMT Business Friday, December 11, 2009 Researchers from the Helsinki University of Technology together with University of New South Wales in Australia and University of Melbourne have succeeded in building and measuring a working transistor, whose active region composes only of a single phosphorus atom in silicon. The research findings were published recently in Nano Letters, a journal of the American Chemical Society. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4449 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:33:00 GMT Science Friday, December 11, 2009 Sweden has agreed to provide the EU with 8 billion kronor ($1.12 billion) to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change, the government announced on 9th December. The money will be paid out during the period 2010-2012, a spokeswoman for Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, said in Stockholm on the eve of an European summit in Brussels to be dominated by climate talks. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4444 SAMUEL Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:47:00 GMT Politics Friday, December 11, 2009 Finnish industrial chemicals company Kemira has signed a co-operation agreement with the international development organization Plan. The contract was signed in the end of November. The goal of the co-operation is to support children's rights to water, health and development by arranging concrete projects in different countries. The partnership starts with water and sanitation related projects in Ethiopia, Bolivia and China. Later, the co-operation can be expanded also to other countries. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4443 MEGAN Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:19:00 GMT Politics Thursday, December 10, 2009 The programme for poverty reduction in Vietnam, funded by Sweden continues its Phase 2 until 2012. The Swedish support is 75 million SEK for the implementation and monitoring of the programme from November 2009 to July 2011. The overall development goal is “Increasing prosperity in the rural areas with a fair income distribution and decentralised governance.” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4435 MEGAN Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:54:00 GMT Politics Thursday, December 10, 2009 Norway has allocated NOK 325 million to the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and a new multi-year cooperation agreement with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). “This agreement further confirms Norway’s position as a good humanitarian donor – giving funding in a predictable, flexible and timely manner, to facilitate quick and efficient response to humanitarian emergencies,” said UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4441 SHYAM Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:15:00 GMT Politics Thursday, December 10, 2009 Thirty years ago, Sweden became the first nation in the world to prohibit all corporal punishment of children. Why was Sweden ahead of other nations? Economic development and the institution of paid parental leave decreased parent’s stress level. Technological inventions produced safer homes, lessening the need for harsh discipline. But most importantly, the continuous growth of a democratic, egalitarian ideal meant that more and more Swedes felt that all people — children too — should enjoy equal protection from violence. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4438 SHYAM Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:22:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, December 09, 2009 The Norwegian Government is cooperating with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through GAVI (the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization) to vaccinate children in poorer countries and to develop new vaccines to combat diseases like AIDS and malaria, which are among the major causes of death in developing countries today. Bill Gates emphasised the important part Norway has played in this context, and held up Norway’s allocation of a large portion of its GDP to aid projects as an example for the rest of the world to follow. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4437 SAMUEL Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:44:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, December 09, 2009 The Danish cement producer Aalborg Portland has commenced a research project that could result in a reduction of CO2 emissions from its cement production of 40,000 tons per year, reports Nordjyske.dk. The project is part of a wider programme aimed at creating new types of cement that can be produced with 30% less CO2 emissions than is possible today. The new cements will also be both stronger and more durable. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4439 AJITH Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:25:00 GMT Business Wednesday, December 09, 2009 Sweden granted protection to 8,700 asylum seekers in 2008, with Iraqis accounting for almost half the total, according to new figures from EU statistics office Eurostat. Aside from almost 4,000 Iraqis, Sweden's other top recipients of asylum status were 1,540 Somalis and 655 Eritreans. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4434 AJITH Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:44:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, December 08, 2009 “’Where should we put the potato?’ ‘Brown!’ ‘Where should we put the juice box?’ ‘Yellow!’ This was a scene of a classroom in Aurinkolahti Comprehensive School in Helsinki, where the first grade pupils were having an environmental knowledge lesson on the ABC of garbage sorting. Anu Kaila, the teacher who gave the lesson that day, is an environmental educational teacher from Helsinki Metropolitan Area Reuse Centre which offers training and education to schools and people of all ages. Last year it offered 1,300 hours of lessons to some 25,000 participants, with most of them being students. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4436 MEGAN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:24:00 GMT Education Tuesday, December 08, 2009 Scandinavian prisons are among the most progressive in Europe. The entrance to Skien high security prison in southern Norway is as foreboding as any that might be imagined. In the education department of the prison, there are rows of wooden desks and chairs, like any classroom, except each desk has a computer on it. Every prisoner there has a computer in the classroom, and a computer in their cell and both in their classrooms and cells prisoners have access to the internet to help in their education and also that they know they are still connected to the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4433 SHYAM Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:32:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, December 08, 2009 The year is 1994. The location is Lillehammer, Norway. It’s a sudden death shootout in the Olympic Hockey finals. With the crowd screaming, Peter Forsberg is at the opposite blue line staring at Canada’s goalie, Corey Hirsch. Forsberg skates in and makes a move towards Hirsch’s right. All of a sudden with one hand he moves the puck to Hirsch’s left and slides the puck just under his glove hand and scores! When Paul Kariya could not answer on Sweden’s goalie Tommy Salo, the gold medal was awarded to Sweden for the first time. An international hockey star was born. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4432 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:24:00 GMT Sports Monday, December 07, 2009 Ordinary leather shoes contains several kinds of toxic substances, that pose a health risk to humans and damage the environment, according to the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. The organization has analyzed 21 well known brand shoes and found - among others - extremely high levels of trivalent chromium. This is a chemical that is not so bad for the bearer of the shoe, but after it has been thrown away it can oxidize and become really toxic and carcinogenic. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4423 OLIVER LINDE Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:40:00 GMT Science Monday, December 07, 2009 For all their potential, electric cars have always been the subject of more talk than action, and only a handful are on the road in Denmark. But now the biggest Danish power company is working with a Silicon Valley start-up in a $100 million effort to wire the country with charging poles as well as service stations that can change out batteries in minutes. The government offers a minimum $40,000 tax break on each new electric car — and free parking in downtown Copenhagen. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4410 JOHN DUNNIGAN Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:23:00 GMT Business Monday, December 07, 2009 Norway allocates NOK 35 million and becomes the largest contributor to the World Bank’s new trust fund to help developing countries build up expertise on carbon capture and storage (CCS), says Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim. The new trust fund, which was set up on 3 December, is the result of cooperation between Norway, the World Bank and the Global CCS Institute in Australia. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4431 SAMUEL Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:23:00 GMT Politics Sunday, December 06, 2009 According to Danish scientists there has been no substantial change in the number of adult brain tumours since mobile phone usage sharply increased in the mid-1990s. The Danish Cancer Society looked at the rates of brain tumours among 20 to 79 year olds from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. They found that trends in cancer rates had not altered from the period before mobiles were introduced. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4421 ALWIN Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:18:00 GMT Science Sunday, December 06, 2009 According to a wholesale data-centre hosting company, Verne Global, Iceland is the world’s number one location for cheap and environmentally sound energy, beating the United States. “You might be able to find a place in the U.S. that has relatively cheap power, but the volatility (of those prices) is the problem,” Jeff Monroe , CEO of Verne Global, commented. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4430 JOHN DUNNIGAN Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:37:00 GMT Science Sunday, December 06, 2009 Two European-wide health bodies have praised Sweden’s response to the swine flu pandemic, particularly the country's mass vaccination programme. Nearly half of all Europeans to have been vaccinated are Swedes. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) praised Sweden’s campaign to combat the spread of the flu. “ECDC considers that Sweden is among the best in Europe when it comes to vaccinations,” a spokesperson told the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4419 SHYAM Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:23:00 GMT Politics Saturday, December 05, 2009 Campfire 2 Go, a ready made campfire produced by SCA Packaging Finland and Valmisnuotio Oy, has been awarded this year's international WorldStar -design award. Earlier this autumn Valmisnuotio Oy won an award also in ScanStar 2009 -design competition. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4426 EMIL ANDERSEN Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:32:00 GMT Business Saturday, December 05, 2009 Finnish farmers Jyrki Ankelo and Katariina Vapola have received the Baltic Farmer of the Year Award on Thursday 26th of November. The award was presented to the couple by Thomas Johansson, Group Sponsorship at Swedbank and Lasse Gustavsson, Chairman of the WWF Baltic Ecoregion Programme. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4425 ANU FRANCIS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:32:00 GMT Culture Saturday, December 05, 2009 A strong cardiovascular system in young adulthood may boost brainpower, making for better school grades and more overall success later in life, new research from Center for Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden suggests. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4428 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:55:00 GMT Science Friday, December 04, 2009 The Aarhus School of Engineering and Aarhus University Hospital have developed a five millimetre long sensor that can help to improve the lifetime of artificial cardiac valves, which are used in patients suffering from heart disease, reports professional journal Ingeniøren (The Engineer). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4420 SAMUEL Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:30:00 GMT Science Friday, December 04, 2009 The architect Eero Saarinen was often knocked for being the equivalent of a talented P.R. man. And on the surface at least, few architects did more to glamorize postwar corporate America. General Motors, I.B.M., CBS — all eventually came knocking at his door. His architecture offered them the veneer of a supremely confident, progressive America, with all the roughness smoothed away. It made it easier to forget about those Soviet warheads and mushroom clouds. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4416 JOHN DUNNIGAN Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:44:00 GMT Culture Friday, December 04, 2009 After scooping up one of Sweden’s most prestigious athletic awards, biathlete Helena Jonsson won the season-opening World Cup 15km race in Östersund in northern Sweden. Jonsson proved deserving of her world number one ranking on Wednesday by clocking 43min 01sec with one penalty for a missed target to finish 22 seconds ahead of compatriot Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek, with Darya Domracheva of Belarus third at 1min 16sec. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4418 SAMUEL Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:40:00 GMT Sports Thursday, December 03, 2009 Cablenet, a privately owned telecommunications provider in Cyprus offering triple play services across the island has decided to upgrade their core network with Net Insight's Nimbra platform. "By selecting Net Insight's solution for our core transport network, our strict quality and reliability requirements were fulfilled as well as providing a capacity efficient solution for future expansion," says Nicolas Shiacolas, Managing Director of Cablenet Communication Systems. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4325 JOPPAN Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:42:00 GMT Business Thursday, December 03, 2009 In the chill of a massive cave beneath an orthodox Christian cathedral, a city power firm is preparing what it thinks will be the greenest data center on the planet. Excess heat from hundreds of computer servers to be located in the bedrock beneath Uspenski Cathedral, one of Helsinki's most popular tourist sites, will be captured and channelled into the district heating network, a system of water-heated pipes used to warm homes in the Finnish capital. "It is perfectly feasible that a quite considerable proportion of the heating in the capital city could be produced from thermal energy generated by computer halls," said Juha Sipila, project manager at Helsingin Energia. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4415 JOHN DUNNIGAN Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:13:00 GMT Science Thursday, December 03, 2009 A wind turbine will whir away outside the conference centre, powering the lights for the delegates holed up inside. Top-ranking negotiators will ride bikes to the first day of the conference on Monday; TV stations will have to use the cool tones of low energy LED lighting. US president Barack Obama might travel in a limo running on algae diesel or electricity when he drops in next week. Even the pens are made of recycled plastic bottles. Welcome to the Copenhagen climate summit. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4417 SHYAM Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:39:00 GMT Science Wednesday, December 02, 2009 The Danish government's efforts to create "Digital Denmark" seem to be heading in the right direction according to a new EU Commission report, writes DR.dk. The report "Smarter, Faster, Better eGovernment – 8th Benchmark Measurement" shows that Denmark has jumped up five places to 9th since the 2007 benchmarking. Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Helge Sander told DR.dk: "The progress in Denmark's ranking shows that developments of public sector digitalisation are continuing at high tempo, and public sector services are being used industriously by Danish citizens and companies." http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4402 SHYAM Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:55:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, December 02, 2009 The winning SmartTouch project is based on near field communication (NFC) and has been coordinated by the Technical research Centre of Finland (VTT). The SmartTouch project was rewarded for its outstanding contribution to the programme of ITEA 2 – the EUREKA Cluster for Software-intensive Systems and Services (SiSS). SmartTouch develops new and innovative mobile services, which are easy and intuitive to use as touch. NFC offers short-range wireless connectivity that enables smart consumer devices to interact quickly and easily when they touch or are brought close together. