Debate blows up around hand grenade Christmas baubles
The Swedish Army Museum (Armémuseum) has defended selling hand grenade-shaped baubles as part of its Christmas charity drive.
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H&M defends fake body models
Swedish clothing retailer H&M has admitted tacking models’ heads onto computer-generated bodies in order to sell swimwear and lingerie.
Greenland rising as ice melts
Greenland’s bedrock rose significantly last year due to the loss of 100 billion tonnes of ice during the particularly warm summer.
Hospital staff: abused women to blame
A third of the staff members working in the largest hospital accident and emergency department in Sweden believe women are to blame if they are physic...
Survivor testifies against ‘Amager Attacker’
A woman who was dragged into bushes and nearly strangled to death with her own belt has testified against the so-called ‘Amager Attacker’ ...
Iceland Recognises Palestine
Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, and Dr. Riad Malki, the Foreign Minister of Palestine, today formally confirmed the est...
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...
Icelandic foreign minister meets with Palestinian counterpart, formal statement of recognition to follow
Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson, met today with Dr. Riad Malki, the Palestinian Foreign Minister.