Gothenburg opens homeless hotel
A unique hotel in Gothenburg has received a lot of attention from the global press for its deliberately uncomfortable and unusual ‘street sleeping’ se...
Sperm donor sparks ethical debate
A Danish sperm donor may have unknowingly passed on a cancer-causing illness to 50 percent of the children created using his sperm.
Google and Swedish Academy in war of words
Search engine giant Google and Swedish language council, the Swedish Academy, are battling over the word “ungoogleable”. The council, whic...
Swedish military apologizes for mink massacre
The Försvarsmakten, or the Swedish Armed Forces, apologized for flying their planes low over a mink farm in Svenljunga prompting the death of some 500...
Men get to urinate on Strøget legally
In a bid to deter men from urinating on the streets after a night of heavy drinking, the Copenhagen City council installed what look like giant white,...
Drunken Swede stumbles into bed with 70-year-old man
An elderly man in Sweden got quite a shock last week when a young drunken male stumbled into his bed. The incident took place on Sunday 11 March in th...
Babies switched at birth in Finnish hospital
Two children were switched at birth at a hospital in central Finland at the weekend. According to a YLE report published on Tuesday 5 March, a couple ...
Greenland walrus spotted in Scotland
Scottish residents discovered the presence of a rare northerly visitor at the weekend. Thirty-two-year-old birdwatcher Mark Warren from Orkney came ac...