Danish women offered holidays in exchange for eggs
A Copenhagen-based sperm bank is offering women the chance of a holiday in the sun if they donate their eggs. Cryos, the world’s largest sperm bank, c...
Lucky escape for bell-ringing Norwegian church thief
A burglar in Norway escaped with a small amount of money and the remote for the bell-ringing system despite setting off the bells on the way out. Nord...
Protests over Iceland’s whale meat shipment to Japan
Environmentalists are protesting an Icelandic whaling company’s shipment of fin whale meat to Japan, insisting that it goes against international cons...
Of Monsters and Men release new video
Icelandic indie folksters Of Monsters and Men have released the video for their latest hit, Crystals, from their forthcoming album, Beneath the Skin. ...
Iceland prepares for Secret Solstice 2015
Iceland’s Secret Solstice music festival is back for a second time after making its highly successful debut last year. Secret Solstice has attracted g...
Penguins nabbed from Norwegian aquarium
Norwegian police have begun an investigation after three baby Humbolt penguins and an egg vanished from Aalesund Aquarium on the country’s west coast ...
Icelanders looking for 50% pay rise
About one-third of Iceland’s workforce are demanding to receive pay rises of as much as 50 per cent, in a move that threatens to have major consequenc...
Sweden: Charging bear scared of my man’s roar
A Swedish man escaped a potentially fatal situation by roaring at a bear as it charged towards him to attack. Ralph Persson was training his hunting d...