Internet makes everyone a doctor in Finland
Patients in Finland are becoming more confident at self-diagnosis and more demanding of medical practitioners as the internet is turning everyone into...
Sweden drops rape charges against Wikileaks boss
Prosecutors in Sweden have defended their decision to issue and then withdraw an arrest warrant on rape charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assan...
Unsavoury cartoon ruling sparks debate in Sweden
A Swedish man who translates Japanese Manga comics has been fined for possessing child porn cartoons, sparking a heated debate about censorship. The m...
Finland first country to write broadband into law
Finland has become the world’s first country to make broadband internet a legal right for all its citizens. From the first of this month, every Finn n...
Controversial download service making ripples Denmark
The news that a popular Swedish web service will soon be available in Denmark has come as music to the ears of download fans. Despite attempts by a co...
Swedish policeman fired for bad taste blogs
A Swedish police officer has been sacked after publishing a series of lewd online blogs about his job. Staff at the National Police Agency’s disciplin...
Online citizenship a click away in Sweden
An online citizenship application service has been launched by the Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket).
Thai censorship ‘victims’ send support to Iceland
An open letter from Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) to Iceland’s parliament about internet censorship: