India backs out of Norway child custody case
India has abandoned its fight to bring the children of an Indian couple living in Norway back home after they were taken into foster care last May.
Mother ‘gave beer and cigarettes to toddler’
A Swedish mother has been charged with child abuse after films emerged of her apparently forcing beer and cigarettes on her three year-old son.
Dad jailed for faking daughter’s mental illness
A father has been jailed in Sweden after keeping his daughter in isolation for years and forcing her to pretend she had a mental illness in order to s...
New pig farm footage causes stink
New undercover videos showing pigs in squalid and cramped conditions in Finnish farms have raised the issue of cruelty and negligence again in the mea...
Man given licence to kill…squirrel driving him nuts
A cheeky Swedish squirrel may have cracked its last nut, after a man from the neighbourhood it has been ‘terrorising’ was given permission to kill it....
Icelandic healthcare system may be spared more painful cuts
Iceland’s Minister of Welfare has called for the healthcare system to be first in line to benefit from any potential easing in next year’s...
Iceland’s Social Democrat conference ends with declaration of intent
Iceland’s ruling Social Democrats used part of their conference declaration to encourage the country’s financial institutions not to stop ...
Baby found all alone on Icelandic street
A taxi driver was this morning surprised to find that a baby’s car seat left out on the pavement near his home actually contained its owner.