U.S. squirm in Scandinavian spying row
The United States has sought to ease tensions over spying claims in Norway, Denmark and Sweden, admitting to the program but saying it was customary.
Sweden’s King revealed as cheating stripper-lover
The image of Sweden’s royal family was thrown into disarray last week after a book accused the country’s quiet, bespectacled king of attending wild se...
Icelanders “Come back home” to Norway
Two Norwegian men recently sent a press release to Icelandic media inviting Icelanders to move back to Stongfjorden in Norway. Stongfjorden, located o...
United airlines emergency lands with a sick passenger
A Boeing 777 aircraft from the U.S. carrier United Airlines, on its way from London to San Francisco, had to make an unscheduled landing in Iceland th...
Frequent flyers warned jet lag kills mice
Persistent jet lag could be more harmful than previously thought after a study found mice that have their sleep patterns disturbed have a higher morta...
Increased household debt in Sweden worries Central Bank
Svenska Dagbladet reports that the Governor of Sweden’s Central Bank, Stefan Ingves has expressed concerns over the continued increase of househ...
Poo bear shuns the woods
Councillors in a Swedish community are watching their backs after a bear left a dirty protest outside the town hall. The suspicious pile of dung was d...
Anti-tank grenade fired at biker’s home
A Danish biker narrowly escaped a dramatic assassination attempt when an anti-tank grenade was fired at his home. Police say no one was injured when t...