Swedish police catch Mexican spider
Police in central Sweden managed to successfully carry out a rather bizarre assignment in which they were instructed to catch a rare Mexican spider. P...
Countries
Where the news is happening by country
Iceland plans Keflavik-Reykjavik airport link
Plans are underway in Iceland to develop a high-speed airport rail link between Keflavik International Airport and the capital, Reykjavik. The project...
Russia to increase fishing in Greenland, Faroese and Norway
Russia plans to increase its fishing in the waters of Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Norway, revealed Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybol...
Finland: Maria Tyyster named ‘Tango Queen’
Tampere local Maria Tyyster has won this year’s Seinäjoki tango festival after impressing the judges in the grand finale on Saturday night.
Stone Age skull found in Norway
Archaeologists in Norway have discovered what they believe could be an 8,000-year-old human skull from the Stone Age.
Danish prison wardens given pepper spray
Prison guards working in Denmark’s high-security prisoners are to be equipped with pepper spray to make the task of dealing with violent criminals eas...
Swedish worker’s salary docked for social media use
A Swedish insurance agency worker is to be docked 15 days of pay after her employers learnt that she had spent an excessive amount of hours browsing t...
Norwegian minister: Returning jihadists pose security risk
Norwegian justice minister Anders Anundsen has said that jihadists returning from fighting abroad could carry out terrorist attacks in the Scan...