Diplomat and father cleared of car boot boy smuggle
Both a father and a diplomat have been cleared of all criminal charges relating to the smuggling of a boy from Russia to Finland in the boot of a car.
Swedish tourist ‘tortured in Egyptian jail’
A Swedish tourist claims he was beaten up and electrocuted in an Egyptian prison for four days before escaping when protesters set fire to the buildin...
New Swedish constitution recognises Saami
The newly drafted Swedish constitution has declared that the Saami are no longer an ethnic minority but a fully-fledged people.
Danish immigration laws criticised by human rights institute
The Danish Institute for Human Rights has blasted proposed changes to residency requirement laws, saying it is now near to impossible for foreigners t...
Finnish human rights worker gunned down in Mexico
Jyri Jaakola, the well-known Finnish human rights activist, has been killed by gunmen in the southern Mexican district of Oaxaca.
Nokia accused of selling spy equipment to Iran
A comprehensive electronic surveillance system that was sold by the Nokia Siemens Network Group to Iran is capable of spying on almost all electronic ...
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...
Immigrants to Sweden now able to get ID cards
It has been a long two-and-a-half-year wait, but immigrants who arrive in Sweden are once again able to get a Swedish national identity card. As of 1 ...