Norway may ban fossil fuel vehicles by 2015
Norway’s Socialist Left Party has proposed a radical plan to outlaw all new sales of petrol-powered vehicles by 2015. But don’t run out and sell your ...
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Gordon Brown answers Iceland’s protests
In an answer from the British PM office it’s said that Mr. Brown was referring to the agreement between the Icelandic Government and the IMF in regard...
MP Graham Brady says that the British Prime Minister mislead the British Parliament with his answers
In an Interview at local TV station Stod 2 (Channel 2) tonight Graham Brady (MP) said that the British Prime Minster mislead the British Parliament wh...
Sweden’s Pirate Party could score EU seat
Recent polls suggest that Sweden’s newest political group, the Pirate Party, may have a decent chance of winning a seat in the European Parliament on ...
Norway suspends Skanled gas pipeline project
Nordic and Eastern European nations hoping to break free of Russia’s dominant position in gas supply were dealt a blow when Norway suspended its USD 1...
Co-operation called by Norway for Arctic resources
Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store opened last week’s international conference on managing the Arctic with a plea to co-operate peacefully as ...
Dane ranked fourth most-wanted Nazi
Soren Kam, a Danish national, has moved up to number four on the ten most wanted list for World War II Nazi wartime criminals after a recent revision ...
Swedish peace protestors sentenced over warplane vandalism
Three Swedish peace activists from the group Avrusta (Disarm), whose mission is to stop Sweden from exporting weapons, have been sentenced to prison f...