The UN Child Right’s Committee gives recommendations to Finland
The results include the UN Child Right’s Committee's main concerns and recommendations on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child...
3 Nordics among Global Leaders to spearhead the fight against malnutrition...
The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, initiated in 2010 by the former Secretary-General, continues its drive to improve nutrition for all people, everywhere, with...
Burkina Faso: the world’s most neglected crisis
For the first time, Burkina Faso tops the list of the world’s most neglected displacement crises, according to a new report from the Norwegian...
No Tobacco Day: Low smoking rates in the Nordic Countries
The Nordic countries are low both in terms of smoking habits and tobacco-related mortality - Sweden is the lowest. Today is No Tobacco Day....
Swedish freedom of press ordinance among new inscriptions on UNESCO’s Memory...
The Swedish Freedom of the Press Ordinance of 1766 is among 64 documentary collections that have been added to UNESCO´s Memory of the World...
The much beloved Atlantic puffin in graver danger than estimated
The Atlantic Puffin, one of the world´s most photographed birds, may be in more danger of extinction than scientists had estimated. It has already...
From Greenland to the Golan heights
UN Peacekeeping 75. Commander Janne Kristina Larsen has served in the Danish military and in peacekeeping from the glaciers of Greenland to the Golan...
UN Peacekeeping 75: “We give people hope that they are not...
UN Peacekeeping 75. Søren is a major in the Danish military who is currently deployed as a UN Military Observer in UNTSO, the UN...
Family Day: Nordic fertility rates in steady decline
In recent years, fertility rates have fallen sharply in the Nordic countries. In these social welfare states these figures remain an unexpected mystery, subject...
IMF on Denmark: Impressive post-pandemic recovery
Denmark has achieved an impressive post-pandemic recovery. Output and employment level are now well above its pre-pandemic trajectory, contributing to inflationary pressures, according to...
Migratory birds: to the moon and back in a lifetime
World Migratory Bird Day. Every year the world champion of migratory birds, the Arctic tern, flies up to 70,000 kilometers. It is the harbinger...
IMF mission to Iceland: economy overheating and inflation above target
Iceland has shown remarkable resilience to multiple shocks since 2019. The growth outlook is broadly favorable though accompanied by imbalances and subject to significant...
Nordic countries top the press freedom index
Four of the Nordic countries are among the top five on the World Press Freedom index of Reporters without borders. For the seventh year...
IAEA commends Sweden’s Management of Radioactive Waste
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to Sweden says that the country has a comprehensive, robust and well-functioning system for safely managing radioactive...
Sweden increases contribution for UNICEF in Yemen
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has contributed SEK 25 million (US$2.44 million) in flexible funding to UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC)....