Finland stubs out smoking with world’s toughest law
Finland has this week enacted the strictest anti-smoking laws in the world, which aim to phase out the habit altogether by preventing teenagers from e...
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Suspicions of human trafficking in berry picking recruitment
Finland’s minorities ombudsman has said the recruitment of Thai berry pickers has characteristics resembling human trafficking. Eva Biaudet said Thai ...
Party leader cleared in tax row, says accountant
A tax scandal surrounding Danish Social Democratic leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt and her British spouse, Stephen Kinnock has been resolved in the coup...
Norway urges Canada and Russia to forge Arctic agreement
Norway has called on Canada to settle its disputes with Russia in an attempt to decrease tensions over sovereignty in the Far North. The recommendatio...
Denmark bomber finally confirms name
The man thought to be behind last week’s botched bombing in Copenhagen has admitted his identity for the first time since his arrest. Chechnyan boxer ...
Protests over Swedish far-right party election gains
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Stockholm to protest against the election to parliament of 20 far-right party members. The Sweden Dem...
Stripper gets mixed reviews at Left Party meeting
Some members of Sweden’s Left Party were less than amused with the choice of entertainment at a meeting last weekend after a stripper was brought in t...
First terror financing trial kicks off in Norway
A Somali-born Norwegian has pleaded not guilty to sending more than NOK 200,000 (USD 30,000) to the leaders of an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant grou...