Denmark opens up its gaming monopoly
Gambling in Denmark is about to embark on a new path now that the government has decided to terminate the 60-year gaming monopoly run by Danske Spil, ...
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Half of Swedes won’t vote in Euro elections
In a recent poll, more than half of Swedes claim they will not vote in the upcoming elections for the European Parliament. The numbers were fairly equ...
Suburban Stockholm gets an erotic garden
Swedish erotica aficionado, Jorma Toivonen, has long held the dream of opening a sex museum in Stockholm but municipal councils have other views. Clai...
Denmark joins controversial summit on racism
The Danish Foreign Ministry decided to participate in the UN’s Durban II conference on racism at the ambassadorial level which is taking place this we...
Pirate Bay Four found guilty
A Swedish court handed the four men from The Pirate Bay a guilty verdict for being accessories to copyright infringement on Friday. The ruling in the ...
Reported honour crimes rise sharply in Denmark
While not culturally common in Scandinavia, honour crimes are a regular occurrence in certain strict societies, including Afghanistan, Iran and Somali...
Legal downloads skyrocket in Sweden after new law
Sales of music through the Internet and mobile phones in Sweden have increased by an unprecedented 100 percent in the few days since the new Swedish a...
Controversial Danish cartoon prints go on sale
The clash of cultures that occurred in 2005 over a Danish cartoon depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad could be about to reignite. The AP reports tha...