The Supreme Court of Iceland yesterday sentenced a farmer to pay ISK 2 million plus interest to a young woman hurt by a cow with a newborn calf in 2002.

The girl, who was 14 at the time, was injured when the cow gored and trampled her shortly after giving birth to a calf. The girl has suffered back complaints ever since and is considered 5 percent physically disabled. Read the full story

Stefan Persson, the billionaire owner of Sweden’s clothing retail chain H&M, is set to sign the papers to purchase an entire village in the southern English countryside. The cost of becoming Lord of a village apparently runs about SEK 300 million these days. Read the full story