Council candidate calls for asylum seeker testing after Oslo rapes
A lead candidate for the upcoming local elections in Oslo has caused controversy by calling for all new asylum seekers to be psychologically tested af...
Culture
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Greek diplomat sacked in Swedish rape row
A Greek diplomat working in Stockholm has been fired after claiming that Sweden should be ashamed of the behaviour of its women.
Icelandic music festival to be streamed live via Inspired by Iceland website
Upcoming Icelandic music festival Aldrei for eg sudur (I never went south), taking place on 22-23 April 2011 in Iceland’s Westfjords, is to be streame...
School’s fake rune stone makes media the fool
A Swedish school has admitted that a rune stone it advertised for sale last week – causing much media excitement – was faked as part of an exercise in...
Swedish nude too naked for Facebook
A painting by one of Sweden’s most revered artists has been removed from Facebook as it was deemed to fall foul of the website’s zero-tolerance policy...
Icelandic design and fashion continues to grow in popularity
Icelandic design and fashion has seen a growth in popularity both domestically and internationally recently, due to an influx of new, innovative desig...
Honour killing dad gets 18 years
A man has been sentenced to 18 years behind bars in Sweden after stabbing his daughter 53 times in a so-called honour killing.
Hard time a doss for young Danish cons
Young Danish criminals actually prefer being in prison than at home and see their incarceration as a holiday, according to a new report.