Copenhagen students demonstrate at university
Students at Copenhagen University demonstrated on Wednesday in protest at plans to make them finish courses more quickly. The university had planned t...
No ban on circumcision in Norway
In a letter to the Simon Wiesenthal Center sent last week, Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende gave his assurances that circumcision will not be b...
Foreigners worst off in Sweden for unemployment
Of all the EU countries, Sweden is the worst to be in if you are foreigner entitled to stay but still seeking a job. It has the highest gap of unemplo...
Young Finnish pupils to learn programming?
A Finnish minister says the government is mulling the idea of introducing computer programming to the syllabus of primary schools in the country. Alex...
Norway may send foreign felons to old army camps
A senior Norwegian police officer says foreign criminals should be shipped to abandoned army camps in the north of the country. Magnar Pedersen, an in...
STD rates rise in Greenland
Data collected by a Greenland newspaper shows there has been a dramatic increase in the number of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in the country. ...
Deportation triggers Denmark law change demands
The deportation of a Thai youngster and her mother has triggered demands for changes to immigration laws in Denmark. Leading figures with Amnesty Inte...
Reykjavik police shut another hookers club
A 20-strong police squad raided a second suspected prostitution club in Reykjavik recently. No arrests were made at the VIP Club, but the club has bee...