The Norwegian government has resisted public pressure to offer a mountain summit to neighbouring Finland as part of its independence centenary celebrations. Norway considers giving mountain to Finland as 100th birthday present Read moreA Facebook campaign to hand over the immovable present garnered 17,000 signatures. The lofty gift-giving idea ran up against Article 1 of the Norwegian constitution which stipulates the kingdom of Norway is “indivisible and inalienable”. “We will think of another worthy gift to celebrate the occasion of [the] Finland centenary,” Solberg added. Prior to its independence, the “Grand Duchy of Finland” was part of the Russian empire.

Source: The Guardian October 15, 2016 00:48 UTC