Groundbreaking climate scientist dies
A Danish scientist who first recognised that a record of the world’s climate was preserved in the Greenland icecap has died at the age of 88.
Taxi boss spanked for Christmas bottom teaser
A Swedish taxi firm is being investigated for sexism after its CEO asked staff to indentify the company’s telephonists by their bare bottoms.
Manga translator loses child porn cartoon appeal
A translator of Japanese manga comics has been fined by a Swedish appeals court after drawings saved on his computer were considered to be child porno...
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.