Danish government was aware of secret US interrogations
Although the United States continues to deny it conducted secret interrogations of suspected terrorists in foreign countries, the Danish government wa...
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Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Elections in Iceland this weekend
Click here if you want to follow the Elections in Iceland but don’t understand Icelandic The general parliamentary elections in Iceland are to b...
Denmark joins controversial summit on racism
The Danish Foreign Ministry decided to participate in the UN’s Durban II conference on racism at the ambassadorial level which is taking place this we...
Pirate Bay Four found guilty
A Swedish court handed the four men from The Pirate Bay a guilty verdict for being accessories to copyright infringement on Friday. The ruling in the ...
Sweden to get Europe’s biggest wind farm?
Plans have been set in motion for Europe’s largest wind farm to be built in Sweden after approval was given by the Norrbotten county administrative bo...
Swedish strippers dodging taxman
Swedish tax authorities are entering the virtual world of the Internet to hunt down webcam strippers whom they accuse of dodging taxes. These work-at-...
Finland wants to cap EU membership fees
Finland has come out and voiced its suggestions for EU member states in a recent Report on Finland’s EU Policy that was submitted by its government la...
Reported honour crimes rise sharply in Denmark
While not culturally common in Scandinavia, honour crimes are a regular occurrence in certain strict societies, including Afghanistan, Iran and Somali...