Faroes and Greenland want to be called countries
Officials from both the Faroe Islands and Greenland have declared that they are tired of being referred to as territories of the Danish kingdom. Their...
Danish Hells Angel member banned from Spanish holiday resort
A Danish biker from the Hell’s Angels gang has been advised that he will not be welcomed by the La Santa Holiday Club on Lanzarote in the Canary Islan...
Norway launches new satellite
Thor 6, the latest satellite from the Norwegian Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc), has been successfully released into orbit from its launch site ...
Finland to remove permission laws for organ harvesting
The existing organ donor legislation in Finland requires permission from the host, but a new amendment proposal will seek to remove the pre-arrangemen...
IMF head calls for expansion during Norway visit
IMF Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has claimed that that global recession still has not ended despite the recent signs of a recovery, and that global...
Finland reports rise in sick leave due to exhaustion
Exhaustion is being attributed in increasing numbers of cases as reason enough for Finnish workers to be granted paid sick leave. Traditionally Finlan...
Norway welcomes Russian military strength in the north
Norway has claimed that it has no concerns with Russian re-investment in its defence systems in the far north, with Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store ...
Denmark refuses to apologise for child experiments
Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has defended his government’s stance in the controversial case of 22 children from Greenland. In a statemen...