Ban on seal products extends further
The World Trade Organisation has been reassured by Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus that they will impose a ban on the import and export of seal skins f...
Politics
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Wee women saved from final flush
Copenhagen’s historic staffed public toilets have been saved from the pan thanks to a campaign by their attendants, lovingly dubbed ‘tissekoner’, or ‘...
Iceland Recognises Palestine
Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, and Dr. Riad Malki, the Foreign Minister of Palestine, today formally confirmed the est...
Female activists honoured with Nobel Prize
The three women awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo this weekend are “linked by their commitment to change”, democracy, justice and peace, according...
Icelandic foreign minister meets with Palestinian counterpart, formal statement of recognition to follow
Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson, met today with Dr. Riad Malki, the Palestinian Foreign Minister.
Councillors ‘should eat like the elderly’
Lawmakers in Copenhagen could be served with the same ‘meals on wheels’ food that is fed to the area’s elderly if a local councillor gets his way....
Tax Minister’s spin doctor reported for Thorning-Schmidt leak
The spin doctor for Denmark’s former tax minister has been reported to the police for allegedly trying to publicise private details of the Prime Minis...
Far-right MP: “a negro is a negro”
A right-wing Swedish MP has caused controversy after claiming on Facebook that the word ‘negro’ is not racist.