Electricity agreement signed between Yemen and Iceland
Yemen’s General Corporation for Electricity and Iceland’s Reykjavik Energy Invest company signed a new agreement on Sunday, according to reports by Sa...
Politics
Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Swedish welfare state survives privatisation
Since Sweden elected a centre-right government in 2006, the country has seen a number of liberal reforms, including the privatisation of the Swedish v...
Denmark debates boycott of Olympic Games
The Danish public are currently divided over whether to support a boycott of the Olympic Games in China, according to the Copenhagen Post. Denmark has...
Wood tariffs cause friction between Finland and Russia
Dispute an ongoing dispute about export tariffs on timber, Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen of Finland has announced that he will be supporting Russia in...
US thanks Denmark for troop contributions
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates briefly visited Denmark last week and made a public statement thanking Denmark for standing as an ally of America, a...
Tibetans’ plight supported in Reykjavik
The campaign for a free Tibet travelled as far as Reykjavik this week when a foreign protester sympathetic to the Tibetan cause arrived at the Chinese...
Iceland opposes Taiwan UN membership
The government of Iceland said last week that it was against Taiwan’s plan to hold a referendum on UN membership, reports China View News. ̶...
Afghanistan welcomes Norwegian UN envoy
The Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide has been named the new UN envoy to Afghanistan, a move welcomed by the Afghan government according to the Reuters news...