Norway to investigate human rights abuses in Gaza
The Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store has advised that Norway will be actively following up on a UN Human Rights Council report, which came ...
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Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Policy rate unchanged 12% in Iceland
Central Bank of Iceland interest rate decision and issuance of 28-day certificates of deposit The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep ...
Central bank of Iceland annoucesa policy rate change
The policy rate decision will be announced at 9:00 a.m. GMT today. The rationale behind the interest rate decision will be explained in a webcast at 1...
Danish Government drops controversial Burka ban
The governing Conservative Party in Denmark has decided to drop its contentious proposal for the banning of Burkas. As reported by Danish news source ...
Climate Summit in danger of failure
Britain’s foreign minister has claimed that he fears the climate summit scheduled for December in Copenhagen will end without a satisfactory result. M...
Finland in dispute over sale of surplus nuclear power
The Finnish finance minister Jyrki Katainen said last week that he would be happy to export surplus nuclear generated electricity.
Denmark dumps Iraqi refugees in favour of Burmese
The Danish immigration minister has made an about turn on her policy of accepting Iraqi refugees under the United Nations agreement. Just eight weeks ...
Nordic investment for climate projects in developing countries
The countries of the Nordic group are set to invest over EUR 14 million for climate projects in developing countries. The investment, which is part of...