Swedes break own world SMS record
It may still be nice to receive a Christmas card through the post – but these days the real king of holiday greetings is the mobile phone text message...
Two Israelis shot in Danish shopping centre
A Palestinian gunman shot and injured two Israeli men who were working at a shopping centre in the Danish town of Odense, 105 miles west of Copenhagen...
Finnish schools try bilingual education
When children in Finland’s capital Helsinki attend school next autumn, some of them will have the chance to study in a language other than their nativ...
Norway criminalises the purchase of sex
Now in its fifth day of operation, a new law in Norway makes it a criminal act to pay for sexual favours both within the country and outside it if you...
Icelandic woman killed in USA
A retired New York State police officer killed his Icelandic wife last Wednesday and then himself soon after posting bail. Police found Isol Cotto dea...
Aussie toxic waste not wanted in Denmark
The Danish Society for Nature Conservation, a leading environmental group in Denmark, has launched a protest appeal against Australia’s application to...
Swedish Christmas goat torched by vandals
In what seems to have become a devious tradition in the northern Swedish town of Gavle, the town’s giant Christmas goat made from straw has been burne...
Three people shot at Stockholm casino
In a bizarre Christmas Eve tragedy, three people were shot just before midnight by an unidentified gunman at the Casino Cosmopol in Stockholm. Accordi...