Greenland’s icebergs get GPS trackers
Five icebergs off the coast of Greenland have been fitted with satellite trackers so their movements can be monitored online. Knut Solberg, a Norwegia...
“Village idiots” prompt fringe party member to quit
One of only two elected candidates of a party which claims to support Denmark’s fringe areas has left the group, calling its members a bunch of “villa...
Roj-TV charged with supporting terrorism in Turkey
A Kurdish TV station based in Denmark is to be charged under anti-terrorism laws, five years after it was first investigated. According to a news rele...
Frenchman strings up air guitar competition
A Frenchman has strummed his way to glory for the second year in a row at Finland’s fifteenth annual air guitar championships. Sylvain Quimene “out ai...
Council workers complain about gay toy art
Council employees in Denmark have demanded that a picture of two toy figures simulating gay sex be removed from their offices. According to news websi...
Bright sparks hoarding light bulbs in Finland
Thrifty Finns are stocking up on cheap filament light bulbs before the EU brings in a blanket ban in 2012. Despite sales remaining buoyant in Finland,...
Three arrested in Finland for supplying deadly drug
Three people have been arrested in Finland on suspicion of trafficking an extremely strong narcotic that has killed two people in Kuopio. Police in No...
Make-believe war games prompt real-life siege in Denmark
A game of cops and robbers became a little too authentic for two Danish teenagers this week, after armed police turned their fantasy into reality. Off...