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4403 MEGAN Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:08:00 GMT Science Wednesday, December 02, 2009 Robert Henry Arthur Wells, Swedish pianist, composer and singer, best known for his highly successful musical extravaganza Rhapsody in Rock which has achieved great prominence in Scandinavia, a mixture of rock, classical and boogie-woogie. A child prodigy, Wells attended the Adolf Fredrik Music School in Stockholm at the age of 7 in 1969 and four years later, at the age of 11, became the youngest person ever to attend the Royal Swedish Music Academy. At the age of 16 in 1978, Wells won two major Swedish talent contests. Wellss music was chosen as the official television theme music for the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4404 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:45:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, December 01, 2009 According to YLE news Olli Rehn, the outgoing European Commissioner for Enlargement, was named as the next Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs on Friday afternoon. He will replace Spain’s Joaquin Almunia in the post. Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso submitted his list of 13 proposed commissioners to the European Parliament on Friday afternoon. He said his new team's main task would be to seek economic growth following the global credit crisis. If approved by the European Parliament, the new Commission takes office in February. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4400 AJITH Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:35:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, December 01, 2009 Norway's Thea Therese Næss won gold in the women's Kick Boxing full contact final in the under 60 kilo class, winning over Turkey's Gozde Arican 3-0 in Ligano, Italy on Sunday, 29th November. On Saturday, Norway's Eirin Dale won gold in the 55 kilo class. On the men's side, Norway's Andreas Lødrup also secured gold, winning 2-1 over Kazakstahn's Azamat Nurpeison in the full contact 75 kilo class. Norway's squad at the Ligano tournament captured altogether three gold, three silver and four bronze medals this weekend. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4399 SHYAM Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:40:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, December 01, 2009 The City of Helsinki has been designated World Design Capital 2012 at the World Design Congress held in Singapore by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid). The prestigious title is appointed by Icsid every other year to a city based on its accomplishments and commitment to design as an effective tool for social, cultural and economic development. Helsinki emerged as the winner against 45 cities from 27 countries and will be the third city to hold the honour, following Torino (Italy) and Seoul (South Korea). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4393 AJITH Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:11:00 GMT Culture Monday, November 30, 2009 Jutland based North Securities is seeing a remarkable breakthrough in the current economic climate. Until 2008, it was almost impossible for the company to sell its fleet management system, Falck Sirius, which enables trucks and buses to cover more kilometres per litre of fuel and reduces CO2 emissions. But ever since the financial crisis hit transport companies, customers have been queuing up to buy the system. Falck Sirius is an intelligent fleet management system which monitors how a truck or bus is driven. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4394 SHYAM Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:28:00 GMT Business Monday, November 30, 2009 Norway has decided to increase emergency relief to Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia because of the drought. More than 20 million people are suffering from hunger as a result of the severe drought and conflicts in this densely populated region. Norway is now allocating NOK 40 million in emergency relief to victims of the drought. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4391 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:46:00 GMT Politics Monday, November 30, 2009 Sweden’s Therese Alshammar smashed her own women's short course 50 meter butterfly world record at the World Cup swimming meet in Singapore on 22nd November. Alshammar touched in 24.28 seconds to beat the previous mark of 24.46 she set in Stockholm earlier this month. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4362 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:01:00 GMT Sports Sunday, November 29, 2009 Tapiola Pension's of Finland has been chosen as the best investment organization in entire Europe. The 2009 award was given to Tapiola in a competition organized by Investment and Pensions Europe, IPE. The competition, which has been held since 2001 by IPE, is aimed at European pension investors. Hundreds of pension companies and pension fund investors from all European countries take part in the competition every year. Pension investors from 38 different countries participated in this year's competition. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4384 EMIL ANDERSEN Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:47:00 GMT Business Sunday, November 29, 2009 on 24 November, Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit opened the world’s first osmotic power plant at Tofte, outside Oslo, after a one-year development period. The plant generates power by exploiting the energy available when fresh water and seawater are mixed. Osmotic power is a renewable and emissions-free energy source that Statkraft has been researching into for 10 years and that will be capable of making a substantial global contribution to eco-friendly power production. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4378 MEGAN Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:30:00 GMT Science Sunday, November 29, 2009 Middle-aged women with high levels of a specific amino acid in their blood are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer's many years later, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. This discovery could lead to a new and simple way of determining who is at risk long before there are any signs of the illness. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4292 EMIL ANDERSEN Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:35:00 GMT Science Saturday, November 28, 2009 On Tuesday, November 24th, Norway's Minister of Justice, Knut Storberget, joined UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in launching a Network of Men Leaders to Combat Violence against Women. Since taking office four years ago, Justice Minister Knut Storberget has made combating violence against women a top priority for the Norwegian government. He has also been fronting the issue in Europe. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4392 SAMUEL Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:42:00 GMT Politics Saturday, November 28, 2009 The Swedish business climate is known for flat organizational structures and managers who are not afraid to roll up their sleeves. Business in Sweden is constantly evolving, becoming more competitive — but always with people and the environment in mind. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4324 JOPPAN Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:42:00 GMT Business Saturday, November 28, 2009 Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services and solutions ranging from military defence to civil security. Saab has operations and employees on all continents and constantly develops, adopts and improves new technology to meet customers’ changing needs. Saab has 13,300 employees. Annual sales are SEK 23 billion. Research and development corresponds to about 17 percent of annual sales.Saab is continuing to expand its business operations globally, with major operations in several countries in Europe, as well as in South Africa, Australia and the U.S. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4389 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:36:00 GMT Business Friday, November 27, 2009 The Danish scriptwriting duo of Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm have brought home their third International Emmy Award, after their ‘Livvagterne’ (The Protectors) show won in the Best Drama category last night. At the ceremony in New York City, The Protectors won out over four other international dramas, including acclaimed British production ‘Spooks’. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4383 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:56:00 GMT Culture Friday, November 27, 2009 The Norwegian government will provide NOK 40 million (USD 7 million) to UN efforts to combat female genital mutilation and violence against women in developing countries. At the same time, Norway will contribute NOK 20 million (USD 3.5 million) to the new UN Fund for Gender Equality. Through its allocation to the UN, Norway is seeking to enable actors at grassroots level and other agents of change to follow up national and international commitments to eliminate gender-based violence. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4376 AJITH Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:12:00 GMT Politics Friday, November 27, 2009 New Swedish research shows that men with pent-up frustrations about perceived workplace injustices run twice the risk of suffering a heart attack. Those who express their feelings openly, for example by getting angry, have no increased risk of heart problems, said the study which warned of the dangers of "covert coping." http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4382 SARAH THOMAS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:52:00 GMT Science Thursday, November 26, 2009 Denmark has accumulated a wealth of experience in developing waste-to-energy technology, and every day tons of ordinary domestic wastes are used as fuel for combined heat and power stations. Professional journal Ingeniøren reports that a new enzyme based technology is being developed that can convert the organic material in domestic waste into a liquid oil-like slurry, which then allows the glass and metal to be separated out and recycled instead of being lost as furnace slag. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4373 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:12:00 GMT Science Thursday, November 26, 2009 A novel detailing the heartache and hope of a World War II Jewish ghetto in the Polish city of Lódz has earned author Steve Sem-Sandberg Sweden’s most prestigious prize for literature. The book, De fattiga i Lódz (‘The poor of Lódz’), received widespread critical acclaim when it was published by Albert Bonniers Förlag in mid-September. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4375 SHYAM Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:30:00 GMT Culture Thursday, November 26, 2009 The Norwegian economy has weathered the global financial crisis remarkably well. Growth has already resumed after a comparatively mild recession. This is the conclusion of a report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Norway’s resilience has been underpinned by a substantial easing of macroeconomic policies, continued strong investment activity in the oil and gas sector, high public-sector employment, limited dependence on the hardest-hit segments of global manufacturing, and the relative stability of the domestic financial sector. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4377 SAMUEL Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:55:00 GMT Business Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Nilan, a Danish company which specializes in ventilation and heat pump technology, has won the prestigious building competition Solar Decathlon, sponsored by the US Department of Energy. Nilan won the award together with the Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany, for the second year in succession. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4372 EMIL ANDERSEN Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:41:00 GMT Business Wednesday, November 25, 2009 The Keilir Institute of Technology (KIT) at the Asbru Enterprise Park in Iceland has recently announced its ambition to establish a top research library focused on science, technology, engineering, renewable energy, and entrepreneurship. The project title is: The Iceland Book Drive 2010. In 2006, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) abandoned its Navy base in Keflavik, Iceland, since 1951, leaving over 900 local people unemployed. Instead of focusing on the negative aspects of the departure, the local population looked at the opportunities associated with the new worldview and consequently established a new Institute of Technology, Keilir, focusing on sustainability, technology, engineering, renewable energy, and entrepreneurship in order to create new jobs in Iceland. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4258 JOHN DUNNIGAN Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:10:00 GMT Education Wednesday, November 25, 2009 As the UN Climate Change Conference COP15 in Copenhagen approaches, the Danish government has granted DKK 105 million for preservation of tropical rainforests. The DKK 105 million is being allocated from the Finance Bill for 2009, and will be administered by the World Bank and the UN. "We are targeting our efforts towards poor people, those who live on the forests and in the forests. This is the first large scale Danish grant in this area, and if it functions as it should, the government is willing to spend more money to preserve the forests," says Ulla Tørnæs, the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4374 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:04:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Nanocomp Oy Ltd, the establisher of the nanophotonics sector in Finland, will receive this year's annual technology award of the Eastern Finland High Technology Foundation. The award values 10,000 Euros. Nanocomp is the only Finnish company in its field and it has also gained international reputation as a nanophotonics expert. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4364 SARAH THOMAS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:18:00 GMT Business Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Sweden won the women’s World Cup cross-country ski relay at Beitolølen, Norway on 22d November '09, finishing 16.7 seconds ahead of Norway's silver and 22 seconds ahead of third place Finland. Charlotte Kalla overtook the leading Finn a few kilometres into the final leg and held on to secure victory in the 4 x 5 kilometer event. It was Sweden’s first relay win in two years and the only relay to be held before the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4363 ANU FRANCIS Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:17:00 GMT Sports Monday, November 23, 2009 Just one in three women gives birth after a single IVF attempt, but the cumulative chance of a live birth increases with each cycle - where women are offered three cycles nearly two thirds go on to have babies, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4301 SARAH THOMAS Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:02:00 GMT Science Sunday, November 22, 2009 Danish Football Association hands out accolades at annual awards ceremony honouring nation’s footballers. The public has spoken and the votes are in – Nicklas Bendtner has been voted Denmark’s footballer of the year. The 21-year-old Arsenal striker received the award at the Danish Football Association’s ceremony in the Cirkusbygningen venue in Copenhagen. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4299 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT Sports Sunday, November 22, 2009 Neuroscientists in Sweden have succeeded in making subjects perceive the body of another person as their own, the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institute. The research could be of practical use in virtual reality applications and robot technology, the institute said, as well as other fields like Education Medicine and Games. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4356 ANU FRANCIS Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:11:00 GMT Science Sunday, November 22, 2009 Smoking marijuana is more harmful for young people than previously believed, according to a Swedish study by Nils Stenström of the National Institute of Public Health. The study, entitled Skador av hasch och marijuana (‘Damages caused by hash and marijuana’), highlights research showing that marijuana can cause schizophrenia and psychosis. