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Solar panels do not like snow, but a 50-yr-old automobile invention might help

4 January 20234 January 2023 by Marcel Burger

Environment-minded home owners in the further north of the world might have struggled with it already: how to keep the solar panels snow-free. A brush is the quickest solution, but a lot of work – even more for larger solar […]

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The Finnish church where many could have died

4 January 20234 January 2023 by Marcel Burger

Behold of the church of Rautjärvi, Finland, as it was. Because during the Christmas 2022 mass it burned down. The arsonist behind it even tied the exit doors, but judging the police reports we now know why the 40 people […]

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Third biggest CO2 polluter of Norway to be demolished

4 January 20234 January 2023 by Marcel Burger

The third biggest CO2 polluter of Norway, the gas-powered electricity plant on Melkøya island in Hammerfest, will be demolished. Owner Equinor says the floating LNG factory planned here will be entirely run on electricity from the grid instead. Image: The […]

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New Evidence: Pope John Paul II Did Little or Nothing Against Child Abuse

3 December 20223 December 2022 by Marcel Burger

Accusations that former Polish-born pope John Paul II did little against child abuse inside the Catholic church are not new. But a Dutch journalist says he knew it even for a very long time when John Paul was still archbishop […]

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A girl brushes a solar panel at Grange Farm, Balcombe, United Kingdom (Photo by 1010UK (CC))
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Solar panels do not like snow, but a 50-yr-old automobile invention might help

4 January 20234 January 2023

Environment-minded home owners in the further north of the world might have struggled with it already: how to keep the solar panels snow-free. A brush is the quickest solution, but a lot of work – even more for larger solar […]

The Rautjävi church of 1881, which was burned down during Christmas 2022 (Photo by MFKI (CC))
#Finland#Nordics#Top Stories

The Finnish church where many could have died

4 January 20234 January 2023

Behold of the church of Rautjärvi, Finland, as it was. Because during the Christmas 2022 mass it burned down. The arsonist behind it even tied the exit doors, but judging the police reports we now know why the 40 people […]

Melkøya LNG production plant, Hammerfest, Norway (Press photo by Equinor)
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Third biggest CO2 polluter of Norway to be demolished

4 January 20234 January 2023

The third biggest CO2 polluter of Norway, the gas-powered electricity plant on Melkøya island in Hammerfest, will be demolished. Owner Equinor says the floating LNG factory planned here will be entirely run on electricity from the grid instead. Image: The […]

Statue of pope John Paul II at his former home as archbishop of Krakow (Photo by Marcel Burger)
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New Evidence: Pope John Paul II Did Little or Nothing Against Child Abuse

3 December 20223 December 2022

Accusations that former Polish-born pope John Paul II did little against child abuse inside the Catholic church are not new. But a Dutch journalist says he knew it even for a very long time when John Paul was still archbishop […]

A Sikorsky HKP16 (UH-60M) Blackhawk of the Swedish Armed Forces at the Swedish Armed Forces Air Show 2018, Uppsala
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Another Espionage Scandal Hits Sweden

22 November 20224 January 2023

UPDATED 3 DECEMBER 2022 | Sweden seems to be under the spell of espionage. In the same month as many juicy details of probably the biggest contra-espionage failure in recent Swedish history came out, the Swedish security police arrested another […]

Finnish mine-counter vessels Katanpää (40) and Vahterpää (42). (Photo by Finnish Armed Forces)
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Finnish Navy Kicks Off Yearly Exercise with Substantial NATO presence

22 November 20224 January 2023

In its biggest exercise of the year the Finnish navy kicks off Freezing Winds ’22 on 22 November, with an for this training unusual high number of NATO participants. It is the first time since Finland applied for NATO member […]

A public toilet outside the Royal Palace of Stockholm (Photo Eric Kilby)
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Espionage Scandal Hits Swedish Intelligence at Its Core

14 November 20223 December 2022

Two brothers with Iranian roots have been arrested in Sweden for what looks like a giant espionage scandal that hits the country’s basic intelligence services at its core. The oldest brother was a senior leader within the most secret part […]

Sami clothing (Photo by Let Things Compete)
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Rights of Indigenous Sami Parliament Leads to Political Fight in Finland

10 November 20223 December 2022

In Finland the voting rights for the Sámi people’s representation (Sameting / Saamelaiskäräjät) have let to a political fight within the Finnish government. Prime Minister Sanna Marin wishes to bring a new, reformed Sámi law in parliament, but her Finance […]

Northern Lights staff at the facilities in Øygarden, Norway (Photo by Ole Jørgen Bratland/Equinor)
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The World’s First Big Carbon Capture Storage is On, in Norway

9 November 20223 December 2022

It is said to be the world’s first big, commercial carbon capture storage deal, and Norway is where it happens. Off the coast of Bergen, in the seabed of the North Sea, CO2 will be stored to help combat the […]

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Sweden Not Prepared For War

1 November 202222 November 2022

Sweden is not prepared to last during a war. To protect the civilian population and to make the country resilient in case of conflict almost EUR 3 billion a year is necessary for the biggest needs, according to the civilian […]

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Public schools as a money machine, again under scrutiny in Sweden. Last year, the International English School (Engelskaskolan) has funnelled more than EUR 50 million from public money from its 46 schools to the owners' holding company. #education #Sweden

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Explosive device damages the entrance and windows of an industrial building in Helsingborg, Sweden, last night. No one got hurt. #explosionssweden #Sweden

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Poland does not seem very willing to deliver 14 promised Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, unless the European Union pays for them, Polish and EU sources say. #Poland #Ukraine #military

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Grenade or small explosive device attack damaged a building at Gothenburg's mainstreet Kungsportsavenyn, early this Friday morning. No one was physically hurt. #gothenburg #explosionssweden #Sweden

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Norway will announce today it will buy 54 Leopard 2 tanks from Germany, to supplement the 36 it already has. A small number of those older ones will be shipped to the Ukrainian armed forces. (NRK) #Norway #military

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In 2006 I left my family, friends and the security of a relatively steady editorial job in the Netherlands to move to Sweden, for love. I criss-crossed through my new land like crazy to make a travel guide book, added a new career as a language teacher at elementary and lower secondary schools, and became a freelance Scandinavia correspondent & fixer for Belgian and Dutch media. Since Summer 2021 I live and work as a news and content creator in Poland.

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