Danish Prime Minister discusses tough times in new year speech
Denmark’s Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt asked the nation to be prepared for tougher times in her New Year speech at the weekend.
Thousands left without power following Finland storms
Thousands in several areas across Finland still have no electricity following heavy storms that battered the country last week, bringing down trees an...
Breivik insane assessment upheld
There have been calls in Norway for another psychiatric assessment of confessed mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, after the Forensic Commission co...
Rich families try to nab Xmas aid
Charities donating goods to poor Danish families this Christmas say they have rejected thousands of bogus applications from well-off households.
Inspired by Iceland rounds up 2011 with New Year’s Eve webcam feed
The Iceland tourism initiative, Inspired by Iceland, is rounding up a successful year and welcoming in 2012 with a bang by streaming Reykjavik’s New Y...
Brønderslev child abuser sentence reduced
The father in the notorious Brønderslev child abuse case in Denmark has had his jail sentence reduced from ‘indefinite’ to 11 years, while his wife’s ...
Amager Attacker found guilty
Marcel Lychau Hansen, the so-called ‘Amager Attacker’, has been found guilty on all-but-one of the counts against him, making him modern Denmark’s wor...
Marriage makes you live longer
People who have been married for many years live longer than those who are single or divorced, according to a Finnish-British study.