Icelandic finance minister: debt relief plans won’t affect budget surplus
Iceland’s household debt relief plans will not threaten the 2014 budget surplus, according to Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson.
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Greenland PM wants independence from Denmark
Greenland’s prime minister has described the lifting of the uranium mining ban as a huge step towards political and economic independence from Denmark...
Norway bus hijacker faced deportation
A man accused of killing three people after hijacking a bus in Norway was an asylum-seeker from South Sudan who was facing deportation, according to p...
Zlatan and Novak serve up treat for Spanish crowd
Swedish and Paris Saint Germain forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic joined tennis star Novak Djokovic on court for a spot of football tennis after the world nu...
Iceland’s fresh meat imports restrictions breach law according to EFTA
Iceland’s restrictions on fresh meat imports from European Economic Area (EEA) states breach the law, claims the European Fair Trade Association (EFTA...
Lonely Planet names Sweden world’s fourth best country
Sweden has been named as the fourth best place to visit in the world by travel guide Lonely Planet, which lists its food and pop culture among its mai...
Swedish students reported over childish pranks
Several Swedish school students have been reported to police in connection with three incidents in the past month including poisoning their teachers’ ...
Finnish punk film wins documentary of the year
A film telling the tale of a Finnish punk band whose musicians suffer from learning disabilities has won the TV Documentary of the Year award at the P...