Central Bank of Iceland policy rate lowered
The Monetary Policy Committee has decided to lower the Central Bank of Iceland’s policy rate by 100 basis points to 12.0 percent. Overnight lend...
Politics
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Sweden snubbed by French President
The issue of Turkey’s admission into the EU has again reared its contentious head, this time over comments made by Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Carl Bil...
Greenland’s opposition scores huge political victory
In the general government election held just days before Greenland adopts greater independence from Denmark, the territory’s main opposition party won...
Danish schools consider allowing the Internet for exams
It may seem self-defeating to some, but Denmark’s Education Ministry is seriously considering allowing the use of the Internet during school exams. Ap...
Denmark set to send its first astronaut into space
Andreas Mogensen, a Danish aerospace engineer, has been chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA) to join the elite European Space Agency Astronaut Co...
Finland rejects Russian call to change freight system
Finland’s transport minister was joined by the Finnish hauliers’ lobby in rejecting a proposal by the Russian Federal Customs Service that wants to mo...
Norway resumes cash aid to Zimbabwe
Despite President Robert Mugabe’s continued misrule of Zimbabwe, Norway has decided it will resume cash aid to the desperate African nation that it cu...
Nordic region must lead way in climate change
At their summit in Iceland, environment ministers from the Nordic region stressed in a public statement that “The Nordic Region must show the way and ...