Late Tuesday afternoon, the police were alerted to a shooting at a hair salon near Vaksala Square in Uppsala. Judging by the names of the gangs, they were modeled on American youth criminal organisations that determine law and order in disadvantaged urban areas of the USA.

Every winter, shipping with goods to North and East Greenland is temporarily stopped due to ice conditions. But a citizen of Upernavik believes that the recurring shortage of goods should be handled better, perhaps like in Greenland's Arctic neighbour, Russia.

Nunavik teachers and education professionals are planning a 17-day strike in May as negotiations toward a new collective agreement continue into their 30th month.

Alaska is the first state to pass a law specifically requiring cancer warnings for alcohol sales.

King Frederik and the Chairman of the Greenland Government, Jens-Frederik Nielsen (D), set off on a short sailing trip on the fjord at Nuuk on April 29.

The military end cannot justify the means of polluting drinking water, air, and soil with toxic chemicals, as military build-up in Alaska reveals.

The murder of three people on April 29 in Uppsala falls under the category of mass shootings and was most likely the result of a showdown between criminal migrant groups.

Uncertain times in the world mean that oil prices could fall in a short time. But there is no danger of a crisis in the Norwegian oil industry anytime soon, according to experts.