Fat tax rolled out in Denmark
The Danish government has finally introduced what is thought to be the world’s first ‘fat tax’, resulting in international media attention.
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Dog escapes kennels, takes metro home
A capable canine, left at kennels in Stockholm for the day by its busy owner, escaped and rode the metro line home alone to Gullmarsplan, six stops aw...
Generic pharmaceuticals company markets Olanzapine across Europe
The generic pharmaceuticals company, Actavis Group, this week marketed Olanzapine tablets across several European countries immediately after the pate...
Bjork Biophilia album premiers on Icelandair flights
Biophilia, the forthcoming studio album from Icelandic singer Bjork, is being premiered on all Icelandair flights as part of its in-flight entertainme...
Demand for hunting licences on the rise
Hunting in Sweden appears more popular than ever, with 10,000 new hunters applying for a licence this year.
Report on Landsvirkjun’s renewable energy potential published
A report on the future outlook of Landsvirkjun based on four different investment and project scenarios has been published. Following a request from L...
Female reign in Sweden set to end
Swedish statisticians are predicting that the number of men in the country will soon outweigh the number of women, ending a phenomenon much celebrated...
Danish archaeologists discover 300 year old toilets
Construction workers preparing sites across Copenhagen for the new Metro line are making some extraordinary discoveries, the latest being a pair of la...