Swedish beaches flunk EU quality tests
The European Commission’s yearly report on the quality of Europe’s beaches has revealed that eight Swedish swimming areas did not meet the minimum wat...
Finnish nationalists on the political rise
As Finland’s top three political parties suffered losses in the recent European elections, the country’s nationalistic True Finns party captured their...
Swedish Pirates on their way to Europe
Having secured more than seven percent of Sweden’s votes in the recent European Parliament elections, the country’s file sharing advocacy group, the P...
Danes’ two polls: one for change one for none
Last weekend’s referendum concerning an amendment to the Danish constitution on royal succession resulted in a majority vote for adopting absolute pri...
EU vote could distract from Danish royal referendum
Although a majority of Danes appear to be in favour of changing the law of royal succession, a scheduling conflict could distract many citizens from c...
Sweden snubbed by French President
The issue of Turkey’s admission into the EU has again reared its contentious head, this time over comments made by Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Carl Bil...
Norway, Denmark: concern over EU seal product ban
The European Parliament has passed a measure banning the import of all products made from seals into its 27 member countries. Special exceptions are a...
Norway will challenge any EU ban on seal products
Last year the European Commission proposed banning imports of pelts and other products from seals that were killed in an inhumane manner. While their ...