Faderhuset church sect closes down
The controversial Danish Christian group Faderhuset has announced it is closing down. In a press release posted on its website the sect’s founders sta...
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First fatal police shooting in Iceland leaves gunman dead
Police in Iceland announced they shot a gunman dead yesterday in the country’s first police killing. While the tragic event may be relatively co...
Copenhagen students demonstrate at university
Students at Copenhagen University demonstrated on Wednesday in protest at plans to make them finish courses more quickly. The university had planned t...
IMF frowns at Iceland debt write-off plan
A plan to ease mortgage debts of every household in Iceland through a write-off has been criticised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). An annou...
Record snow fall at north Finnish village
A village in Finland’s northwest has broken a 50-year-old record for its November snowfall. The country’s meteorologists say that on Tuesday the villa...
No ban on circumcision in Norway
In a letter to the Simon Wiesenthal Center sent last week, Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende gave his assurances that circumcision will not be b...
Foreigners worst off in Sweden for unemployment
Of all the EU countries, Sweden is the worst to be in if you are foreigner entitled to stay but still seeking a job. It has the highest gap of unemplo...
Iceland hooked on anti-depressants
A new report released by the OECD has shown that Iceland is the world’s biggest consumer of anti-depressants per capita. One in ten Icelander now take...