The case of Jón Magnússon, a Supreme Court of Iceland barrister and former member of parliament, against the Data Protection Authority of Iceland has been thrown out of the Reykjavík District Court. The given reason was that Jón could not prove that he had a legally significant personal interest in the case. Read the full story

The Supreme Court of Iceland has upheld a Reykjavík District Court decision to allow the mother of a Greek man, who was the victim of a severe physical assault in central Reykjavík in May 2010, to act as a witness on his behalf. Read the full story

A Swedish couple have been convicted of animal cruelty after 53 cats, at least half of which were said to be neglected, were found in their Stockholm house. Read the full story

A Norwegian court has ordered a second psychiatric assessment of Anders Behring Breivik following widespread criticism of the initial evaluation which ruled him insane. Read the full story

According to Icelandic law, Alþingi cannot now bring former ministers Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Árni M. Mathiesen and Björgvin G. Sigurðsson before the Landsdómur high court as MPs from The Movement have demanded. Read the full story

A young man who “sadistically” tortured and killed a tiny puppy has received the longest sentence ever handed down for animal cruelty in Sweden. Read the full story

A teenage boy has become what is thought to be the youngest person in Sweden to be convicted of copyright violation, after his school handed him over to police for illegally downloading films when he was just 15. Read the full story

The father in the notorious Brønderslev child abuse case in Denmark has had his jail sentence reduced from ‘indefinite’ to 11 years, while his wife’s four-year term was upheld. Read the full story

Marcel Lychau Hansen, the so-called ‘Amager Attacker’, has been found guilty on all-but-one of the counts against him, making him modern Denmark’s worst serial rapist and murderer. Read the full story

Össur Skarphéðinsson

The Icelandic foreign minister will take control of the country’s Icesave defence preparations at the EFTA court; despite loud calls from the opposition to keep the case in the hands of the business and commerce minister. Read the full story