E-reader from Amazon released in Denmark
The popularity of E-reading is expected to increase following Amazon’s decision to launch their best-selling model internationally. The Kindle program...
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Finland to remove permission laws for organ harvesting
The existing organ donor legislation in Finland requires permission from the host, but a new amendment proposal will seek to remove the pre-arrangemen...
Swedish suicide rate declines through increased anti-depressant use
Anti-depressants have been credited with saving hundreds of lives each year in Sweden as a new study shows the suicide rate has declined significantly...
Oslo sees return of foreign prostitutes
The level of foreign prostitution has risen back to those last seen prior to the Norwegian government’s implementation of a ban on purchasing sexual s...
Ping Pong pinkie prisoner pay-out trumps mistaken surgery
A convicted criminal in Sweden’s Gavle prison has been awarded compensation after injuring his little finger playing table tennis. The 46-year-old man...
Increased EU behaviour monitoring leads to Orwellian fears
The European Union is providing funding for human behaviour-watch programmes in the war against terror, sparking fears that the EU community itself wi...
Swedish couple accused of tormenting children
Swedish officials have launched an indictment against a couple from Stockholm for using what they claim to be torture-like methods for maintaining dis...
IMF head calls for expansion during Norway visit
IMF Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has claimed that that global recession still has not ended despite the recent signs of a recovery, and that global...