50,000 Finns sign gay marriage opposition petition
A petition opposing gender-neutral marriage in Finland has reached the 50,000 signatures needed to see the matter debated in parliament. The Associati...
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Minister criticised for pooing tourists
Iceland’s former foreign minister has blasted the country’s Ministry for Industry and Trade for failing to develop tourist locations. Össur Skarphéðin...
Swedish army launches Pride campaign
The Swedish army has licked off its new Pride campaign that urges all service members to feel comfortable representing the military openly. Posters fe...
Denmark tightens immigrant controls
The new minority government in Copenhagen has acted immediately to appease an anti-immigration block in parliament and announced it will re-impose bor...
EU justice referendum in Denmark by end of 2015
The new minority government lead by Lars Lokke Rasmussen has announced plans to bring forward a planned referendum to relinquish its exemption from Eu...
Whale season begins in Iceland with activists’ incident
The first whale kill of the 2015 season in Icelandic waters attracted the ire and intervention of activists, who followed the towed mammal into port l...
Harry Potter translator hits out at Finland’s refugee policy
Jaana Kapari-Jatta, who translated the Harry Potter novels into her mother tongue, has criticised Finland’s policy on refugees, saying it makes her as...
Pirate Party on top of opinion polls
Iceland’s Pirate Party’s popularity is growing, with the spin-off from Sweden’s Pirates top of the country’s recent opinion polls. Recent months has s...