Councils: rich patients should pay for care
Well off patients should have to pay for their medical care, according to a body representing all 98 local authorities in Denmark.
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Norway to recognise Palestine if peace talks fail
Norway’s foreign minister has announced that the country will be among the first to recognise a Palestinian state if negotiations with Israel fail to ...
President of Iceland: Gordon Brown should apologise
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the President of Iceland, stated in an interview with Wall Street Journal, that Gordon Brown, the former Prime Minister of the...
Data center storage industry in Iceland to benefit from VAT Act
The Icelandic parliament recently approved amendments made to the Value-Added Tax Act that will consequently benefit Iceland’s data storage indu...
Man acquitted after online parliament threats
A man who wrote online about wanting to blow up parliament and shoot the Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen has been acquitted by a court in Helsin...
Swedish councillor calls for fat tax
A Swedish councillor is calling for a fat tax for the nation’s overweight citizens. Stefan Hanna, Centre Party councillor in Uppsala, eastern Sweden, ...
Danes milking the state for thousands
Every Dane born will cost society hundreds and thousands more than they pay back in taxes, according to a new forecast.
Child refugees to be repatriated to reception centres
A new law passed this week by the Danish parliament will allow the repatriation of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the country.