JAN M. OLSEN

Charity: Iraq excludes 45,000 children born under IS rule
An international charity says an estimated 45,000 children in Iraq who were born under the rule of the Islamic State group are being excluded from society because the government denies them documentation and ID papers.
 
Danish lawmaker: euroskeptic EU alliance can have influence
A senior member of a Danish anti-immigration party said Friday he hopes a new right-wing alliance “can have real influence on European policy for the first time ever” after next month’s European Parliament elections.
 
Scandinavian Airlines strike affects 72,000 travelers
Pilots for Scandinavian Airlines have launched an open-ended strike following the collapse of pay negotiations, forcing the company to cancel 673 flights, affecting 72,000 passengers.
 
Swedish authorities say a Russian diplomat has quietly left Sweden following the arrest of a computer specialist he allegedly handled as a spy and met for dinner in Stockholm three weeks ago to carry out an act of espionage.
 
Another Nordic bank CEO falls over money laundering scandal
The chairman of one of Sweden’s largest banks says it has dismissed its chief executive in the wake of allegations that the bank was connected to a massive money laundering scandal in the Baltic countries.
 
Official: Norway cruise ship engines failed from lack of oil
The European company that owns a cruise ship that was the focus of a harrowing North Sea air rescue has accepted maritime officials’ conclusion that low oil levels caused the ship’s engines to shut down.
 
Swedish bank’s offices raided in money laundering probe
The headquarters of one of Sweden’s largest banks are being raided by authorities as part of an investigation into whether Swedbank was connected to a massive money laundering scandal in the Baltic countries.
 
Danes test out ski slope on top of incineration plant
The Alps it’s not. But Danish skiers and snowboarders are testing out an artificial ski slope above an incineration plant that doesn’t emit toxins and rises 85 meters (279 feet) above the flat landscape of Copenhagen.
 
Danes erect fence on German border to stop swine fever
Denmark has begun erecting a 70-kilometer (43.4-mile) fence along the German border to keep out wild boars in an attempt to prevent the spread of African swine fever, which could jeopardize the country’s valuable pork industry.
 
Incumbent Lofven chosen to lead new govt in Sweden
Swedish lawmakers have approved a center-left minority government led by caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, ending a four-month political deadlock. The vote in parliament on Friday was 153-115 in favor of Lofven, with 77 abstentions.
 
North Korean diplomat arrives for meeting in Sweden
A North Korean diplomat has arrived in Sweden to take part in an unannounced meeting in Stockholm, officials said Friday.
 
9 new suspects arrested after murder of 2 women in Morocco
Moroccan authorities say nine more people have been arrested for connections to the four initial suspects in the killing of two Scandinavian university students in a remote corner of the Atlas Mountains.
 
Man at center of Nobel Literature scandal loses rape appeal
The man with ties to the Swedish Academy that awards the literature Nobel Prize has lost his appeal to have his rape conviction and a two-year prison sentence reversed and been convicted of a second rape.
 
Norwegian frigate is rammed by tanker in harbor, could sink
Norway’s military says an oil tanker has rammed a Norwegian navy frigate in a harbor on the country’s western coast, tearing a large hole in its side. The frigate’s 137 crew members were evacuated amid fears that it may sink.
 
Swedish study notes surge in automated Twitter accounts
A Swedish government study says there’s been a recent surge in the number of automated Twitter accounts ahead of the Sept. 9 election, noting that 40 percent of them are more likely to support the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party, polled to make gains.
 
4 killed when bus plunges onto train tracks in Finland
A bus has plunged from a bridge onto railway tracks in central Finland, killing four people and injuring more than 20, police said.
 
Thieves steal Swedish royal jewels, escape by speedboat
Thieves carrying out a daring daytime robbery smashed a security case at a cathedral in Sweden and stole gold and jewel-encrusted crowns from the early 1600s before hopping on bicycles and escaping via a nearby lake.
 
Denmark widens probe into police and pro-Tibet protesters
Denmark’s government is widening a Parliament-appointed probe into how police handled pro-Tibet protesters during a 2012 Chinese presidential visit to include all official visits from China for the past 23 years.
 
Verdict looms into macabre death of Swedish journalist
One of the most talked-about and macabre court cases in recent Danish history is set to conclude Wednesday when the verdict is handed down on whether Peter Madsen tortured and murdered a Swedish journalist during a private submarine trip.
 
Denmark ship on fire in Arabian Sea, 4 sailors missing
Officials say that four sailors are missing after “a serious fire” erupted on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in the Arabian Sea belonging to the shipping branch of the Danish group A.P. Moller-Maersk.
 
Danish film exec OK’d for work after sex harassment review
A former Danish film executive who co-founded a company with director Lars von Trier has been cleared to return to work following an investigation into claims of sexual harassment, his company said Tuesday.
 
Maersk Oil, partners to invest $3.4B in North Sea gas
Danish conglomerate AP Moller-Maersk said Friday it will invest 21 billion kroner ($3.4 billion) together with British-Dutch oil producer Shell, among others, to redevelop and extend the production life cycle of Denmark’s largest gas field in the North Sea.
 
Bread made of insects to be sold in Finnish supermarkets
 
Danish official: No room for refugees from UN this year
An official in Denmark says the minority center-right government doesn’t want to accept any refugees this year that come in under a U.N. quota system.
 
Norway to Brazil: Curb deforestation or we stop the money
Norway’s prime minister has warned Brazil’s president to curb deforestation in the Amazon or Norway will reduce its financial contribution to the project this year.
 
Danes again ponder repeal of blasphemy law
A case of a man charged under Denmark’s little-used blasphemy law for setting a Quran on fire and posting a video of it online has raised the question again: Should Danes scrap the law making it a crime to insult God?
 
Norwegian-British man released from Congo prison
A man with dual Norwegian and British citizenship who had been sentenced to life in prison for murder in Congo has been freed. Joshua French had been found guilty of strangling his former friend Tjostolv Moland, who was found dead in his cell.
 
Teen asylum-seeker ID’d as suspect in Norway explosive case
Norway’s security service says a 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with an explosive device found near a busy subway station in Oslo and defused before it detonated.
 
Stolen truck kills 4 in Stockholm; Sweden calls it terror
A hijacked beer truck plowed into pedestrians at a central Stockholm department store, killing four people, wounding 15 others and sending screaming shoppers scattering in panic in what Sweden’s prime minister called a terrorist attack.
 
Danish NGO puzzled by Turkish decision to expel staff
The secretary-general of a Danish organization working in Turkey with Syrian refugees says five of its employees have been expelled while five others _ all Syrians _ are being detained by Turkish authorities.
 
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