World’s oldest sex shop to close in Copenhagen
This March will see the closure of Blue Movie – the oldest sex shop in the world – due to financial difficulties. Supplying pornographic material sinc...
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Asbru Enterprise Park in Iceland now accommodates large film studio
Atlantic Studios has opened a film studio at the Asbru Enterprise Park next to Keflavik International Airport in Iceland. According to Atlantic Studio...
Denmark calls for Burka ban proposals
Proposals into how best to prevent the use of the niqab and burka have been called for by the Danish government. The majority of Danes support the gov...
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 ...
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.