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4290 ANU FRANCIS Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:08:00 GMT Science Saturday, November 21, 2009 The sauna is one thing in life that Finns treasure above all others – something that unifies them more than church, ice hockey or even motorsports. So, while winning a sauna competition might be trivial matter in any other nation, it is a serious declaration of war for Finns.The Guinness World Record title for ‘most nationalities in a sauna’ finally returned to Finland in 2009. This homecoming was national and historical landmark. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4358 ANU FRANCIS Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:44:00 GMT Sports Saturday, November 21, 2009 Finland's biggest art prize, the Ars Fennica, has been awarded to multimedia artist Jussi Kivi, aged 50. He was handed the award at Helsinki's Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art on Thursday (19th November 2009)afternoon. The prize is worth 34,000 euros. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4359 EMIL ANDERSEN Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:34:00 GMT Culture Saturday, November 21, 2009 Finnish researcher has developed a method for analyzing snoring sounds by using a PC with a microphone connection and a wireless microphone. The objective was to create an application that could be used at home to monitor snoring. By utilizing this technology, researchers from Tampere University of Technology and the University of Helsinki have investigated sleep disorders and further refined related screening technologies. The collaboration has already spawned the smart alarm clock HappyWakeUp that was launched last year, which is the first health-promoting mobile phone application in the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4360 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:36:00 GMT Science Friday, November 20, 2009 The European Film Academy (EFA) has appointed Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen as one of its new ambassadors of European film. The EFA said in a press release that it had chosen a group of distinguished personalities to promote both European films and the EFA awards at various events throughout the year. The actor joins British director Stephen Daldry and eight other European luminaries from the world of European film as an ambassador. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4354 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:07:00 GMT Culture Friday, November 20, 2009 Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered that patients with recent-onset schizophrenia have higher levels of inflammatory substances in their brains. Their findings offer hope of being able to treat schizophrenia with drugs that affect the immune system. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4361 SARAH THOMAS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:37:00 GMT Science Friday, November 20, 2009 Fjölbrautaskóli Snaefellinga (FSN), the Snaefellsnes comprehensive high school, has been chosen to participate in the Apollo 11 anniversary celebration with NASA in the US, commemorating that 40 years have passed since man first walked on the moon. FSN is one of five international secondary schools participating in the celebration’s preparation, which includes education on space science, competition in visual artwork and a walking competition, as stated on the school’s website. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4351 ALWIN Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT Science Thursday, November 19, 2009 The Carbon Disclosure Project, a non-profit group that monitors greenhouse-gas emissions, introduced a program for investors to gauge how companies manage their water use amid a looming scarcity. The program, sponsored by investors including Norway’s $450 billion sovereign wealth fund, will survey companies’ water use in industries such as food and drinks, mining, paper and semiconductor manufacturing. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4352 ALWIN Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:25:00 GMT Business Thursday, November 19, 2009 The Swedish Civil Aviation Authority and Arlanda Energi have been chosen by the consulting engineering company Sweco to receive the 2009 Swedish Energy Prize. Arlanda Energi was established in 2006 to handle all energy-related matters at the airport. A clearly goal-oriented approach and an active commitment on the part of the management have contributed to the successful results. Since 1984, Sweco has been presenting the Swedish Energy Prize to technical ideas and innovations. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4349 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:07:00 GMT Business Thursday, November 19, 2009 Iceland Global Water (IGW) believes it is not about drinking more and more water to compensate; it’s about drinking more balanced water in order to help moving water into the cells and keep it there so that every cell can function to its full capacity. Iceland Global Water (IGW) has launched its spectacular Certified Icelandic Glacier Water, the brand SNO™, and they are currently being introduced internationally. SNO™ Iceland Glacier Water has the natural, perfect, body-neutral pH level - which is from 7.0 to 7.4 -to help the body reach and maintain a state of equilibrium (a neutral pH). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4284 ALWIN Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:51:00 GMT Business Wednesday, November 18, 2009 There’s a lot Danish farmers could teach us about the integration of renewable energy with traditional farming to help beat the rising cost of fuel and fertilizers, but also meet new climate change targets which will inevitably force farming to become cleaner and more energy efficient. the culture of co-operative agriculture in Denmark, the need some decades ago to find more reliable and cleaner sources of energy, and a Government dedicated to the cause, have all combined to make 'renewables' an achievable reality in Denmark. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4350 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:08:00 GMT Science Wednesday, November 18, 2009 An earplug with antibacterial agents from essential oil is currently being developed in Iceland as an alternative method to cure ear infections in children. The goal is for this method to replace the conventional use of antibiotics, and results look promising. Professor Karl G. Kristinsson, who is the senior physician at the Landspítali national hospital’s department of pathology, has worked on the development of the idea, which originally came from inventor Gudrún Saemundsdóttir. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4348 ALWIN Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:46:00 GMT Science Wednesday, November 18, 2009 The Port of Akureyri in north Iceland was recently voted Europe’s third best destination by customers of cruise ship company Princess Cruises, which is one of the largest cruise ship companies in the world. According to the website of the Icelandic Tourist Board, 58 cruisers docked at Akureyri harbor last summer and 55 cruisers have already announced their arrival in summer 2010. They carry more passengers than the ships visiting Akureyri this year. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4347 ALWIN Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:23:00 GMT Business Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Danish architect firm Dissing + Weitling has won an international competition to design a new urban area of the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, that will include a financial district, writes Busines.dk. The new district, that places great emphasis on energy efficiency and environmental consciousness, is expected to begin officially in a few days' time. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4343 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:55:00 GMT Business Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Cancer risk grows if one is susceptible to effects of alcohol at low doses. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has recently classified acetaldehyde as a Class I carcinogenic substance, in the same way as for example tobacco. Acetaldehyde has long been studied in Finland. Professor Emeritus Mikko Salaspuro from the University of Helsinki received a significant international award for his research relating to acetaldehyde some years ago. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4344 EMIL ANDERSEN Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:58:00 GMT Science Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Danish dairy giant plans to build plant with capacity for one billion litres milk outside London. The company stated the new dairy plant will have a capacity of one billion litres of milk and will employ around 500 staff in production, distribution and administration. ‘Incorporating the most sustainable building techniques the dairy will be the largest, most efficient and environmentally advanced in the world,’ said Peter Lauritzen, chief executive of Arla Foods UK, in a press release. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4342 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:56:00 GMT Business Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Heartbeats (Kohtaamisia) directed by Saara Cantell and Letters to Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille) by Klaus Härö of Finland received awards at the international Nordische Filmtage - Nordic Film Days 2009 -film festival in Lübeck, Germany. Heartbeats was chosen as the Best Feature Film in the Baltic Films -category, while Letters to Father Jacob won both the Interfilm Church Prize and the Audience Award. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4311 SARAH THOMAS Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:48:00 GMT Culture Monday, November 16, 2009 Tom Adams, Born in Sweden and educated in the UK and president and CEO of Rosetta Stone Inc has been named as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009, overall national winner. He was also named national winner in the Retail and Consumer Products category. Adams was recognized for growing Rosetta Stone into one of the world's leading providers of technology-based language learning solutions. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4323 ANU FRANCIS Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:05:00 GMT Business Monday, November 16, 2009 Sunrise is the largest solar telescope ever to have left Earth. It was launched from the Esrange Space Centre in Kiruna, northern Sweden, on June 8, 2009.It is a collaborative project between the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Katlenburg-Lindau and partners in Germany, Spain and the USA. Sunrise balloon-borne telescope has captured data and images that show the complex interplay on the solar surface to a level of detail never before achieved. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4309 EMIL ANDERSEN Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:47:00 GMT Science Sunday, November 15, 2009 Norway's chess ace Magnus Carlsen (19) now tops the unofficial world ranking list, after he beat Hungarian former world champion Peter Leko in the last match of the Tal Memorial chess tournament in Moscow on Saturday. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4322 SHYAM Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:22:00 GMT Sports Sunday, November 15, 2009 A study at Örebro University in Sweden indicates that mobile phones and other cordless telephones have a biological effect on the brain. It is still too early to say if any health risks are involved, but medical researcher Fredrik Söderqvist recommends caution in the use of these phones, above all among children and adolescents. "Children may be more sensitive than adults to radiation from wireless phones," says medical researcher. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4319 OLIVER LINDE Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:24:00 GMT Science Saturday, November 14, 2009 Climate conference delegates will be encouraged to follow the Copenhagen model and hop on a free rental bike to get around. In cooperation with Electric Bike and Astrup Cykler, the ministry is making 40 electric bicycles available for the visiting delegates so they can experience the environmentally-friendly method of transport free of charge. Bike company Baisikeli will offer a further 160 normal bikes for delegates under the programme, which will operate from the Metro Station next to the COP15 venue of Bella Center. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4317 JOHN DUNNIGAN Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:29:00 GMT Culture Saturday, November 14, 2009 Finnish film "What Became of Us" has won the Best Euro Feature award at the International Film Festival of South Africa. In September the film, which has been directed by 22-year-old Miika Ullakko and realized entirely by an amateur film crew, was the winner of the Audience Award as the Best Feature Film of 2009 at C&CIFF Film Festival in France. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4320 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:25:00 GMT Culture Friday, November 13, 2009 Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar set a new world record at a short course swimming World Cup meet in Stockholm on 11th November. She won the 50 meter butterfly and with the time 24.46. With that she brushed up on her old record from Durban a few weeks ago - 24.75 - with a good margin. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4321 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:26:00 GMT Sports Friday, November 13, 2009 Northern Europe’s longest swing bridge span will soon be in Odense, when construction of the 118-metre Odin’s Bridge is completed in 2014, reports trade publication Ingeniøren. Odense city council required that the swing bridge’s closed and open positions could not rest on the same bearing. To adhere to that requirement, the new design – developed by ISC Consulting Engineers – was based on safer rotating double plain bearings. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4304 JOHN DUNNIGAN Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:38:00 GMT Culture Friday, November 13, 2009 An 11-year-old boy Alex Marttunen from Vantaa is one of eight winners in an international photography competition sponsored by National Geographic. His photograph, called Spirit of the Bottle, shows a clever hermit crab that has turned a bit of trash into its home. The jury says that Marttunen's photograph is an excellent example of how animals adapt to a changing world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4300 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:01:00 GMT Culture Thursday, November 12, 2009 Researchers at Uppsala University, in collaboration with colleagues in Sweden and abroad, have identified an entirely new mechanism by which a specific protein in the body inhibits formation of new blood vessels. Inhibiting the formation of new blood vessels is an important aspect of, for example, cancer treatment. The study is published in the November issue of the journal Molecular Cancer Research. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4313 ALWIN Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:04:00 GMT Science Thursday, November 12, 2009 Kesko has been rewarded for the best corporate responsibility report and good supply chain reporting in the Corporate Responsibility 2009 competition. The competition was organized by the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, Finnish Business & Society, the Finnish Institute of Authorised Public Accountants, the Association for Environmental Management, the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, and the Ministry of the Environment. Kesko's sustainable development is also recognized internationally. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4310 OLIVER LINDE Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:48:00 GMT Business Thursday, November 12, 2009 Elina Vuola is a veteran of international feminist theology research. She has published in Spanish, English and Finnish. She is adjunct professor at the Helsinki University Faculty of Theology. For the last five years she has held a research post financed by the Academy of Finland at the Institute of Development Studies. She has also always been closely affiliated with the Christina Institute for Women’s Studies at Helsinki University. