Bring Home the Votes

“We have to put more focus on the lack of women in Kaafjord,” says mayor Aage Pedersen. He has proposed that the Arctic Norwegian village subsidize trips for local bachelors to Asia, Russia or Poland to find wives and bring them back to Kaafjord. He hopes the plan will counter the town’s steady, decade-long decline in population. (Reuters) ...It’s a small world: the president of the U.S. is focused on bringing more women home too.