Yet another interest rate cut for Iceland
(press release) The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Iceland has decided to lower the Bank’s interest rates by 0.25 percentage p...
Copenhagen in race against the rats
Copenhagen will be rat-free by 2015, if new City Council plans prove a success. A vote is expected to be held in the coming weeks to decide if additio...
Norwegian citizen of the year faces deportation
A young woman named Citizen of the Year in Norway is likely to be deported to Russia because she doesn’t have the right immigration papers.
Ikea ‘designed like a maze to trap shoppers’
Ikea stores are designed as mazes that trick shoppers into buying more while they attempt to find the exit, according to a UK professor. Alan Penn fro...
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.
Serial rapist in Sweden admits to new attacks
A 24-year-old Swedish man could be named as the country’s worst serial rapist after admitting to four more attacks while being held for a string of of...
Cold sees homeless shelters struggling to cope
Homeless shelters in Finland’s capital are reporting overcrowded conditions as the harsh winter weather makes life even harder for those sleeping on t...
Danish police have text appeal
Police in Denmark are using a text messaging service to solve burglaries and help locate lost senior citizens. Officers in North Zealand have hailed t...