Watch New Year’s Eve celebrations in Iceland live online
For those who are intrigued to discover how the locals celebrate New Year’s Eve in Iceland, but aren’t fortunate enough to make it in person, they can...
Three sentenced in ‘sports bag killing’
A husband and wife and one other man have been given jail sentences for Finland’s so-called ‘sports bag killing’.
Generic pharmaceutical company to launch pain medication in U.S. market
Actavis, a global leader in the generic pharmaceuticals industry, yesterday announced it has entered into a binding letter of intent with QRxPharma to...
Amager Attacker found guilty
Marcel Lychau Hansen, the so-called ‘Amager Attacker’, has been found guilty on all-but-one of the counts against him, making him modern Denmark’s wor...
Marriage makes you live longer
People who have been married for many years live longer than those who are single or divorced, according to a Finnish-British study.
Debate blows up around hand grenade Christmas baubles
The Swedish Army Museum (Armémuseum) has defended selling hand grenade-shaped baubles as part of its Christmas charity drive.
H&M defends fake body models
Swedish clothing retailer H&M has admitted tacking models’ heads onto computer-generated bodies in order to sell swimwear and lingerie.
Greenland rising as ice melts
Greenland’s bedrock rose significantly last year due to the loss of 100 billion tonnes of ice during the particularly warm summer.