Border row: Denmark gets a taste of its own medicine
Denmark’s decision to increase spot checks and immigration staff at its borders has ironically resulted in similar spot checks and increased surveilla...
EU legal action over Danish border checks
Denmark’s recent announcement that it will soon resume checking its borders with Germany and Sweden has drawn fire from EU officials.
Why Martin Luther King matters to Europe’s Roma
With Roma issues hot in the news in Norway, Finland and Denmark – as well as in many other parts of Europe – Robert Rustem from the Europe...
Jonsi of Sigur Ros announces live solo tour in Europe and North America
In celebration of his debut solo album “go”, Jonsi of the Icelandic band Sigur Ros will begin his 2010 live tour on April 6th in Vancouver, Canada. Jo...
Birgitta Ohlsson named Sweden’s new EU minister
Birgitta Ohlsson has been named as the new Swedish EU minister.
Why Europe’s wealthy are not moving to Scandinavia
The Scandinavian/Nordic countries can invariably be found atop prosperity indices, with Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark all perennial lea...
A Crowd of Scouts in Iceland for Jamboree
The past few days the local population of Reykjavik and the Capital Area might have taken notice of quite many scouts from all over the world. About 3...
Parliament discusses EU membership today
The Icelandic Parliament, known locally as Althingi, will have a meeting today at 10:30 local time (UTC 0). The main focus will be discussion about m...