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...
Man acquitted after online parliament threats
A man who wrote online about wanting to blow up parliament and shoot the Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen has been acquitted by a court in Helsin...
Fewer die at Copenhagen hospitals
Greater Copenhagen hospitals saw 10 percent fewer deaths in 2010 than in 2004, according to a new study. The figures were compiled by calculating a na...
Swedish councillor calls for fat tax
A Swedish councillor is calling for a fat tax for the nation’s overweight citizens. Stefan Hanna, Centre Party councillor in Uppsala, eastern Sweden, ...