Religion is personal say Finnish church-goers
Despite a few more pews being filled over Easter weekend, expressions of religion remain a private matter for Finnish people.
No immediate Danish exit plan for Afghanistan
A government decision for Danish troops to remain in Afghanistan this year has been accepted by opposition parties on the condition that a more precis...
Press Release: The Report of the Althingi Special Investigation Commission
Press Release: The Special Investigation Commission (SIC), which was established by Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament, in December 2008, to investiga...
IMF schedules second review of Iceland’s economic programme
Ministry of Finance press release: Agreement has been reached on a letter of intent for the second review under Iceland’s Stand-By Arrangement w...
Statoil announces new US deal
Norwegian-based Statoil has announced a new agreement with US energy giant Chesapeake that will see the addition of 59,000 acres to the existing 600,0...
Swedish ‘hate cleric’ withdrawn from Muslim youth conference
Controversial Swedish ‘hate cleric’, Abdullah Hakim Quick, did not speak at the Easter weekend conference of young Swedish Muslims after his invitatio...
The View from Here, No. 3
The third in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: Chay’s interview with author Christina Sunley, whose debut novel The Tricking of Freya...
Finnish floods worst in a decade
The mild holiday weekend weather has brought about a rapid acceleration of the spring thaw, with Finland suffering its worst flooding in ten years.