IKEA admits East German prison labour
Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has admitted that it benefitted from the labour of East Germany’s political prisoners up until the late 1980s. The new...
Facebook bans Icelandic women’s right activist for death threat re-post
An Icelandic activist has been temporarily banned from Facebook after she reposted another user’s death threat. Hildur Lilliendahl Viggósdóttir, among...
Denmark repeals fat tax
Denmark’s fat tax has been repealed only a year after the controversial measures went into force. The Copenhagen Post reported on Saturday (10 Novembe...
Norway to fall short of oil production target
Norway is unlikely to meet its annual target for crude oil output, an industry body said on Tuesday (13th November). The news comes via officials from...
Rat pups found in Swedish baby food
A family in Sweden got quite a surprise last week when they found a litter of dead rat pups upon opening a package of baby food.
Icelandic children learning to write computer code
A unique start-up programme is teaching complex technological tasks, including how to write code for computer programs, to Icelandic children.
Norway foster children to return to Indian mother
An Indian tribunal has said that two children that were victims of an international custody battle between Norwegian and Indian authorities must be re...
Nordic nations to share warplanes
The five major Nordic nations have signed an agreement to share warplanes. State officials from Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Finland and Denmark said on T...