Finnish companies offer employees incentives to stop smoking
The anti-smoking campaign in Finland is continuing apace with municipal employers and companies beefing up their smoke-free workplace policies.
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A proposed health care centre aims to push Iceland as the prime medical tourism destination for cosmetic surgery in 2010. The planned venture by Kadec...
Swedish female students awarded discrimination compensation
Southern Sweden’s Lund University has agreed to pay out compensation to two dozen female students who were refused entrance into the psychology progra...
Denmark to soften Tibetan stance
The Danish government is reconsidering its position on the Tibetan question following criticism that its statement made last December was too strong.
Finnish Lutheran Church in conflict
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church is desperately seeking reconciliation between conservatives and reformists as it searches for a new Archbishop...
Fur flies in Swedish rabbit show disaster
Over a thousand rabbits were trapped inside the hall of Sweden’s largest rabbit show last weekend after a roof collapsed leading to tragic loss of lif...
Danish councillor banned for anti-Muslim Facebook tirade
A young councillor with the Danish People’s Party has been ostracised from his political organisation following his posting of inflammatory comments o...
Norwegian led cluster munitions ban a step closer
Moldova and Burkina Faso have become the latest countries to submit their instruments of ratification for the Norwegian-led Convention on Cluster Muni...