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4302 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute have uncovered the mechanism that controls how the brain creates long-term memories, marking a significant step forward for developing new treatments for Alzheimer's disease. The research was conducted in collaboration with American researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4298 ANU FRANCIS Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT Science Wednesday, November 11, 2009 More than 100 experts from women’s organizations, UN agencies and government ministries from many countries meet in Oslo this week with the aim to create international standards on how to implement UN resolutions on women, peace and security. Nine years ago, the UN Security Council for the first time declared that it is all governments’ responsibility to prosecute those responsible for rape when used as a weapon of war. Resolution 1325 was the first resolution ever to deal with the issue of women’s roles in war and peace building. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4297 ALWIN Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:52:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, November 11, 2009 On October 31st Iceland received a seal of approval when US event organiser Harith Productions, along with the Hilton Reykjavik Nordica and the Icelandic DMC Practical, received SITE´s prestigious Crystal Award for an exceptional motivational programme for a group of 200 guests. “This award strengthens Iceland’s reputation as the perfect destination for great events, conferences and incentives,” said Anna R Valdimarsdottir, Convention Manager at the Iceland Convention & Incentive Bureau. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4293 ALWIN Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:28:00 GMT Business Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Scientists from the VTT Technical Research Center of Finland and the Helsinki University of Technology have developed a loudspeaker system, which unlike ever before, uses tiny aluminum wires suspended like a bridge between two supports to create a wide range of thermoacoustic applications. We’ve seen the technique of thermoacoustics tamed by the Chinese researchers in their effort to create a loudspeaker from carbon nanotubes, but this Finnish process may just be a simplification of the technique. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4275 EMIL ANDERSEN Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:51:00 GMT Science Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Anne Törnroos, a 27-year-old clothing design student has been named Finland's Young Designer of the Year. Her collection "Helene" was commended by judges for referencing a sophisticated Finnish fashion past as well as having a real understanding of the female form. Törnroos took home a 5,000-euro prize and is being given her own booth at the Helsinki International Fashion Fair next week. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4273 OLIVER LINDE Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:40:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Reflection from Hans Akerblom: There is so much talk about development wherever I go. We attend courses, we read books, we arrange seminars and conferences and so on. Why is that and what exactly do we mean when we talk about development? Shouldn’t we talk more about change? Isn’t that what it’s all about? In my world, development is a result of change. There will be no development without change – and it all has to start with myself. What do you think? Click to read more http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4285 HANS AKERBLOM Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:15:00 GMT Culture Monday, November 09, 2009 Stockholm, Sweden-based Volvo last week presented its Volvo Environment Prize to Dr. Susan Solomon, one of the world’s leading atmospheric chemists. The prize, this year worth SEK 1.5 million (about U.S. $213,578), is celebrating its 20th anniversary. It has become one of the science world’s most respected environmental awards. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4287 ANU FRANCIS Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:11:00 GMT Science Monday, November 09, 2009 Research shows that oat fibres are beneficial for the intestines and heart. Bioferme Oy, a Finnish family company, has developed the world's first functional fermented oat products, which are now aiming for international markets. Yosa contains abundant amounts of living lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria, which bring balance to the functioning of the stomach and improve the system's resistance. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4269 SARAH THOMAS Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:22:00 GMT Science Sunday, November 08, 2009 A Danish firm has launched Vitamin A-packed chewing gum in Nairobi to help fight malnutrition among children in developing countries. Each piece of sugar-free gum in a pack of six contains 375 microgram’s of Vitamin A -- a recommended daily dose by UNICEF and the World Health Organization. The gum is targeted at children aged between three and five years among whom, Vitamin A deficiency causes blindness and illnesses such as measles and diarrhea. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4274 ANU FRANCIS Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:49:00 GMT Science Sunday, November 08, 2009 Norwegian Polar adventurer Børge Ousland has been awarded the prize for the Best Adventure Travel book of the 2009 Banff Mountain Book Festival in Canada, for his book The Great Polar Journey — In the Footsteps of Nansen. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4276 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:19:00 GMT Culture Sunday, November 08, 2009 Eight-year-old children who drink full-fat milk every day have a lower BMI than those who seldom drink milk. This is not the case for children who often drink medium-fat or low-fat milk. This is one conclusion of a thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4270 EMIL ANDERSEN Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:25:00 GMT Science Saturday, November 07, 2009 The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been awarded the Norwegian Lighting Prize for best outdoor lighting in 2009. The prize, established by Norwegian Lighting Institute, is presented every second year. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4277 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:22:00 GMT Science Saturday, November 07, 2009 The Norwegian government Wednesday signed an agreement to grant the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) $9 million for strengthening participation of women in local governance in India. The partnership agreement was signed by UNIFEM executive director Ines Alberdi and the Ambassador of Norway to India Ann Ollestad. 'This signature is an initial step in working to promote women's participation in local governance and government in India,' Alberdi told reporters here at the UN office. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4265 ALWIN Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:31:00 GMT Politics Saturday, November 07, 2009 Lonely Planet which is the largest travel guide book and digital media publisher in the world has recently released the Best in Travel 2010 book. This book is publisher’s fifth annual collection of the world’s best journeys and destinations. The guidebook presents the top ten countries, regions, and cities to visit for the coming year, chosen by Lonely Planet’s global team where Iceland is at the top of the list for 2010. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4266 ALWIN Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:23:00 GMT Culture Friday, November 06, 2009 Consul General Jaakko Harjula, a Finnish has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the worldwide International Association of Trade Training Organisations, IATTO. The award is presented to individuals, who have contributed significantly to the global development of international trade training during their careers. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4263 SARAH THOMAS Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:05:00 GMT Business Friday, November 06, 2009 Two genes, each one of which is known to cause cancer on its own, together can lead to aggressive leukemia. This is the conclusion from new research carried out on gene-modified mice at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The discovery has surprised scientists, and may lead to new treatments. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4262 EMIL ANDERSEN Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:03:00 GMT Science Friday, November 06, 2009 Norwegian chess ace Magnus Carlsen (19) has been ranked number two among the world's top players by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) on their ranking list for September 2009. The Norwegian has moved four places up on the list and now has 2801 points, nine points behind Bulgarian Veselin Topalov who tops the ranking list. India's Viswanathan Anand ranks third with 2788 points. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4256 JOHN DUNNIGAN Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:22:00 GMT Sports Thursday, November 05, 2009 The world’s air travelers have rated the baggage delivery at the Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport (HEL) as the best in the world. The principal airport in Finland was among the category winners of this year’s Skytrax World Airport Awards. More than 190 airports from around the globe were rated in the survey. According to Finavia Airport Director Juha-Pekka Pystynen, the result shows that the passengers are satisfied with the luggage handling services at the Helsinki-Vantaa hub. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4260 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:55:00 GMT Business Thursday, November 05, 2009 Danish nanophysicists from Nano-Science Center, the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new method for manufacturing the cornerstone of nanotechnology research - Nanowires. The discovery has great potential for the development of nanoelectronics and highly efficient solar cells. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4254 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:22:00 GMT Science Thursday, November 05, 2009 Johan Jørgen Holst was a Norwegian politician representing Labour, best known for his involvement with the Oslo Accords. Holst was Minister of Defence from 1987 to 1989 and from 1991 to April 1993. He then went to the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs, which he held to his death. During his time in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs he was heavily involved in the process that led to the Oslo Accords. He came to world attention in September 1993 as one of the key brokers - through the so-called Oslo channel - for the Israel-PLO accord. This achievement brought him a nomination for the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize. He was also seen as a likely successor to Manfred Worner as Secretary-General of Nato. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4264 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:55:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, November 04, 2009 On November 1, 2009 the National Museum of Science and Technology in Oslo received the Leading Edge Award for Visitor Experience for the exhibition Climate X. The Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Awards are the "academy awards for science centers." The Association of Science and Technology-Centers' Annual conference took place in Fort Worth, Texas, USA October 31 to November 3, 2009. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4259 ALWIN Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:43:00 GMT Science Wednesday, November 04, 2009 IMF Mission Chief for Iceland Mark Flanagan, speaking by phone to the Iceland-American Business Council, called it a "major achievement" of Iceland to have resurrected its banks within a year. Flanagan pointed out that elsewhere in the world, it has taken 24 to 36 months to stablilize the economy to the extent Iceland has been able to within a single year, and that it would have been "unrealistically optimistic" to have expected the banks to recover any sooner than they did. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4253 ALWIN Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:46:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, November 04, 2009 The Norwegian Government has stated that Norway is to be an international leader in environmental policy. To this end, Norway is working to achieve a more comprehensive, ambitious international agreement on climate change that will take effect after the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (2008-2012) expires. Norway is also continuing to fulfil its current obligations and reduce greenhouse gas emissions both nationally and internationally. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4251 SAMUEL Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:38:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Icelandic event organizer Practical and Hilton Hotel Nordica in Reykjavík received the recognized international CRYSTAL tourism award on Saturday along with an American event organizer for a 200-person team-building trip for a US pharmaceutical company to Iceland. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4252 ALWIN Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:45:00 GMT Business Tuesday, November 03, 2009 UNITAID, established to provide additional funding to support efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, now says "Thank You" to Norway and its other contributors for their help in saving hundreds of thousands of lives in low-income countries. Some of those contributors are governments, but most of them are ordinary citizens who pay a small levy on air tickets every time they take off from one of the 12 countries that support UNITAID with the air tax. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4249 ALWIN Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:24:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Women dread a diagnosis of endometrial cancer, but those who drink at least two cups of caffeinated coffee a day may have a lower risk for this cancer of cells lining the uterus. Coffee drinking seemed to particularly protect overweight and obese women, acoording to a study co-authored by Dr. Emilie Friberg, at the Karolinska Intstituet in Stockholm, Sweden. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4250 ANU FRANCIS Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:26:00 GMT Science Monday, November 02, 2009 The Finnish Software Entrepreneurs Association has granted Snoobi Oy's founder and Chairman of the Board, Pekka Koskinen the Software Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 award. Snoobi is a software service company developing and selling Internet, marketing and sales tools According to the selection criteria Pekka Koskinen has developed Snoobi's business innovatively and bravely. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4227 ALWIN Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:26:00 GMT Business Monday, November 02, 2009 Norway's Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has announced that its new satellite, THOR 6, has been successfully launched into orbit by the Ariane 5 ECA launcher from the Guiana Spaceport in Kourou. THOR 6 will replace the current Thor III satellite, which is set to retire in 2010, as well as provide additional capacity for expansion. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4248 ALWIN Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:50:00 GMT Science Monday, November 02, 2009 “Tanzania has expressed support for Finland’s framework program for development policy in Africa presented at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The country’s permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Augustine Mahiga, commended Finland for the comprehensive approach of the program and the close consideration of current challenges facing the continent. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4243 SHYAM Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:25:00 GMT Politics Sunday, November 01, 2009 One year after the financial meltdown in Iceland when the three main banks went bankrupt, a lot of the smaller Icelandic companies are starting to gain more of a momentum. Some examples of small innovative Icelandic companies are Trackwell Mobile Resource Management, Gavia (Hafmynd), a new dimension in underwater technology, MindGames, which designs computer games entirely controlled by the users mood, and E-Label specialising in fashion design. Another great example is the Nordic Store, an online shop that sells Icelandic products worldwide. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4215 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:58:00 GMT Business Sunday, November 01, 2009 Tanja Poutiainen of Finland won the opening race of the ski season Saturday, edging Kathrin Zettel of Austria by 0.01 second in the giant slalom on the Rettenbach glacier. Poutiainen was trailing Zettel at the final checkpoint but made up time on the flatter bottom section, clocking a two-run combined time of 2 minutes, 24.96 seconds for her ninth career victory. