MP loses party support for Holocaust denial
A Norwegian Labour Party Sami MP has caused outrage within his own ranks by denying that the Holocaust ever happened.
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Report: most Danes support “sin taxes”
The majority of Danes think that taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and junk food should be higher, according to a new report.
Naked Mohammed poster politician cleared
A Swedish politician who produced a poster of the Muslim prophet Mohammed standing naked next to his nine year-old wife has been found not guilty of a...
Greenland, Faroes call for Danish investigation into CIA flights
Political parties in Greenland and the Faroe Islands are calling on the Danish government to investigate whether Greenlandic, Danish and Faroese airsp...
Diplomat and father cleared of car boot boy smuggle
Both a father and a diplomat have been cleared of all criminal charges relating to the smuggling of a boy from Russia to Finland in the boot of a car.
All parties except Greens to take donations from fur trade
After a week of controversy surrounding the treatment of animals in Finland’s fur farms, it has been revealed that candidates from every political par...
Tamil to stand trial in Norway for Sri Lankan murders
A Tamil living in Norway has been arrested by police on suspicion of killing three people in Sri Lanka.
Soviet Submarine discovered in Swedish waters
It has just been revealed that wreckage from a Soviet Whiskey-class submarine was found in Swedish waters, off the coast of Gotland in 2009.