Scotland: Scotch whisky makers set for EU anti-fraud scheme
Scotch whisky producers will be required to sign up to a new verification scheme if they want to sell their products within the European Union (EU).
The Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme, set up by the UK Government, will help consumers in the UK and abroad to differentiate from genuine UK-produced spirits and fake or sub-standard competitors. ...
The Scotsman
Iceland: Doctors in Iceland Getting Older and Older
The average age of specialists in Iceland is now more than 55, according to Kristján Guðmundsson, the head of the association for medical specialists in Iceland.
In the last five years, the average age has gone up by five years as there has been no renewal of new doctors returning to Iceland after specializing abroad. ...
Iceland Review
UAE: Three Iranian kidnappers of UK businessman held
The security authorities found belongings of the victim in a house rented by the gang leader who was arrested by the State Security in Dubai.
UAE State Security in Dubai has arrested three Iranian nationals accused of kidnapping Abbas Yazdi.
The businessman’s wife had reported her husband has been missing since last June.
The security authorities identified the kidnappers and launched investigation to determine the way Yazdi was abducted. ...
The Khaleej Times
Sweden: Swedish jails empty despite crime rise
Sweden boasts one of the world’s lowest incarceration rates - ten times lower than the US. Why do Swedish judges opt to keep convicts out of jail or issue lenient sentences, which one inmate called “a chance to start over”.
Swedish judge Carin Westerlund says she seldom hesitates to take the opportunity of keeping a convict out of prison. ...
The Local
Solomon Islands: Julian Marley: Be positive youths
Visiting music sensation and son of the reggae legend Julian Marley has urged youths of Solomon Islands to be positive at all times and be themselves. He highlighted at press conference after his arrival on Tuesday.
“Nothing is easy that you cannot fight for it,” he said. ...
Solomon Star News
Estonia: Estonian Defense Forces to Purchase Drones
The Defense Force is planning to purchase surveillance drones in the next few years in a bid to upgrade reconnaissance capabilities.
Defense Forces commander in chief Maj. Gen. Riho Terras told Eesti Päevaleht today that Russia is increasingly proving it is a military superpower and recent conflicts have developed very quickly, which means that Estonia’s military priority is to develop its surveillance abilities. ...
ERR
Japan: Scratching an itch feels like falling in love, researchers find
Scratching an itch activates the same brain mechanism that generates feelings of comfort in people when they are praised or fall in love, according to a scientific study.
In both cases, more activity is generated in the striatum and midbrain regions, the National Institute for Physiological Sciences ...
The Asahi Shimbun
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