Iceland’s fresh meat imports restrictions breach law according to EFTA
Iceland’s restrictions on fresh meat imports from European Economic Area (EEA) states breach the law, claims the European Fair Trade Association (EFTA...
Fewer Finns taking up smoking
Fewer Finns are taking up smoking than in previous years, according to a recent survey. Research showed that smoking is less prevalent among men of wo...
Happy birthday to Sweden’s oldest man
Sweden’s oldest man, Eric Gottfrid Andersson, turned 108 at the weekend and puts his long life down to eating healthy food and not smoking. Andersson,...
Swedish group wants to improve sex education
The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education has said sex education should be part of all school subjects, even religious studies, following a Chri...
More bad news for Iceland health tourism initiatives
Chinese investors CSST International’s plans to pay 44m euros towards creating a health village in the southern Iceland village of Flúðir have collaps...
Testicle-eating fish found in Öresund channel
Men in Sweden have been warned to be careful after a 21-cm wild pacu was caught this month by amateur fisherman Einar Lindgreen in the Öresund channel...
Swedish teenager dies after allergic reaction to tacos
A Swedish teenager has died after suffering an allergic reaction to tacos, with her parents now claiming that food packaging labels in Sweden need to ...
Swedish women heading to Copenhagen to give birth
Hospitals in Greater Copenhagen will open their doors to pregnant Swedish mothers, but authorities are concerned multi-resistant bacteria could be car...