Pirate Bay Logo Patented By Swedish Retailer, Intent to Exploit

Oh the irony. An online Swedish retailer has registered a patent to the infamous Pirate Bay logo of a pirate ship flying a cassette-tape image and crossbones sail. And get this: the company, Sandryds Handel,...

Bulgaria Declares Swine Flu Epidemic without vaccinces

"Bulgaria's Chief Epidemiologist, Angel Kunchev, has told the BNT that unfortunately there were no A(H1N1) vaccines available in Bulgaria at the moment but said that medications and vaccines would soon be procured from Germany and Sweden." "Bulgaria's Health Ministry...

Torbjörn Törnqvist’s explains Gunvor’s success (interview)

Torbjörn Törnqvist, Gunvor’s dicreet oil trading giant Gunvor’s co-owner (along with Gennady Timchenko) gave an exclusive interview to Swedish business magazine Affars Varlden.According to me, the most interesting part of this rare interview is not Törnqvist’s...

Gay couples can marry in church, Sweden has ruled

Gay couples can marry in churches in Sweden,  because an adjustment was made to the statement of pronouncing a couple "man and wife".   The only opposing party,  the Christian Democrats,...

Alternative Award, to the Nobel Peace Prize, Winners Announced

" "Despite the scientific warnings about the imminent threat and disastrous impacts of climate change and despite our knowledge about solutions, the global response to this crisis is still painfully slow and...

Leonardo da Vinci Picture Revealed By Fingerprint

Peter Silverman, a Canadian-born art collector may now be in possession of an original drawing by Leonardo da Vinci of Bianca Maria Sforza. After purchasing what he believed to be an ordinary drawing back in 2007,...

Chavez joins long list of critics of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez joins a long list of critics against United States President Barack Obama's receipt of The Nobel Peace Prize award. "Chavez believes Obama didn't make any notable accomplishments to...

Online Petition Targets Nobel Peace Prize Committee

An online petition sponsored by nobelpeace.eu targets The Nobel Peace Prize committee (The Norwegian Nobel Committee) objecting against the committee's choice of  President Barack Hussein Obama as this year's...

Trio awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving ribosome riddle

Two Americans and one Israeli scientists will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.   Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath have been awarded the prize for...

Nobel Prize Week: Latest News, History, Social Media

The Nobel Prize, an achievement recognizing award for the cream-of-the-crop luminaries, is being handed out all throughout this week -- October 5 to 12. This year marks the 114th anniversary of the Nobel Prize...

Canadian Scientist awarded Nobel Prize for Physics with 2 others

Willard S. Boyle, a Canadian born scientist, will be sharing the Nobel Prize for Physics with two other scientist. The scientists were instrumental in developing digital technology.  They developed the CCD...

Three U.S. Scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine

Three U.S. scientists have been recognized by the Krolinska Institute in Sweden for their discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. This discovery has implications for...

Ingmar Bergman's Possessions Auctioned Off

Film icon Ingmar Bergman's personal belongings are fetching much higher prices than expected at a public auction in Sweden. Bergman's eight children of six different mothers inherited all his real estate,...

Masked Robbers Use Helicopter To Rob Cash Depot In Stockholm

Robbers with machine guns and explosives used a stolen helicopter to break into a dash depot in Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday morning. The robbers stole a BELL 206B helicopter, landed it on the roof of G4S Cash,...

Swedish Soccer Players Told To Skip Handshakes Over H1N1 Concerns

Swedish soccer players have been advised against shaking hands before and after matches as is traditionally done to avoid getting infected with swine flu. H1N1 (swine) flu is known to spread easily via aerosols emitted by sick individuals. The air droplets containing viral...

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