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4219 ALWIN Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:38:00 GMT Sports Sunday, November 01, 2009 Norway is willing to give extra cash to launch a UN climate deal in December on top of hundreds of millions of dollars already promised to slow deforestation, environment minister Erik Solheim said. He also said in an interview with Reuters that greenhouse gas emissions by Norway, the world's fifth biggest oil exporter, seem to have peaked in 2007 and would fall as part of a goal of cutting emissions by 30 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4239 ALWIN Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:07:00 GMT Politics Saturday, October 31, 2009 Plant stanol ester, the cholesterol-lowering ingredient in Raisio's Benecol products, is among the first ingredients to be granted a regulatory approval for the use of a disease risk reduction health claim under the Nutrition and Health Claim Regulation of the European Union. This is the first disease risk reduction health claim granted for food products within the EU. Benecol is a global trademark owned by Finnish firm Raisio, and plant stanol ester an ingredient patented worldwide by Raisio. Benecol products are currently sold in thirty countries on five continents. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4241 EMIL ANDERSEN Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:52:00 GMT Science Saturday, October 31, 2009 Danish car designer Henrik Fisker is set to begin making eco-friendly cars in the US. Fisker Automotives has bought the ex-GM assembly plant in Delaware for 91 million kroner. Fisker described the new car, known for now as Project Nina, as a ‘green BMW’. Vice President Biden also released some details, describing it as a ‘four-door Ferrari’. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4240 ANU FRANCIS Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:51:00 GMT Business Saturday, October 31, 2009 Icelandic athlete and Reykjavík University lecturer Thórdís Gísladóttir received a special award for her unique contribution to track and field athletics at the general assembly of the European Athletics Association in Budapest earlier this month.Gísladóttir was chosen from a group of 24 female nominees from all around Europe. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4233 ALWIN Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:30:00 GMT Sports Friday, October 30, 2009 Low vitamin D levels in the body may be deadly, according to a new study Dr. Annamari Kilkkinen at the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki, Finland, and colleagues hinting that adults with lower, versus higher, blood levels of vitamin D may be more likely to die from heart disease or stroke. Vitamin D is an essential vitamin mostly obtained from direct sunlight exposure, but also found in foods and multivitamins. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4242 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:54:00 GMT Science Friday, October 30, 2009 The UN refugee agency announced that its annual Nansen Refugee Award will go to the late Senator Edward Kennedy for his achievements as an unparalleled champion of refugee protection and assistance for more than 45 years. The Nansen Refugee Award is given annually to an individual or organization for outstanding work on behalf of refugees.It was created in 1954 in honour of Fridtjof Nansen, the legendary Norwegian polar explorer and scientist, and the first UN High Commissioner for Refugees. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4236 ALWIN Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:20:00 GMT Politics Friday, October 30, 2009 Sweden’s star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is now top scorer of the Spanish football league, La Liga. Playing Zaragoza on Sunday evening at his home stadium Nou Camp, Ibrahimovic scored two of Barcelona’s goals - contributing to a 6-1 victory. The Swedish national player has scored 7 goals since the beginning of this season – making him the leading scorer in Spain right now. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4224 ALWIN Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:50:00 GMT Sports Thursday, October 29, 2009 A simple life and a strong social system make Denmark one of the best places on earth to live, according to American talk show star Oprah Winfrey. According to Oprah, one of the most impressive aspects of daily life in Denmark is that the social system allows both for long maternity and paternity leave periods when a child is born. She also touted the state’s support of the health care and educational systems. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4237 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:35:00 GMT Culture Thursday, October 29, 2009 It has long been known that acids can erode tooth enamel but a new Swedish study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that strong alkaline substances can damage teeth too - substances with high pH values can destroy parts of the organic content of the tooth, leaving the enamel more vulnerable. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4230 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:07:00 GMT Science Thursday, October 29, 2009 Kari Traa, Norwegian ski star, one of the most successful women freestyle skiers in the world, ended a long and medal-laden career with the Turin Winter Olympics. Kari has brought home gold medals in both the Olympics and the World Championships in addition to 37 World Cup firsts. After winning the silver medal at the Turin Olympics she “retired” as a professional athlete and is now fully concentrating on her own sportswear label created for wild, fun-loving girls like herself. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4238 SABINA TAGORE EMMANUEL Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:40:00 GMT Sports Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Danish chef Elisa Muncan has been honoured in the latest edition of French culinary restaurant guide Gault Millau as one of the ‘greats of tomorrow’. DR News reports this is the first time a female chef has ever been honoured with the title in the history of the restaurant guide, which is as prestigious as the more well-known Michelin Guides. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4231 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:08:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Iceland places top on the new World Economic Forum ranking of nations by gender equality. The list ranks 134 countries and is intended to measure how nations split responsibility and opportunity between the sexes. Iceland’s rise on the list can partly be attributed to education and women’s participation in politics. The most important example being that the ratio of women in parliament has increased from 33 to 43 percent since the last rankings were made. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4229 ALWIN Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:12:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, October 28, 2009 The British Financial Times newspaper reports that Finland has been ranked as the world’s most prosperous country - not just in terms of money, but also in terms of democracy and the quality of administration. The findings are in the Prosperity Index of the London-based think tank Legatum. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4221 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:13:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, October 27, 2009 ERCIM, The European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, has chosen Teemu Roos from the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT as the winner of the 2009 Cor Baayen Award for a promising young researcher in computer science and applied mathematics. Teemu Roos received his PhD degree from the University of Helsinki, Finland, in September 2007. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4226 ALWIN Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:21:00 GMT Science Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Caroline Woznacki is cementing her reputation as a star on the tennis scene as she is ranked number 4 in the world in the latest Women’s Tennis Association rankings. And at the age of 19, Wozniacki is also the youngest player in the top 10. Wozniacki will face off against the other top 8 female players in the WTA season finale in Qatar this week as they play for a share of the $4.45 million prize money. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4223 ALWIN Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:58:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Ericsson today announced that its Converged Packet Gateway (CPG) has been named a recipient of the 2009 4GWE LTE Visionary Award by Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), a global integrated media company, in conjunction with Crossfire Media. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4191 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:41:00 GMT Business Monday, October 26, 2009 Finland's Tanja Poutiainen won the first Women's World Cup Giant Slalom on Saturday. In the event staged in Sölden, Austria she completed the race with an over-all time of two minutes, 24.96 seconds. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4214 ANU FRANCIS Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:09:00 GMT Sports Monday, October 26, 2009 Arnaldur Indridason, often referred to as “Iceland’s King of Crime,” received The Barry Award for his 2004 novel The Draining Lake at the Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention in Indianapolis last week. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4216 SARAH THOMAS Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:58:00 GMT Culture Monday, October 26, 2009 Finnish animation movie Niko & the Way to the Stars has been nominated as one of the three candidates for a Best Animated Film 2009 by the European Film Academy EFA. The members of EFA will vote the Best Animated Film, which is a brand new category, included in the competition for the very first time. It also won the jury's and voters' first prize at the Cinekid-festival in the Netherlands in October last year. On top of all these acknowledgements, the French Le Film Francais-magazine has chosen Niko as the third best European movie in 2008. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4212 SHYAM Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:56:00 GMT Culture Sunday, October 25, 2009 The City of Jyväskylä mesmerized as the winner of the international city.people.light - competition in Gwangju, South Korea. The award, which was presented in recognition of top class development work on urban lighting solutions, and the accompanying 10,000 Euro prize was given to representatives of the City of Jyväskylä at the annual general meeting of the Lighting Urban Community International, LUCI on October 19th. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4196 ALWIN Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:43:00 GMT Science Sunday, October 25, 2009 Out of 192 member countries, Finland is one of the 22 countries, that has conscientiously paid their United Nations membership fees. The economic stability of the organization depends on the member countries, and large scale funders in particular, to attend to their obligations in their entirety within the set deadline, notes the Under-Secretary-General for Management, Angela Kane. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4206 ALWIN Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:05:00 GMT Politics Saturday, October 24, 2009 On the Cleantech Group's website, Shawn Lesser of Sustainable World Capital takes a global look at cleantech, and puts together his personal ranking of the top ten cleantech countries for 2009. He bases his reasoning on key factors like government initiatives and programmes, large investment mandates and entrepreneurial innovation, as well as cultural and social drivers. And he ranks Denmark the global No.1. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4205 ALWIN Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:23:00 GMT Business Saturday, October 24, 2009 A 19-year-old student from Norway won the Monopoly World Championship in Las Vegas after a fortunate swap of properties led to the demise of his three opponents. Bjorn Halvard Knappskog graduated this summer from the Oslo Private Gymnasium school. He won the title Thursday over New Zealand's Geoff Christopher. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4207 ALWIN Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:15:00 GMT Sports Saturday, October 24, 2009 The prestigious American nature magazine National Geographic has once again chosen the Norwegian fjords as the world's best tourist destination. On a scale 1-100,Norwegian Fjords are at the top with 85 points. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4204 SHYAM Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:11:00 GMT Business Friday, October 23, 2009 The second Earth Explorer satellite(SMOS) launched by the European Space Agency(ESA) will blast off from Russia on November, 2. Finnish researchers have developed radio technology essential to the craft’s mission which is to map soil moisture and ocean salinity. Finnish technology is already in space. For example, the European Hershcel satellite contains a mirror enabling the craft to see further out into space than any other similar piece of equipment. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4199 OLIVER LINDE Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:52:00 GMT Science Friday, October 23, 2009 Sweden edged out Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway to claim the top spot in the 2009 Commitment to Development Index (CDI), an annual ranking compiled by the Center for Global Development (CGD), a Washington, DC-based think tank. “Sweden won this year, thanks to an uptick in the average size of its foreign aid projects -- the CDI favors fewer, larger projects for efficiency -- and an increase in asylum applications accepted from people from poor countries, from 24,000 to 36,000 per year,” said CGD research fellow David Roodman in a statement. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4201 JOHN DUNNIGAN Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:50:00 GMT Politics Friday, October 23, 2009 According to new Swedish research, the children of women who eat vegetables every day while they are pregnant are better protected against type 1 diabetes. The study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University and the Faculty of Health Sciences at Linköping University involved 6000 five year old children. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4194 ALWIN Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:06:00 GMT Science Thursday, October 22, 2009 Researchers have previously been able to analyse which sugar structures are to be found on certain proteins, but not exactly where on the protein they are positioned. This is now possible thanks to a new technique developed at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The technique entails preparing samples in a new way and is a development of applied mass spectrometry. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4200 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:53:00 GMT Science Thursday, October 22, 2009 Norwegian and British authorities are working together in the so-called One North Sea Project to identify suitable formations under the North Sea where carbon dioxide (CO2) can be stored. CO2 has been stored under the seabed off the Norwegian coast for many years. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4149 ALWIN Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:11:00 GMT Science Thursday, October 22, 2009 Finnish contemporary composer Kaija Saariaho, 57, was awarded the prestigious Wihuri Sibelius Prize, which carries with it a cash award of EUR 100,000.The Sibelius Prize is one of the world’s most significant music prizes, awarded to prominent composers who have become internationally known and acknowledged. Kaija Saariaho was the first woman to win this award. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4187 ANU FRANCIS Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:35:00 GMT Culture Wednesday, October 21, 2009 The Nordic countries have carved out a niche for themselves as pioneers in the application of IT to the health sector, and this has been duly noted in the US, reports national daily newspaper Politiken. The report praises Denmark for its introduction of electronic patient journals, and the widening use of electronic communication between GPs, hospitals and local authorities. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4189 SAMUEL Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:14:00 GMT Science Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen has according to isria.com decided to grant EUR 300,000 of humanitarian assistance through the Finnish Red Cross due to the earthquake in Sumatra. