Greenland lands its first native whale in 37 years
It’s been 37 years coming, but a Greenlandic bowhead whale has been hunted and caught near the town of Qeqertarsuaq, thus finally filling its special ...
Gordon Brown answers Iceland’s protests
In an answer from the British PM office it’s said that Mr. Brown was referring to the agreement between the Icelandic Government and the IMF in regard...
Swedish peace protestors sentenced over warplane vandalism
Three Swedish peace activists from the group Avrusta (Disarm), whose mission is to stop Sweden from exporting weapons, have been sentenced to prison f...
Half of Swedes won’t vote in Euro elections
In a recent poll, more than half of Swedes claim they will not vote in the upcoming elections for the European Parliament. The numbers were fairly equ...
Denmark’s shipping industry suffering from piracy
The Danish shipping industry, which is one the world’s largest, is facing extra costs of up to one billion kroner from increased insurance and efforts...
Sweden to get Europe’s biggest wind farm?
Plans have been set in motion for Europe’s largest wind farm to be built in Sweden after approval was given by the Norrbotten county administrative bo...
Reported honour crimes rise sharply in Denmark
While not culturally common in Scandinavia, honour crimes are a regular occurrence in certain strict societies, including Afghanistan, Iran and Somali...
Darling “overreacted towards Iceland”
The application of anti-terrorist laws against Iceland at the beginning of the banking crisis last October was unnecessarily harsh; this is the findin...