Iceland’s opposition wins election, Social Democrats swept out of Parliament
Iceland’s Centre-right opposition parties return to power in Iceland following Saturday’s parliamentary election. The Independence Party (...
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Norwegian Labour Party supports military draft for women
Military duty has long been compulsory for Norwegian men, but the same may soon be true for the country’s women now that the Norwegian La...
Icelandic citizens head to the polls
Icelandic voters will have nearly twice as many political parties to choose from in today’s parliamentary election than during the last time the...
Swedish Customs workers grow marijuana plants on the job
Police recently reported two Swedish Customs employees who grew cannabis plants on the job. The customs workers, based in the southern Swedish communi...
Icelandic president to come to Maine
Iceland’s president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson plans to visit Maine, the northeastern-most state of the United States, next May to express his suppo...
Iceland’s likely future PM says country’s bank debt write down is inevitable
The man predicted to become Iceland’s next prime minister said a major debt write down is necessary prior to lifting crippling currency controls...
Cairn Energy PLC was unprepared for Greenland offshore oil spill
A recent report of Cairn Energy PLC’s offshore oil drilling and exploration programme off the shores of western Greenland said the company great...
One in 10 Finnish men now unemployed
The increasing rate of unemployment in Finland has been especially hard on the country’s men, one in 10 of who are out of work. Finland’s ...