Rwandan genocide suspect extradited by Sweden
In a first of its kind, Sweden is set to extradite a Rwandan man who has been accused of active participation in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Sylvere ...
Politics
Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Application sent to Stockholm for Iceland to join the EU
According to Morgunbladid, a large Icelandic news source, the application for Icelandic membership to the European Union has been sent today and alrea...
Press Release from EPP President Wilfried Marthens about EU Membership for Iceland
The following is a Press Release from the European People’s Party regarding Iceland’s membership application to join the European Union.
Iceland’s Prime Minister’s statement on decision to apply for EU membership
Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland’s Prime Minister and leader of the Icelandic Social Democrats issued the following statement on the decision of...
Icelandic Foreign ministry on European Union accession negotiations vote
The Parliament of Iceland voted today in favour of applying for membership of the European Union. This follows a resolution proposal submitted by the ...
Iceland will send an application to join the EU
Today the Icelandic Parliament has voted “yes” to start official negotiations to apply for European Union membership. The votes were clos...
Iceland has mixed feelings about EU Membership
Political parties within Iceland are either disagreeing or in support of the possible European Union membership proposal, a decision made by the Icela...
Norwegians may be voting from home in next elections
A trial is being carried out to test whether it would be viable for Norwegians to safely cast their votes in municipal elections from a computer in th...