Police seize hedgehog in apartment raid
A Swedish woman could face criminal charges after harbouring a hedgehog in her flat in violation of the country’s hunting laws.
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Breivik calls for governments to stand down
Anders Behring Breivik, who confessed to killing 77 people in the double terror attacks in Norway, has requested that the country’s government stands ...
Border row: Denmark gets a taste of its own medicine
Denmark’s decision to increase spot checks and immigration staff at its borders has ironically resulted in similar spot checks and increased surveilla...
More online monitoring after Norway attacks
Finnish police have promised to monitor the internet more closely for so-called ‘weak signals’ in the wake of the twin terror attacks in Norway.
sex crime politician in plea bargain talks
A former Norwegian politician, who is accused of filming young boys in the shower and requesting lewd photographs from youngsters in internet chat roo...
Ship to Gaza website in ‘cyber attack’
Activists on the Swedish Ship to Gaza have claimed that a cyber attack on their website is the latest attempt to sabotage the aid mission of the Freed...
Minister accuses Danish press of NoW tactics
Denmark’s immigration minister has accused the country’s press of adopting the same dirty tactics as British tabloid News of the World, which closed t...
Finland’s Baltic gang crime blamed on Schengen Agreement
Police have claimed the Schengen Agreement is partly to blame for an increase in Lithuanian gang crime in Finland.