It seems there is little interest in home-schooling in Iceland, despite a change of law in 2008 to make it easier. Despite the change the requirements and restrictions on home-schooling are still very tight. Read the full story

Joel Faerseth, who was born in November to Icelandic parents using an Indian surrogate mother, has now left India and is on his way to Iceland. Read the full story

A baby boy with Icelandic parents who was born to a surrogate mother in India last November has been stuck in the country since birth, unable to get an Icelandic passport. Read the full story

Iceland’s finance minister says that the country’s debt situation is no worse than in neighbouring countries and better than many. Despite this, next year’s budget includes cuts to both maternity/paternity leave and child benefit. Read the full story

A Swedish couple has been fined by the Tax Agency for failing to give their 16-month-old son a name. The boy’s father has been forced to pay SEK 4,000 (USD 542), while the mother has been charged SEK 2,000 (USD 271) for denying their offspring the most basic of human rights. Read the full story

A woman was yesterday given a three-month suspended prison sentence at the Reykjavik District Court for breaking her four week-old son’s foot. Read the full story

Prisoners in Denmark may soon be able to interact with their children from behind bars under a new initiative which would see them read bedtime stories onto CDs. Read the full story

Swedish officials have launched an indictment against a couple from Stockholm for using what they claim to be torture-like methods for maintaining discipline. Read the full story