• Iceland to adopt the Canadian dollar?

Iceland, hard hit by the financial crisis, may drop its Icelandic Krona and instead adopt the Canadian dollar, according to news sources.

Denmark was the first country in the world to allow gay couples to enter into civil unions in 1989.

Three men believed to have ties to Al-Qaeda on trial in Norway.

Denmark's biggest bank will cut 2,000 jobs as part of a three-year savings programme, it said as it posted a surprise Q3 net loss.

Two people arrested in Helsinki on suspicion of funding terrorism and recruitment had foreign links but planned no attacks in Finland.

Police have arrested two people suspected of financing terrorist activities.

"There are grave humanitarian needs in Libya, and releasing funds that can be used to the benefit of the people in the country is therefore a matter of urgency," Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said.

The far-right Danish People's Party (DPP) kicked off campaigning Monday for elections next month with a call for Denmark to toughen its controversial border control regime and move asylum centres abroad.

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