Danish town saves elf from pastor execution
A Danish community has come to the rescue of a stuffed Christmas elf after pastor who believes the little creatures work for the devil hung one from t...
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Iceland faces fishing sanctions over ‘mackerel wars’
Europe’s Fisheries Commissioner, Maria Damanaki, is looking to enforce fishing sanctions against Iceland after talks, to set mackerel catch levels for...
Shetland oil spill ‘could reach Greenland’
An oil spill could reach the shores of Greenland if there was a deepwater blowout near the Shetland Islands in the UK, according to a drilling firm’s ...
Experimental electronic music event in Reykjavik tonight
For Reykjavik locals and electronic music tourists alike, Electric Ethics and Extreme Chill presents the ‘Christmas Electronic Concert’. T...
Sverigedemokraterna expresses joy over Stockholm bombings
Svenska Dagbladet reports that the secretary of Sverigedemokraterna’s Party Chairman twittered “Finally, is this when we can say we told y...
FBI sends bomb experts to Sweden to assist terrorist investigation
Dagens Nyheter reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sent a group of seven bomb experts to Sweden to assist Swedish police with t...
Bosnian war crimes sentence cancelled in Norway
The Supreme Court in Norway has cancelled the sentencing of a Bosnia-born man found guilty of war crimes, saying the law could not be applied retroact...
Jesper Langballe admits defamation after Muslim rape comments
Right-wing Danish MP Jesper Langballe has pleaded guilty to defamation after writing in a newspaper article about rape and honour killings in Muslim f...