Giant ice balls in Sweden
Beach strolling bird watchers on the south-eastern Swedish island of Oland were confounded recently when they stumbled upon giant ice balls the size o...
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Finland retains gay blood donor ban
Finland will not follow the lead of neighbouring Sweden and instead will continue to forbid blood donations by gay men, says the Finnish Red Cross Blo...
Swedish women offer door-to-door prostitution at hotel
A Gothenburg businessman is facing charges of procuring sexual favours after he was the unwitting victim of a plan by a trio of women to make fast mon...
Fake Finnish physician fools patients and staff for months
A 23-year-old Finnish man has been arrested under suspicion of posing as a doctor in a medical facility, with the deception continuing over almost a y...
Sweden scores zero on Quality of Life Index
The consistency with which Sweden ranks highly amongst the world’s ratings for quality living standards is in jeopardy, following the publication of a...
Prime Minister of Iceland urges IMF to continue Economic Programme
Prime Minister’s Office, Press Release : “I would like to emphasize that the Economic Programme in co-operation with the IMF should continue wit...
Denmark counts the true cost of protecting cartoonist Westergaard
The financial cost of protecting Mohammed cartoonist Kurt Westergaard is becoming an increasing burden on the Danish government.
Chad withdrawal for Norwegian peacekeeping forces
The Norwegian government has announced that it will withdraw all of its UN peacekeeping troops from Chad at the end of their mandate in May.