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4157 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:24:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, October 21, 2009 An ultra-modern high efficiency incineration plant is on the drawing board at Amagerforbrænding, a waste and energy company in Copenhagen owned by four municipalities in the capital area. In 2015, the new plant will be placed next to the current 38 year old plant, which will be demolished and the space used for a waste pre-sorting system. The new plant can supply electricity and heat to 140,000 households in Copenhagen. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4142 JOHN DUNNIGAN Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:16:00 GMT Science Wednesday, October 21, 2009 The Norwegian Government proposes that $4.7 billion(NOK 27.4) should be allocated to development assistance in 2010. This is an increase of $200 million (NOK 1.2 billion) from 2009. "It is important that Norway maintains its development assistance at this record-high level. Despite the fact that the financial crisis has begun to have a serious impact on poor countries, a number of countries are cutting their aid budgets," said Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4186 ALWIN Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:04:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Nicolas, pioneer in both anatomy and geology, was influenced to use his own powers of observation to make important scientific discoveries. Despite a relatively brief scientific career, Nicholas Stenos work on the formation of rock layers and the fossils they contain was crucial to the development of modern geology. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4185 SABINA TAGORE EMMANUEL Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:48:00 GMT Science Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Finnish financial policy expertise has received international recognition with the appointment of Finnish officials to lead the EU’s top auditing body, as well as the international Task force on Global Financial Crises. Tuomas Pöysti, Auditor General of Finland, and Tytti Yli-Viikari, Vice-president of the National Audit Office of Finland, have been invited to lead the Network of Fiscal Policy Audit, with Dr Heidi Silvennoinen, principal performance auditor at the National Audit Office of Finland taking the role of chief advisor. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4184 SHYAM Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:50:00 GMT Business Tuesday, October 20, 2009 The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has developed new construction principles for concrete that could halve material use, reduce energy consumption, slash construction costs and make possible hitherto undreamed-of architectural expressions. The new technology developed by DTU can be used for buildings, bridges, offshore installations, tunnels and even ships. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4180 SARAH THOMAS Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:05:00 GMT Science Tuesday, October 20, 2009 A Swedish HIV vaccine, Hivis, has shown the best preliminary results the world has seen so far, according to experts. “These are the best preliminary results I’m aware of for a vaccine of this type,” European Union (EU) vaccine expert Manuel Romaris told the Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4179 ANU FRANCIS Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:33:00 GMT Science Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Finland’s public finances are among Europe’s most sustainable thanks to its large assets in the public pension system, according to the European Commission’s Sustainability Report 2009. Finland is at low risk with regard to the long-term sustainability of its public finances in the face of increasing expenditure caused by an ageing population. Finland is also among best placed countries in terms its pension reforms and structural fiscal position. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4176 SHYAM Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:53:00 GMT Politics Monday, October 19, 2009 Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar showed explosive form at the World Cup meet in Durban, South Africa on Saturday chalking up two new world records. Alshammar clocked 58.51 seconds in the heats of the 100m individual medley, three hundredths faster than the time set by Australia's Emily Seebohm last August in Hobart. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4171 SAMUEL Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:52:00 GMT Sports Monday, October 19, 2009 Danisco probably belongs to the category of corporations that are the most anonymous to the general publish, since it is almost never seen or mentioned in any brands that we consume. And yet it is behind most everything that you enjoy everyday. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4156 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:22:00 GMT Business Monday, October 19, 2009 Norway’s Marianne Skarpnord rolled in a six foot birdie putt at the third playoff hole to clinch her second Ladies European Tour victory at the Carta Si Ladies Italian Open in Milan. The 23-year-old Sarpsborg native defeated England’s Laura Davies after she holed a 35 foot uphill putt for eagle at the 459-yard par-five 18th hole in regulation play. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4173 EMIL ANDERSEN Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:19:00 GMT Sports Monday, October 19, 2009 Danish photographer Jakob Holdt has been honoured as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Fogtdal Photographer Award, worth 250,000 kroner. Holdt spent much of the 1970s hitchhiking across the US photographing thousands of both ordinary and famous Americans – a series which later became his book ‘American Pictures’. In honouring Holdt with the prize the committee said he had ‘used photography as a means for shaping a public opinion’. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4152 JOHN DUNNIGAN Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:22:00 GMT Culture Monday, October 19, 2009 The Swedish donation to the survivors of the devastating disaster in South East Asia is more than twice the amount donated by the United States, the world’s richest nation. Sweden is donating SEK 500 million (USD 75.6 million) in relief aid, reported the Swedish paper Aftonbladet. The US is donating USD 35 million. Norway has decided to increase its donations by doubling the original amount and has now allocated NOK 100 million (USD 16.5 million) to the survivors of the disaster. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4166 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:38:00 GMT Politics Monday, October 19, 2009 Middle Earth may be closer than you think – just a few hours’ flight away in Iceland. The magical and physically breathtaking little north-Atlantic island was a major influence on Lord of the Rings creator JRR Tolkien and his famous fantasy world. The Moseley-based author was captivated by the country. His fascination led him to employ an Icelandic nanny and teach his children the Old Norse language, and his books were inspired by retelling and expanding on the land’s many Sagas or legends. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4161 ALWIN Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:05:00 GMT Culture Sunday, October 18, 2009 Midwife Eija Pessinen of Finland has won the Female Inventor of the Year 2009-award. Pessinen's innovation Relaxbirth is a device which supports the body of the delivering mother, allowing her to give birth in a natural position. The device has already been tested in a number of maternity clinics. The competition was organized by the European Women Inventors & Innovators Network. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4145 ANU FRANCIS Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:08:00 GMT Science Sunday, October 18, 2009 Swedish hockey player Nicklas Lidström made NHL history on Thursday when he became the first European defender and only the eighth defender overall to reach 1,000 points. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4165 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:27:00 GMT Sports Sunday, October 18, 2009 Among European nations, Norwegians are found to the most trusting, according to the European Social Survey (ESS), - followed by the other Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland and Sweden. In the survey, persons from 30 nations have been asked if most people can be trusted. Four out of five Norwegians say they trust people "on the whole". Only ten per cent say they are sceptical. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4154 JOHN DUNNIGAN Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:04:00 GMT Culture Saturday, October 17, 2009 According to YLE.fi, starting next July, every person in Finland will have the right to a one-megabit broadband connection, says the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Finland is reportedly the world’s first country to create laws guaranteeing broadband access. The government had already decided to make a 100 Mb broadband connection a legal right by the end of 2015. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4162 ALWIN Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:12:00 GMT Business Saturday, October 17, 2009 A Swedish study has shown that inserting a thermometer into a patient’s mouth or ear is not the most reliable way to determine whether or not someone has a fever. 'Heart cells undergo continual replacement': Swedish study (3 Apr 09) Researchers at Örebro University Hospital have instead shown that the most accurate body temperature readings come from measurements taken by a rectal thermometer, Sveriges Radio (SR) reports. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4151 JOHN DUNNIGAN Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:23:00 GMT Science Saturday, October 17, 2009 Danish Public broadcaster DR has received two International Emmy nominations from the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The broadcaster is a regular feature in the drama category with numerous nominations throughout the years and three wins since 2002. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4103 EMIL ANDERSEN Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:30:00 GMT Culture Friday, October 16, 2009 Britain and Norway are planning the world's longest underwater power cable to share wind farms in the North Sea and help bring down electricity prices. National Grid, the UK's network operator, made an agreement with its Norwegian equivalent, Statnett, to draw up proposals for a link-up that is likely to cost around £1bn. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4106 ALWIN Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Science Friday, October 16, 2009 The Innovation World Challenge 2009 has now announced its winner and runner up. The winner of the challenge is “Late No More”, developed by Antti Virolainen and Juho Makkonen from Helsinki University of Technology in Finland, and they will receive the first price of €5000. Late No More is an automated calendar reminder and public transport route calculator. By combining your Google Calendar and Public Transport provider you can receive SMS reminders with a suggested route based on your current location so that you will arrive at a planned meeting in time. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4147 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:55:00 GMT Science Thursday, October 15, 2009 Kokkola region of Western Finland has been discovered to contain a world-class lithium deposit, which could turn Finland into the biggest producer of lithium batteries in Europe. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4097 OLIVER LINDE Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:52:00 GMT Science Thursday, October 15, 2009 The Finnish Ministry for Social Affairs and Health is set to propose legislation that will see the country pursue a course to a tobacco-free society. If passed, the new laws would make Finland the world’s first country dedicated to eradicating tobacco use. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4133 JOHN DUNNIGAN Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:19:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, October 14, 2009 A heat storage project on the island of Funen, Denmark, could pave the way for a 60 percent reduction in greenhouse energy costs. Horticultural centre Gartneriet Hjortebjerg in Søndersø, north-west of Odense which is in Denmark, has invested 10 million kroner in the project, which is experimenting with storing the summer’s heat for use in the winter. Special curtain panels in the greenhouses trap heat from the sun in the summer and transfer it to the groundwater where it is stored until needed. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4139 ALWIN Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:19:00 GMT Science Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have identified two genes believed to play a role in the development of endometrial cancer. These results may eventually lead to better diagnosis and treatment of this increasingly common form of cancer. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4130 ANU FRANCIS Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:15:00 GMT Science Wednesday, October 14, 2009 The possessions of the late legendary film and theatre director Ingmar Bergman raised 18 million Swedish kronor (2.56 million US Dollars) under an auction which drew interest from around the world. Earlier, the chess set from the Ingmar Bergman film "The seventh seal" was sold for a million Swedish kronor. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4069 ALWIN Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:32:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, October 13, 2009 IT industries and banks for example, need hundreds of thousands of servers to store all their data for which they have to spend 40-60% extra energy on just cooling them. If a large internet media company operating thousands and thousands of servers relocated its servers to Iceland, that company would save greater than half a million metric tons of carbon annually. So you have the cooler climate and an abundance of green energy. Iceland has been busying itself laying fibre optic cables to connect the country with North America and Europe. It means big savings. Iceland hopes and believes in the next five to 10 years this will be one of its biggest industries. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4128 SANTOSH Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:25:00 GMT Business Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius was a Swedish biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1948. He did his doctors degree in 1930 on the moving-boundary method of studying the electrophoresis of proteinsHis interest in proteins and the application of physical methods to biochemical problems led to a much-improved method of electrophoretic analysis. Tiselius took an active part in the reorganization of scientific research in Sweden in the years following World War II, and was President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry 1951-1955. The lunar crater Tiselius is named in his honour. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4129 SABINA TAGORE EMMANUEL Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:26:00 GMT Science Monday, October 12, 2009 AW-Energy, a Finnish clean tech company developing a unique and patented wave energy technology brand named WaveRoller, has signed a 3 million euros contract with the European Union to demonstrate its technology. AW-Energy is the first energy company to sign a big contract with the new EU project http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4102 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:21:00 GMT Business Monday, October 12, 2009 The city of Copenhagen and its happy residents are on the agenda as Oprah’s talk show comes to town. A team from her Harpo production company arrived in the city to scout locations and participants for a Danish segment of the Oprah talk show. The 30-minute segment filmed during Winfrey’s trip will feature locals in Copenhagen showing off the city and their homes and explaining why Denmark is considered the happiest country in the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4066 JOHN DUNNIGAN Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:09:00 GMT Culture Monday, October 12, 2009 Spotify is heating up the mobile music market with contracts on the home front and possible breakthroughs abroad. new collaboration between Swedish mobile provider Telia, while Spotify founder Daniel Ek is travelling to the United States and China to secure new markets for the Swedish streaming music service. