Two-year term wanted for ‘bribery’ MP
The prosecutor in the case against Finland’s former minister for foreign affairs, Iikka Kanerva, is calling for the MP to serve a jail term of at leas...
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A message to Iceland from Hillary Clinton
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to congratulate the people of Iceland as you celebrate your Independe...
Experience Iceland with an ultimate self drive holiday
The ‘Ultimate Highland Experience’ with Nordic Travel is a self drive holiday with a difference. Over a total span of 15 days (14 nights), travellers ...
Gothenburg tram killer gets 16 years
A 23 year-old man has been sentenced to 16 years in jail for the brutal rape and murder of a Swedish woman near a Gothenburg tram stop.
Young Swedes ‘pick dictatorship over democracy’
More than a quarter of young Swedes would favour dictatorship over democracy, according to a new study.
Marijuana mouth spray gets green light
A prescription drug which contains the same active ingredient as marijuana has become available to multiple sclerosis suffers in Denmark for the first...
Polish women lose trafficking compensation
A woman who forced four Polish women to shoplift and do housework for her without payment has had her sentence reduced, after a Swedish court acquitte...
Police mull terrorist link to Helsinki bombs
Police are investigating a possible extremist link to two bomb scares in Helsinki last week, after the attempted attacks were praised online by a grou...