Fat tax rolled out in Denmark
The Danish government has finally introduced what is thought to be the world’s first ‘fat tax’, resulting in international media attention.
Manly mustard ads leave bad taste
A Swedish mustard company has been slammed for being chauvinist after releasing an advertising campaign about what constitutes a ‘real man’.
Man: ‘Too much meat in my sausage’
A Swedish man has complained to the country’s Consumer Agency about a sausage product that claims to contain 104 percent meat.
Vegetarian salmon health benefits ‘fishy’
Norwegian farmed salmon contains less than half of the Omega-3 it did a decade ago
Footballer attacked by restaurant girl gang
A Swedish footballer has been attacked by a gang of women after a dispute over a restaurant order.
Baltic seals steal catch of the day from fishermen
Greedy seals are leaving fishermen in Finland and Sweden with scraps, as they pick the nets clean and scoop the prize catches in the Gulf of Bothnia.
The View from Here, No. 6
The sixth in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: ‘California’, in which Chay revisits the state he used to call home and introduc...
Swedish McDonald’s accused of selling expired food
McDonald’s restaurants across Sweden have been accused of re-stamping and selling food that is past its best-before date instead of throwing it out.