Conference investigates high male youth suicide rates
An international conference held in Nuuk has sought to understand why so many young men in the circumpolar region take their own lives.
Hostels and budget hotels in all of the Scandinavian Languages
Online booking services HostelBookers has launched eight new languages on its website among them Danish, Norwegian and Swedish in an attempt to provid...
Finnish traditionalists moved to action over crucifix ruling
Last week the European Human Rights Court (ECHR) ruled that Italy was to remove all crucifixes from state school classroom walls.
Swedish Samaritan jailed for saving assaulted woman
A Swedish man who saved a woman from assault has been sentenced to prison rather than being applauded for performing a civic duty.
Shelter for climate summit activists needed
Up to 10,000 activists will require temporary shelters when they travel to Copenhagen for the upcoming United Nations Climate Summit.
No penalty for man who filmed naked children
Swedish authorities have failed to punish a 29-year-old summer camp counsellor who secretly filmed naked children.
Local dialects not dying out in Denmark
The commonly held belief that Danish dialects are dying out has been refuted by new university research.
Finland slow to adopt disabled human rights convention
Ratifying the United Nations Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has for years been put off by Finland because of financial concern...