Swedish Pirates on their way to Europe
Having secured more than seven percent of Sweden’s votes in the recent European Parliament elections, the country’s file sharing advocacy group, the P...
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Danes’ two polls: one for change one for none
Last weekend’s referendum concerning an amendment to the Danish constitution on royal succession resulted in a majority vote for adopting absolute pri...
Sweden Foreign Minister praises Iceland progress
The Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Carl Bildt who is currently in Reykjavik at a meeting of the Nordic foreign ministers says on his blog: “All...
Finland sets out to save the Baltic Sea
In an effort to preserve and improve the condition of the Baltic Sea, the Finnish government has announced its plan to hold a Baltic Sea Action Summit...
Copenhagen district to get ‘international’ park
Copenhagen’s Norrebro district is well known as one of the city’s great melting pots of culture and ethnicity, and it’s this global diversity that wil...
Norway claims overfishing in Barents Sea greatly reduced
Illegal fishing activity in the Barents Sea appears to have been greatly reduced thanks to the joint efforts of the Norwegian and Russian governments....
Immigrants to Sweden now able to get ID cards
It has been a long two-and-a-half-year wait, but immigrants who arrive in Sweden are once again able to get a Swedish national identity card. As of 1 ...
Christiana residents lose vital court battle
The efforts of Denmark’s Parliament to take back control of the progressive enclave of Christiana and evict all its squatting residents have been uphe...