Residents on alert following Norway landslides
More than 20 Norwegians are not yet able to return to their homes following massive landslides near Trondheim on Sunday.
Breivik insane assessment upheld
There have been calls in Norway for another psychiatric assessment of confessed mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, after the Forensic Commission co...
Ban on seal products extends further
The World Trade Organisation has been reassured by Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus that they will impose a ban on the import and export of seal skins f...
Wee women saved from final flush
Copenhagen’s historic staffed public toilets have been saved from the pan thanks to a campaign by their attendants, lovingly dubbed ‘tissekoner’, or ‘...
Three sentenced in ‘sports bag killing’
A husband and wife and one other man have been given jail sentences for Finland’s so-called ‘sports bag killing’.
Marriage makes you live longer
People who have been married for many years live longer than those who are single or divorced, according to a Finnish-British study.
Female activists honoured with Nobel Prize
The three women awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo this weekend are “linked by their commitment to change”, democracy, justice and peace, according...
Tax Minister’s spin doctor reported for Thorning-Schmidt leak
The spin doctor for Denmark’s former tax minister has been reported to the police for allegedly trying to publicise private details of the Prime Minis...