Sweden’s National Food Agency wants to see a Europe-wide review of phosphorus levels in food after a recent study found that high doses of the chemical can double the risk of premature death. Newspaper Svenska Dagbladet writes that Swedish men … Read More
Russian homes are using up to two times more energy than those in climatically similar regions of Europe and the United States, and now the national housing authority wants to tackle the problem by working with the Energy Ministry to build energy-efficient housing. Many residential buildings in Russia have been constructed … Read More
A third of HIV sufferers in Germany do not know they are infected with the disease, with doctors warning that the number of new infections remains high, ahead of World Aids Day on Sunday. According to figures from the Robert … Read More
Finnish subsidiaries of foreign companies employed close to 250,000 workers in Finland last year, according to Statistics Finland. The number crunchers say that represents about 15 percent of all personnel employed in the country. Statistics Finland said that about 3,000 … Read More
Several large Swedish fashion companies have said they will stop buying clothes containing angora fur from China, until they have been assured that no cruelty against the rabbits providing the soft fur. The decision comes after the British animal rights … Read More
The Estonian government decided today that starting 2014, employers are allowed to pay a minimum of 2.13 euros an hour to employees and the monthly minimum payment rate for full-time work is 355 euros, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.Starting January 1, 2015, … Read More
First of all, as a One BSR blogger, I would like to say big thanks to all those, who made Experience BSR trip happen. It was really great to be provided with an opportunity to visit three capital cities of … Read More
The Danish government is lobbying the European Commission in Brussels to prevent the mink from ending up on the ‘invasive species’ list of animals which Brussels wants to keep away from Europe because of the environmental damage they can cause. … Read More
Taking political responsibility for the Zolitude tragedy, Latvia’s Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis has decided to resign from his post. Dombrovskis announced his decision shortly after his meeting with President of Latvia Andris Berzins this Wednesday, November 27. Dombrovskis said Latvia … Read More
Tallinn hotels are preparing for another wage of Russian revellers who will be arriving to spend a New Year’s Eve in Tallinn, writes Eesti Päevaleht. Most hotels in Tallinn say that they are fully booked from December until mid-January. According … Read More
The Cabinet of Ministers in Latvia yesterday approved amendments to the Energy Law to ensure third parties’ access to Latvia’s natural gas supply system, informs LETA/Nozare.lv. At the moment, there is one vertically-integrated company in Latvia – Latvijas Gaze – … Read More
As figures show an increase in poverty despite record employment rates, and the potential new government argues about a universal minimum wage, German job centres are suing employers for paying less than €2 an hour. When businesses take on people … Read More
Sales of conventional mobile phones are still outstripping smartphones in Poland but a new report indicates that the tables will turn in 2014. According to the so-called Mobility Market report by Ericsson Consumer Lab, about 18 percent of Polish mobile … Read More
Lithuania’s Speaker of the parliament, Seimas,Loreta Grauziniene said that the European Union had one of the strictest environment requirements in the world. According to Grauziniene, there was a lot of achieved while implementing the strategic projects of the Baltic Sea … Read More
People living in the centre of cities have a lower Body Mass Index (BMI) than people living further from the city centres. A study made by the University of Oulu has found this differences. “The further away people live from … Read More
70% of around 230,000 new jobs created in Sweden have gone to people born outside Sweden. Although youth unemployment remains high in the Nordic country, Sweden’s integration minister has welcomed the statistics. Erik Ullenhag has told in an interview with … Read More
With over 14 million EU citizens resident in another Member State on a stable basis, free movement – or the ability to live, work and study anywhere in the Union – is the EU right most cherished by Europeans. The … Read More
Lithuanian company Fima engaged in intelligent engineering solutions will lay around 1,000 kilometres of fibre cables in remote areas, thus even more people will have access to high-speed internet. This is a part of the broadband network expansion project RAIN-2 … Read More
I have never met such a wide variety of architecture in one place as Estonian town Tartu has! The town united three different cultures (German, Nordic and Soviet) and represents absolutely unique case! Do not be surprised to see standing … Read More
Sweden’s first retirement home for elderly members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities opened in Stockholm on Friday, capping a four-year effort that may spark a new trend. On Friday afternoon, residents and supporters of the Regnbågen (‘Rainbow’) … Read More