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4117 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:19:00 GMT Business Sunday, October 11, 2009 US President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for work on nuclear non-proliferation. The Nobel Committee said he was awarded the prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples". http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4123 AJITH Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:16:00 GMT Politics Saturday, October 10, 2009 Brain damage due to alcohol abuse, previously considered irreversible, may by repairable with the help of growth hormones, Swedish researchers have learned. “This could be a very big discovery,” said Fred Nyberg, a biologist at Uppsala University, to the Upsala Nya Tidning (UNT) newspaper. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4116 MEGAN Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:02:00 GMT Science Saturday, October 10, 2009 Sweden is calling for less talk and more action from major emerging economies in climate issues after Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt expressed concerned over progress at a UN summit in the last week of September. Countries such as China and India must turn public pronouncements on limiting greenhouse gases into "concrete actions," the Swedish EU presidency stated. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4115 SAMUEL Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:58:00 GMT Politics Friday, October 09, 2009 Danish researchers conducted a study to investigate long-term changes in pulmonary function among HIV patients. HIV positive people treated with effective combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) experience improvement in lung function. This prospective study included 63 consecutive HIV patients seen at an outpatient clinic in Copenhagen between October 2000 and March 2007. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4121 SARAH THOMAS Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:43:00 GMT Science Friday, October 09, 2009 Norway's chess ace Magnus Carlsen (18) on Thursday secured victory in the Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament in China. One game remains, against Russia's Dmitry Jacovenk on Friday, but it is already clear that Carlsen has won the season’s first grand slam tournament, according to NRK. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4119 ANU FRANCIS Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:42:00 GMT Sports Friday, October 09, 2009 Finnish researchers say they have discovered a link between low birth weight and a cautious personality in adulthood. Eero Kajantie, a specialist on premature infants, and his research team say their study suggests that premature babies tend to grow into cautious young adults. The researchers suggest that the special care and attention premature babies receive may contribute to the cautious personalities they develop later in life. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4104 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:30:00 GMT Science Thursday, October 08, 2009 Nobel frenzy is sweeping Sweden and the rest of the world. The first week of October sees the Nobel Prize winners revealed one by one. For many years the winners have received the same prize amount, SEK 10 million, in return for their contributions to mankind. Today the best-known prize in the world has a magic that certainly not even its originator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), could have imagined when he wrote his will in 1895. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4114 MEGAN Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:56:00 GMT Culture Thursday, October 08, 2009 Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak is one of three people nominated for the EU parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The prize is given each year to people or organizations that fight for democracy and human rights. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4110 EMIL ANDERSEN Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:28:00 GMT Politics Thursday, October 08, 2009 Iceland leads Europe in internet usage, according to internet world stat. Norway and Denmark follow close behind, with about 85% and 84% respectively.In 2009, according to the eighth survey on the use of Information and Communications technology by Statistics Iceland, 92 percent of Icelandic households had a computer with 90 percent of them all having access to the Internet. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4111 OLIVER LINDE Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:59:00 GMT Business Thursday, October 08, 2009 A study, carried out by the University of Helsinki and the University of Edinburgh has shown that Expectant mothers who eat excessive quantities of liquorice during pregnancy could adversely affect their child's intelligence and behavior, and they were also more likely to have poor attention spans and show disruptive behavior such as ADHD. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4113 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:32:00 GMT Science Thursday, October 08, 2009 Passive houses are the hottest trend among Swedish environmentalists. These ultra-low energy buildings rely on recycled heat and high-level insulation for most of their power needs. And Swedes, forever on the lookout for ways to make their society more sustainable, have embraced the idea. The total energy consumption of passive houses in Sweden is below 45 kilowatt hours per year — a quarter of ordinary houses. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4107 SAMUEL Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:58:00 GMT Science Wednesday, October 07, 2009 The Nordic countries are to invest €14 million in climate projects in developing countries. The money, part of a larger pool of no less than €1 billion, will be channeled through the Nordic Development Fund (NDF). The new funds are earmarked for projects such as solar-power plants in Uganda and Rwanda and technology and knowledge transfer to the poorest countries in the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4081 SAHAY Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:14:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, October 07, 2009 A recent Finland-based study found that middle-aged coffee consumption was not protective against "cognitive decline or preventive against dementia.” Sorry coffee lovers - downing a few cups of coffee throughout the day may spark alertness, but it's unlikely to protect the aging brain from mental decline or dementia, according to researchers from Finland. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4105 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:31:00 GMT Science Wednesday, October 07, 2009 Norway has pledged NOK 20 million in emergency relief to Indonesia and the Philippines, the Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim has announced. “Both Indonesia and the Philippines are requesting assistance after experiencing violent earthquakes and severe flooding. Norway is therefore allocating NOK 20 million towards efforts to alleviate the effects of these devastating natural disasters,” the Minister said. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4086 SARAH THOMAS Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:25:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, October 07, 2009 The Nordic Council of Ministers has left a very clear imprint on the new EU Baltic Sea Strategy, which the EU Commission presented at a series of events in member countries on 10 June. The strategy has four main objectives: to improve the marine environment, enhance prosperity, make the region more accessible and attractive and improve safety and security. Earlier this year, the Nordic Council of Ministers submitted proposals for the content of the strategy and suggested how the Nordic Region can help the EU achieve its objectives. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4080 SHYAM Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:12:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, October 06, 2009 According to the Broadband Quality Study, carried out jointly by Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and network equipment supplier Cisco, Sweden has done the best job at closing the “quality gap” between service offered to residents in cities and those living in rural areas. Sweden’s Broadband Quality Score of 57 puts it at the top of Europe, and in third place globally. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4093 SARAH THOMAS Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:48:00 GMT Business Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Norway has retained its status as the world’s most desirable country to live in, according to UN data released on 5th October. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) index was compiled using 2007 data on GDP per capita, education, and life expectancy, and showed marked differences between the developed and developing world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4091 JOHN DUNNIGAN Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:45:00 GMT Culture Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Sweden, in short, is an exceptional place. On July 1st the Swedes took over the rotating presidency of the European Union for six months. They will oversee the writing of new EU rules on financial supervision and regulation. They must craft a common EU position to take to the Copenhagen climate-change conference in December. And their presidency will be filled with institutional chores. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4092 MEGAN Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:58:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Training employees out of their forgetfulness is, most would probably agree, unrealistic.A more practical solution is a power management module that is programmed to check every computer according to a defined timetable, and thereby identify and close down any inactive PCs that have been left switched on after hours. Such power management module has been developed by the Danish software developer CapaSystems. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4065 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:54:00 GMT Science Tuesday, October 06, 2009 The Nordic Council of Ministers is committed to informing children and young people about climate issues in the run-up to the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen. The Council has launched a new website, klimanorden.org, and will be involved in perhaps the biggest mobile phone experiment ever.. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4082 MEGAN Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:18:00 GMT Politics Monday, October 05, 2009 Sweden has the third best environment for information technology producers, according to a study of 66 countries by the London-based Economist Intelligence Unit. In its third annual study into IT sector competitiveness, the EIU praised Sweden for its “highly developed and widely accessible IT infrastructure and strong support for technology R&D.” http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4089 SAMUEL Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:30:00 GMT Business Monday, October 05, 2009 Homas Harttung, founder of the Aarstiderne organic produce company, has been named as one of Time magazine’s Heroes of the Environment. Harttung founded Aarstiderne from his farm in Barritskov, eastern Jutland, in 1999. It now delivers organic fruit and vegetables to more than 40,000 Danish customers as well as thousands in Sweden and Germany. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4074 ANU FRANCIS Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:11:00 GMT Business Monday, October 05, 2009 Iceland is included in a recently-published article on the most attractive tourist destinations this autumn in The Boston Globe. The main attraction this season is the northern lights, the article states. “Of all the bewitching natural phenomena here, the northern lights, or aurora borealis, are among the most spectacular. Iceland is one of the world’s best locales to see this display,” the article reads. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4085 EMIL ANDERSEN Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:54:00 GMT Culture Monday, October 05, 2009 Aalborg University's Professor Frede Blaabjerg has received the Distinguished Service Award from the IEEE Power Electronics Society in the US. He has been given the award in recognition of his tireless work to advance the position of power electronics in the scientific community. He is the first European to receive the award. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4084 OLIVER LINDE Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:32:00 GMT Science Monday, October 05, 2009 Norway has joined a coalition along with Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Switzerland, the US and UK, who have pledged to donate 10 percent of their supply of the vaccine for the H1N1 virus to developing countries. The initiative was proposed by US President Barack Obama and has the full support of the Norwegian Government, according to the Norway Post. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4060 SARAH THOMAS Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:16:00 GMT Politics Monday, October 05, 2009 Children who are the most popular and powerful at school also enjoy better health in adult life compared to counterparts at the bottom end of the pecking order, said a Swedish study. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4073 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:21:00 GMT Science Sunday, October 04, 2009 The Finnish Red Cross has sent an airplane to West Africa loaded with relief supplies for those rendered homeless by floods in Burkina Faso. The delivery, one of the FRC's largest-ever donations of material assistance, is being sent with 400,000 euros in support from the Foreign Ministry. The FRC is also donating 100,000 euros from its catastrophe fund to help victims. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4075 OLIVER LINDE Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:13:00 GMT Politics Sunday, October 04, 2009 November is the month of Finnish design, architecture and creativity in the Spanish capital city of Madrid. Finnish design and architecture are on display in a number of the city's central culture and exhibition spaces, when Med del Diseño Finlandés - design month brings a comprehensive overview of Finnish expertise. The Finnish Institute in Madrid together with the Embassy of Finland in Spain and the City of Madrid has prepared a grand repertoire including exhibitions, seminars and other events. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4056 ALWIN Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:13:00 GMT Business Sunday, October 04, 2009 Iceland ranked third out of 33 European countries in the area of health care, according to Belgian health care indexing company Health Consumer Powerhouse. According to their country summary, Iceland scores 811 points from a potential 1,000 and generally performs better than most countries already members of the European Union http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4061 ANU FRANCIS Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:16:00 GMT Science Saturday, October 03, 2009 Sweden’s Sophie Gustafson scored a long-awaited professional golf victory, her first in more than five years, by winning the$1.1 million LPGA Challenge in California. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4057 EMIL ANDERSEN Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:39:00 GMT Sports Saturday, October 03, 2009 Henrik Ruben Genz' "Terribly Happy" is the Danish contender for the 2010 Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film. Denmark previously won Academy awards for Gabriel Axel's "Babette's Feast" in 1988 and Bille August's "Pelle the Conqueror" in 1989. Susanne Bier's "After the Wedding" was nominated for an Oscar in 2007. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4048 ANU FRANCIS Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:16:00 GMT Culture Saturday, October 03, 2009 Helsinki Energy constructs a mobile phone controlled charging point for electric cars. The first charging point will be opened in downtown Helsinki in November. It is part of an ongoing research project by Helsinki Energy and the Helsinki University of Technology which maps the situation of electric cars in the capital city until 2030. The joint enterprise of Helsinki Energy and EPV Energy Ltd, Suomen Merituuli Oy wind farm projects, can produce well over the required amount of energy to cover the electricity demand of the city's road traffic. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4071 Alwin Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:14:00 GMT Science Friday, October 02, 2009 The President of the Norwegian Storting (Norwegian parliament) and the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjoern Jagland, was elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe by the organization’s Parliamentary Assembly. Jagland received 165 votes, his opponent, former Polish prime minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, 80 votes. As a former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Thorbjoern Jagland was regarded as well qualified for the position. