British girl’s balloon reaches family in Norway
A fundraising balloon, released at a village fete in the UK, has been found by a family in Norway, more than 600 miles from home. The blue balloon was...
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Baltic Sea ferry in sick pay row
A waitress is suing the ferry company she works for after they refused to give her sick pay while she recovered from cosmetic breast surgery. The woma...
Christmas comes early to Copenhagen as Santas invade the city
Those who wish it could be Christmas every day will feel at home in Denmark this month, as the annual World Santa Claus Congress opens in Copenhagen. ...
Judaism deals better with sex than Christianity, says Swedish prof
Christians should take a leaf out of the Torah when it comes to sex, according to a Swedish professor speaking at an annual meeting of the country’s f...
Hate crimes against Jews rise in Sweden
Anti-Semitic crimes rose by 57 percent in Sweden last year, according to new figures from the National Crime Prevention Council. Released on Thursday,...
Social Networking website encourages users to make money
Social Networking and recommendations website, daGeek is encouraging its users to make money through personal pages by strategically placing sales lin...
Danes and Finns top poll for student civic knowledge
Danish and Finnish students have been given top marks when it comes to civic knowledge, leading a poll of 38 countries. Eighth-graders in the two Nord...
Walk-in art on display in Reykjavik
On Saturday the 3. July Ingunn Fjola Ingthorsdottir (born 1976) opens her solo exhibition in Gallery Agust (Reykjavik) where she presents the installa...