A number of Danish politicians are calling for harsher penalties for sexual crimes and an end to the legal absurdity that sees paedophiles and rapists given lesser sentences than minor fraudsters. Read the full story

The Icelandic parliament has voted to begin the process of making surrogate mothers legal. Read the full story

The Norwegian man who admits to killing 77 people in a shooting and bombing rampage last July has been allowed out of isolation. Read the full story

Iceland’s Minister of the Interior is standing his ground against the Hell’s Angels. The bikers’ club has subpoenaed the minister for his comments that the Hell’s Angels are a global organised crime group. Read the full story

Huge changes are on the horizon for how Icelandic food producers will have to label their products, as the country adopts new European standards designed to help consumers make informed food purchasing decisions. Read the full story

Ingvar Vilhjalmsson, the former director of the market trade division at Iceland’s (now bankrupt) Kaupthing Bank, now needs to repay the bank’s estate around ISK 2.6 billion (EUR 16.36 million) in loans which had effectively been written off. Read the full story

A small band of fundamentalist Muslims is attempting to introduce Sharia Law zones in Copenhagen. Read the full story

Only five of Iceland’s ten biggest municipalities are living up to their responsibilities as far as sewage treatment is concerned. Read the full story

Finland is to remain on a low terrorist alert despite the recent arrest of two people thought to have been involved in the recruitment and financing of terrorim-related activities. Read the full story

Icelandic parliamentarians were exceptionally busy on Saturday, passing 20 new laws and agreeing to end the summer term that day. Read the full story