Copenhagen mayor pushes for legalising cannabis
Major Frank Jensen intends to make deregulation of cannabis a ‘front burner’ issue for his autumn campaign for council elections.
Gay Chinese welcome Icelandic PM’s visit
Iceland’s openly gay prime minister, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, has received an usual invitation ahead of her visit to China on April 15th. A group paren...
Immigrant students not learning enough Danish
A new report has controversially suggest a third of immigrants learn very little from their compulsory culture and language classes.
Cross-cultural marriages in Finland on the rise
Finnish men and women are increasingly finding love elsewhere. More and more foreign spouses are being registered annually from marrying locals. This ...
Sweden tops Europe’s wage table
Swedes earn more per hour than anyone else, on average, in the European Union. Their hourly rate of 350 kroner is better than any other of the 27 memb...
Teachers to be locked out after Easter break
Teachers and the state have failed to reach an agreement over working hours, therefore teachers and students were locked out after the Easter break. N...
Hair cut prices are no laughing matter
The Danish hairdressers union, DOFK, and Denmark’s equality board, Ligebehandlingsnævnet, may soon be facing each other in court over the price of hai...
Finland clamp down on under-age drinking
Three people who bought alcohol on behalf of Finnish under-age drinkers have each been given tough sentences by the Vantaa district court. The leader ...