Bhutto killed in Pakistan attack
Benazir Bhutto has been killed in a gun and bomb attack after a rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Police said a suicide bomber fired shots at the Pakista...
Politics
Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Law tightened on employing sex offenders
A new bill passed in the final parliamentary session in Iceland last week expands upon existing legislation by prohibiting sex offenders from being em...
Iceland to begin Atlantic oil exploration
The Icelandic government intends to open the Dreki region in the Atlantic Ocean for oil and gas exploration in January 2009. New gas or oil sites woul...
Finland to help in Afghanistan stabilisation
The President of Finland met with the Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy on Friday to discuss the country’s role in stabilising Afghanis...
Danish court acquits FARC ‘terrorists’
A Danish court acquitted seven people who raised funds for a guerrilla group in the Andes last week, prompting an angry protest from the government of...
Iceland takes action against US human rights violations
A total of 22 Icelandic MPs have signed an Amnesty International letter to prohibit illegal custody and other human rights violations in the US “War o...
India and Iceland conclude tax agreement
Representatives of the governments of India and Iceland signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement last week, in a move designed to strengthen the t...
Ireland brings new proposal to Rockall dispute
The Republic of Ireland recently announced that it had a compromise to propose for the Rockall question. For the last five years, Britain, Denmark, Ir...