Search & rescue teams in East Iceland have been searching for four people lost in bad weather on Fljótsdalsheiði. Nobody had heard from the group since Saturday morning; but they were eventually found safe last night. Read the full story

The search for a 25 year-old Swedish man, who set off along the Fimmvorduhals mountain hiking route alone yesterday, has so far borne no results. The weather in the search area is bad and worsening. Read the full story

Finland’s customs agency has confiscated a record haul of the drug known as Lakka. Read the full story

Danish police have confirmed that a deadly game of dare has reached the country, after a young man risked his life by lying down in front of an oncoming train. Read the full story

The Finnish government is investigating ways in which to weed out what it determines are “unfit” students from educational areas where they could be considered harmful to fellow students or the profession. Read the full story

After a recent spate of vicious dog attacks on humans, Denmark’s parliament looks set to finally pass a long-simmering ban on breeds of dog that are considered dangerous. The debate over this touchy issue has been going for many months, with the country’s Justice Ministry even creating a special commission to study the problem. Read the full story

Today is International Pillow Fight Day, if you didn’t know already. Cities all over the world will be celebrating the day with mass pillow fights which anyone who owns a pillow is welcome to take part in. Read the full story

Several groups within Denmark’s parliament are behind a new campaign to require all “muscle” dogs in the country to be specially registered and licensed in a bid to keep track of potentially dangerous animals. Two of the nation’s largest political parties, the Danish People’s Party (DF) and the Social Democrats, have proposed new legislation that will make the registration mandatory.

The proposal will soon be submitted to the Danish parliament for approval. There are thousands of muscle dogs in Denmark that will need to be registered. The Copenhagen Post revealed that the Danish dog resister contains more than 6,000 canines that qualify as muscle dogs, although the Danish Kennel Club believes the actual number may be closer to 20,000. Most of the muscle dogs in Denmark are American bulldogs. Read the full story

Beginning in 2010, a new European Union law will come into effect that makes it illegal to sell cigarettes that are not self-extinguishing. While the new law is designed to save lives, the news agency TT reports that the tobacco industry has been fighting hard to extinguish the plan. Read the full story

Proving that they truly are man’s best friend, a pack of dogs saved a 75 year-old Swedish man as he was being attacked by an angry elk. The unusual incident occurred in a fruit orchard in the northern Swedish town of Gallivare. When the elderly man tried to chase the elk out of his yard, the formidable animal turned on him, causing several minor injuries. Read the full story