Swimmers in Finland warned about peeing in the sea
Finland’s health authorities have pleaded with swimmers to go to the toilet rather than urinating in the sea after hundreds of people caught the conta...
Alcohol consumption down in Finland
Finns are drinking less alcohol than before, with total consumption in the country falling once more, in line with recent trends. On average, everyone...
Danish women offered holidays in exchange for eggs
A Copenhagen-based sperm bank is offering women the chance of a holiday in the sun if they donate their eggs. Cryos, the world’s largest sperm bank, c...
Finland drops to second best country for mothers
Finland has fallen from first to second spot in the best country for mothers index, with fellow Nordic nation Norway overtaking it according to the St...
More Danes smoke cannabis than previously thought
A recent study has shown that a higher number of Danes either smoke cannabis regularly or have at least tried it than previously believed. Aarhus Univ...
Denmark has Scandinavia’s highest number of caesarian births
Almost one in five babies born in Denmark is delivered via caesarian, according to the latest data form the World Health Organization. The figures mea...
British lesbian couple splash thousands on ‘Viking’ Danish sperm
A lesbian couple from the UK spent £13,000 having fertility treatment and semen shipped over from Denmark in the hope that their child will resemble a...
Icelandic entrepreneurs start to sell insect infused protein bars
Last summer, Icenews reported on Búi Bjarmar Aðalsteinsson and Stefán Atli Thoroddsen, two entrepreneurs from Iceland, who founded Crowbar Protein, a ...