Secret letter reveals Swedish-Saudi security plans
A leaked letter has revealed that the Swedish government was in talks with Saudi Arabia about providing the dictatorship with an advanced security sys...
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Parliament speaker calls for an end to boozing MPs
Finland’s Speaker of Parliament has denounced MPs drinking on the job in the wake of several alcohol-related scandals.
Finns not told about Israeli settlement products
Finnish citizens are unwittingly purchasing goods imported from contested Israeli settlements because there is no set procedure on how products must b...
Danish police use force against anti-fascist demonstrators
Danish police used batons and pepper spray to break up an anti-fascist protest outside the meeting of a centrist party youth movement which had invite...
Finns Party councillor expelled after Facebook comment
A council member for the right-wing Finns Party, who wrote on Facebook that a man suspected of shooting two men from immigrant backgrounds should be g...
US confiscates policeman’s Cuban cigar cash
Denmark is to investigate after the US confiscated a policeman’s DKK 137,000 (EUR 18,423) deposit for Cuban cigars bought from Germany.
Finns councillor calls for murderer medal
A police investigation has been launched after a councillor for the far-right Finns Party said a man who shot and killed a Moroccan-born restaurant wo...
Thorning-Schmidt and Obama talk debt and daughters
In arguably her biggest moment on the international stage to date, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt enjoyed a 40-minute meeting with US Pr...