Norway demands Aung San Suu Kyi release
Things are heating up in Burma again over the fate of Aung San Suu Kyi, the legitimate winner of the country’s presidential election nearly two decade...
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Danish visa delays hurting tourism industry
Unusually long response times from Denmark’s Immigration Service for applications for tourist visas are apparently hindering the nation’s tourism indu...
Norway’s salmon market looks bright
Although most Norwegian industries are fighting against the current of the ongoing economic crisis, one sector is doing better than ever. The country’...
Denmark’s heroin clinics running short on stash
Denmark’s new state-financed heroin clinics have just enough political backing and plenty of funding, but they can’t find enough heroin. Five city cou...
The Icelandic Eurovision team gets a warm welcome
The Eurovision team led by Johanna (Yohanna) Gudrun got a warm welcome in Reykjavik this afternoon when arriving from Moscow after taking the second p...
Bear and elk battle it out in Swedish playground
It’s not the kind of fight you’d expect to see at a children’s playground, but a brown bear chased an elk into the park and began to attack it as kids...
Sweden’s Airport Authority caught in porn scandal
A routine investigation into computer network problems at Sweden’s Airport Authority revealed that several of its staff have been regularly surfing po...
Iceland performs at the Eurovision Contest in Russia
As I am watching the Eurovision contest here in London, the BBC announcer says: “Iceland has a real contender: a beautiful singer in the form of Johan...