Danish police not allowed to wear headscarves
Despite the fact that Norway recently decided to allow Muslim women working in the national police force the right to wear headscarves while on duty, ...
Politics
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Denmark failing to meet Kyoto targets
The Danish think tank, Poyry, has published a new report suggesting that Denmark will not meet its 2012 targets under the Kyoto Protocol using its cur...
Greenland wants new language policy
Tommy Maro, the Culture Minister of Greenland, has proposed a bill to parliament outlining a new policy for the use of language in Greenland. The goal...
Joint Nordic air patrols of Arctic on the table
Discussions over establishing a joint Nordic air patrol that would monitor the regions of the Arctic Sea where ice is disappearing are currently under...
Norway’s prime minster rides shotgun in road rally
Jens Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister of Norway, ripped around the Norway Rally circuit as World Champ Sebastien Loeb’s passenger in a celebration of n...
Iceland: Time to reconsider national approach?
“The foreign debt of the Icelandic economy and the nation is beyond our power and the prospect is black,” said Haraldur L. Haraldsson, an economist, a...
Finnish company applies to build nation’s sixth nuclear reactor
Finland is debating whether it needs a sixth nuclear power plant, and several firms are vying to win the contract to build it. The Finnish utility com...
Norway and Guyana work together on climate change
The tiny South American nation of Guyana has received a big boost from Norway as the two countries have agreed to work together to reduce their impact...