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4067 JOHN DUNNIGAN Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:14:00 GMT Politics Friday, October 02, 2009 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal of Norway is the 2009 winner of the women's European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award presented by MONDO. Grøvdal will be presented with her European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award at the European Athletics Convention in Budapest on Saturday 17th October. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4049 EMIL ANDERSEN Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT Sports Friday, October 02, 2009 So your smartphone is a very neat bit of tech, serving up your cellphone, portable gaming and MP3 needs...but have you ever wondered if it could be designed to be more friendly? CIID students Kevin Cannon and Tobias Toft definitely think so, and developed a proof-of-concept UI while working on a 2-week study course with Nokia. Click to read more about the interesting concept http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4054 JOHN DUNNIGAN Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:30:00 GMT Business Thursday, October 01, 2009 Elsa Enäjärvi-Haavio, a Finnish woman pioneer in science, and social influences, was the first of Finnish and comparative folk poem research field doctorate doctoral woman (1932) and the first female senior lecturer (1947). She was a versatile and active player, who took part in various activities of NGOs, policy, knowledge of the writer and newspaper woman, and was a survey a pioneer in Finland http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4076 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:35:00 GMT Culture Thursday, October 01, 2009 The 2007 crime novel Hardskafi (Hypothermia) by Iceland’s most popular crime author Arnaldur Indridason has been released in Germany as Kälteschlaf. Meanwhile, Indridason’s The Draining Lake (2004), has appeared in paperback in the US for the first time. Iceland will be the special guest of honor at the 2011 Frankfurt Book Fair, so special emphasis is being placed on new releases of Icelandic books in Germany. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4053 DESIRÉE LINDH Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:03:00 GMT Culture Thursday, October 01, 2009 The biggest event of its kind in Scandinavia, the annual Gothenburg International Book Fair in Sweden attracts a mix of authors, publishers, agents, teachers, librarians and book lovers. Primarily a networking event for the publishing industry, the fair is nonetheless a delight for any literary enthusiast and provides a great opportunity to browse through the many books on display, including works by established writers as well as titles by new and emerging talents. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4035 ALWIN Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:10:00 GMT Culture Thursday, October 01, 2009 Vitamin D deficiency could lead to higher mortality rates due to cardiovascular disease, according to Finnish researchers. A shortage of the vitamin could also result in many other chronic illnesses. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4041 OLIVER LINDE Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:50:00 GMT Science Thursday, October 01, 2009 The international readiness unit of the Finnish Air Force is the first such force from a non-NATO country to be granted the NATO quality standard. This allows the unit to officially be available for use in international crisis management operations. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4050 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:42:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Danish wrestler Mark O. Madsen nailed a silver medal at the World Wrestling Championships on his home turf in Herning. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4059 OLIVER LINDE Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:15:00 GMT Sports Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Norway has joined a coalition along with Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Switzerland, the US and UK, who have pledged to donate 10 percent of their supply of the vaccine for the H1N1 virus to developing countries. The initiative was proposed by US President Barack Obama and has the full support of the Norwegian Government, according to the Norway Post. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4055 ALWIN Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:56:00 GMT Politics Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Denmark is ranked as one of 20 leading sports nations on Sportcal world's leading international sports media’s latest ranking list. Denmark is ranked just after Top-10, which includes nations much bigger than Denmark. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4039 EMIL ANDERSEN Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:43:00 GMT Sports Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Middle-aged women with large abdominal fat cells have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life compared to women with smaller fat cells. Waist circumference divided by body height can also be used to determine which women are at risk - shown in a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4025 OLIVER LINDE Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:48:00 GMT Science Tuesday, September 29, 2009 The new supercomputer of the Finnish Meteorological Institute will speed up the calculations for weather forecasts. The capacity of the supercomputer is 20 times larger than that of the current equipment, thanks to which even more accurate forecasts will be ready twice as fast as currently. The equipment provides also better possibilities for researching climate change and retracing the diffusion of radioactive substances. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4037 ALWIN Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:10:00 GMT Science Monday, September 28, 2009 Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic made history, scoring his fifth goal in five consecutive games as Barcelona overcame Malaga 2-0 in La Liga. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4047 SARAH THOMAS Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:15:00 GMT Sports Monday, September 28, 2009 With the need to decarbonize electricity generation now widely accepted as a must-do, renewable energy will come to represent an increasing proportion of the volts and amps we consume in the future. Resources like solar power and wind power for example, have the important advantages of being universally available and carbon-free. Denmark is widely acknowledged as a frontrunner in potentially lucrative smart grid technology. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4014 OLIVER LINDE Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:33:00 GMT Science Monday, September 28, 2009 IT giant Microsoft has reached an agreement with Icelandic IT Company LS Retail on purchase of its software. The software, Dynamics AX, is used for retail computer systems in 140 countries around the world. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4029 SARAH THOMAS Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:22:00 GMT Business Sunday, September 27, 2009 Norwegian energy provider Statkraft is constructing its first solar park 60 kilometres to the south of Rome. Several other projects are also planned in the south of Italy. The construction of our first solar park is an important milestone in our work to meet the world’s need for pure energy, says Executive Vice President Jon Brandsar of Statkraft. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4044 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:55:00 GMT Business Sunday, September 27, 2009 The latest global analysis from Transparency International (TI) has judged Denmark to be the least corrupt country in the world for the second year running. Taking statistics from the Corruption Perception Index and a number of surveys, TI ranks Denmark in the top spot, closely followed by New Zealand and Sweden. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4036 ALWIN Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:47:00 GMT Politics Sunday, September 27, 2009 New research based on a study of twins suggests that rigorous exercise can counter a genetic susceptibility to weight gain, finds a fresh Finnish-Danish study. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4030 OLIVER LINDE Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:41:00 GMT Science Saturday, September 26, 2009 Nokia has reached the first place in the 2009-10 edition of the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Already rated for several years as the leader within the Europe and Communications categories, this year Nokia was also chosen as "World Technology Supersector Leader" making it number one across the entire global technology sector. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4011 ALWIN Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:27:00 GMT Business Saturday, September 26, 2009 VTT Technical Research Centre Finland has investigated different possible uses for community waste. According to research carried out by VTT for instance separately collected organic waste could be utilized as the raw material of ethanol fuel producing biorefinery. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4001 SARAH THOMAS Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:30:00 GMT Science Saturday, September 26, 2009 The Moomins are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts (and later in Finnish by WSOY) in Finland. The Moomins was a wonderful little adventure series in the 1980s. In all, nine books were released in the series, with five picture books and a comic strip also written by Jansson being released between 1945 and 1993. The Moomins have since been the basis for numerous television series, films and even a theme park in Finland. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4046 SABINA TAGORE IMMANUEL Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:33:00 GMT Business Friday, September 25, 2009 Danish table tennis player Michael Maze takes gold at the European Championships in Stuttgart. He has completed a breathtaking unbeaten run at the European table tennis Championship in Stuttgart to claim the men’s singles title. Maze also contributed significantly to Denmark claiming a silver medal in the team event. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4015 SARAH THOMAS Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:16:00 GMT Sports Friday, September 25, 2009 Finland is recognized worldwide for the success of its education system and the stellar performance of its students. The country is consistently at the top or close to the top of international ranks of math, science, and reading accomplishment. The Conference is convened deliberately in Helsinki, Finland, in the hope that this worldwide delegation could learn from Finland’s own success in preparing its K-12 and university educators to meet the demands of an increasingly inter-connected and technologically advanced workforce. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4026 SARAH THOMAS Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:00:00 GMT Education Friday, September 25, 2009 An overview from certification bodies in Norway shows that 700 Norwegian companies are certified according to the international standard for environmental management systems, ISO 14001. This is an increase of 16 percent from the same period in 2008. The past year has also seen an increase in the certification of quality management systems, occupational safety, information security and food safety. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=3998 ALWIN Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:54:00 GMT Business Friday, September 25, 2009 International geochemistry experts believe Iceland could become a global leader in the field of carbon binding in basalt rock. The industry could potentially be worth as much internationally as the oil industry, as countries try new ways to reduce their carbon emissions. Work is underway to begin binding carbon dioxide emissions from the Hellisheidavirkjun geothermal power station in basalt rocks early next year. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4010 JOHN DUNNIGAN Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:49:00 GMT Science Friday, September 25, 2009 Sony Ericsson launched world’s first ever” motion-activated headphones that actually sense the user. With some headphones, we just stick in the ear buds and zone out. But if someone calls while we’re on the treadmill, it might not be so easy to switch gears and answer the phone. Now we can just insert it turn on our music and when we get that oh-so-important call – pull out the ear bud to answer the phone. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4031 EMIL ANDERSEN Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:06:00 GMT Business Thursday, September 24, 2009 Sweden based RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ.) has entered into a partnership and licensing agreement with Westdeutsches Protonentherapiezentrum Essen gGmbH (WPE). WPE is a proton therapy center under construction at the University Hospital in Essen, Germany. The partnership means that RaySearch will provide a comprehensive proton treatment planning system that will be used for planning patient treatments at the WPE when it becomes operational. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=3995 CARL FILIP Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:35:00 GMT Business Thursday, September 24, 2009 Towns and cities across Finland had declared Tuesday on the 22nd of September of 2009, a carfree day, part of the EU's mobility week initiative, with some public transport fares reduced. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4019 CHARLOTTE HÖIJE Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:11:00 GMT Politics Thursday, September 24, 2009 The Swedish Krona is continuing to strengthen against the British Pound and is now the strongest it has been since 1996. The positive outlook for the Swedish economy means that the Krona is now doing better against a whole range of currencies. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4024 ANU FRANCIS Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:44:00 GMT Business Thursday, September 24, 2009 Swedish boxer Maria Lindberg took the middleweight world champion boxing crown, registering a resounding victory over Brit Sara Davis in Rülzheim, Germany. The Swedish champion, who recently rejoined the world of boxing after an imposed ten year ban following a cerebral haemorrhage, dominated the match, which was only her fifth fight as a professional. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4004 JOHN DUNNIGAN Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:31:00 GMT Sports Thursday, September 24, 2009 The problem with grid-powered electric cars, bikes, and scooters is that you never know what’s supplying their energy. Is it coal, solar, nuclear, or some combination of the three? Enter the E-Move Charging Station, a solar-powered filling station in Bozen, Denmark that can charge up to eight vehicles at the same time. With the E-Move station, you’ll always know where your vehicles power is coming from – the sun! http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=3985 ALWIN Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:07:00 GMT Science Thursday, September 24, 2009 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, on behalf of the Danish government as hosts of the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 (COP15), on 21 September, 2009 announced a new collaboration with the global internet company Google. The aim of the collaboration is to increase global engagement in climate change in the run-up to and during COP15 at Copenhagen in December. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4023 ALWIN Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:58:00 GMT Politics Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Denmark inaugurated the world's biggest offshore wind farm in time to serve as a showcase of its green technological prowess before a global climate conference in Copenhagen in December. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=3987 ANU FRANCIS Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:32:00 GMT Science Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Norway's Lotte Lien (21) is European Boxing Champion, capturing the gold medal in the welterweight class, beating Polish Katarzyna Furmuniak 5-0 in the city of Nikolajev in Ukraine last week. Lien had full control throughout the match and won a clear victory. http://www.scandinavianleadership.com/article.aspx?articleid=4008 JOHN DUNNIGAN Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:41:00 GMT Sports Wednesday, September 23, 2009