A hotel in Denmark is refusing to remove its women-only floor despite being told by the country’s equality board that it is illegal. The Bella Sky Hotel in Copenhagen says its 17th Bella Donna floor will stay free of men despite pressure from the Equal Treatment Board to abandon the venture. Read the full story

A Swedish lingerie chain may be sued by its union after complaints from staff members who are told to wear name tags displaying their bra sizes. Read the full story

The owner of a Swedish petrol station has been ordered to compensate a Roma woman after an employee asked her to pay for her petrol in advance. Read the full story

Finland’s Minority Ombudsman is to investigate whether a gym is guilty of discrimination after it banned Muslims from praying in its locker room. Eva Biudet says she will speak to management at the Lady Fitness Centre in Helsinki’s Espoon Keskus district to find out why they put up a notice asking for customers to keep the gym worship-free. Read the full story

SL, the Stockholm local transport authority, has been asked by the Swedish discrimination ombudsman (DO) to provide adequate compensation to a gay man after he was instructed to leave a bus by a local driver. Read the full story

The Swedish National Public Employment Agency has been fined by a Stockholm District Court under charges of discrimination. The fine resulted from the agency’s withdrawal of benefit payments to a Muslim man who refused to shake hands with a female CEO. Read the full story

Despite a recent threat by Supreme Court judges to undermine the immigration legislation governing citizenship, Denmark will continue with its 28-year rule for naturalising citizens. Read the full story