Finnish police kept busy over New Year
Police in Finland had little chance to relax and enjoy the New Year celebrations as they received more calls relating to drunkenness, assaults, vandal...
Danish Prime Minister discusses tough times in new year speech
Denmark’s Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt asked the nation to be prepared for tougher times in her New Year speech at the weekend.
Swedes break own world SMS record
It may still be nice to receive a Christmas card through the post – but these days the real king of holiday greetings is the mobile phone text message...
Fireworks taint New Year celebrations in Scandinavia
Several people were injured by fireworks in Denmark, Sweden and Norway during the New Year festivities. Around 500 young party-goers broke into a stor...
Explosive Iceland welcomes 2008 with record fireworks
The Republic of Iceland, with just 300,000 inhabitants, celebrated the arrival of 2008 with thousands of tons of fireworks to help see the new year in...
Happy New Year 2008
We hope you’ve had a great year in 2007 and all the best of luck, good health and great happiness for 2008. Thank you for a great 2007, we know ...
Sydney Australia celebrates the coming of 2008
The clock hit 00:00 in Sydney at 13:00 GMT so they are well into 2008 when the Scandinavians celebrate their New Year. The locals staged a spectacular...
Iceland prepares for the new year
As with the rest of Iceland the capital Reykjavik is renowned for its fantastic new year’s eve (Icelanders call it Gamlarskvold) celebrations, a...