National Citizen Survey paints an almost perfect picture of Norway
Eighty-six percent of Norwegians believe that their country is almost the perfect place to live, although public services still seem to show room for ...
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Bestiality ban called for in Denmark
The Danish organisation Dyrenes Venner (Friends of the Animals) is launching a new petition which calls for bestiality to be outlawed in Denmark.
Swedish women offer door-to-door prostitution at hotel
A Gothenburg businessman is facing charges of procuring sexual favours after he was the unwitting victim of a plan by a trio of women to make fast mon...
Sweden scores zero on Quality of Life Index
The consistency with which Sweden ranks highly amongst the world’s ratings for quality living standards is in jeopardy, following the publication of a...
Denmark counts the true cost of protecting cartoonist Westergaard
The financial cost of protecting Mohammed cartoonist Kurt Westergaard is becoming an increasing burden on the Danish government.
Sweden bans Allah as baby name
The issue of what parents can legally name their child has arisen once more in Sweden after a ruling by the Swedish Tax Authority that an infant canno...
Danish Free Press Society president Muslim slander uproar
Morally deprived rapists are how Muslims have been described by the president of the Danish Free Press Society, Lars Hedegaard.
Denmark seeks cheese protection
A leading Danish gastronome has called for the country’s famous Havarti cheese to be protected under copyright laws.