Society

Iceland, Japan and Norway block UN whaling role

Whale hunting nations have denied the United Nations the ability to have greater influence on whaling policies.

Officials in Norway are reportedly looking to sell off a building used for torture during WWII.

Finland’s top banker has warned Finns to avoid excessive borrowing despite exceptionally low rates.

A recent interest rate cut by Danish officials has brought one of the country’s secondary rates below zero for the first time in history.

Norwegian authorities have opted to keep a blogger in custody after he posted anti-feminist and alleged threats online.

A Finnish minister has said that the Scandinavian country does not intend to help pay the debts of other eurozone countries.

European officials have ruled against a Danish bid to extend Greenland’s indigenous people’s current rights to whaling.

Tax-paying prostitutes in Sweden are entitled to sick pay, the country’s National Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan) said this week.