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...
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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...
Finland and Iceland support Kosovo
The President of Finland Tarja Halonen officially signed a document recognising the independence of Kosovo from Serbia on Friday last week. Iceland ha...
Bush and Rasmussen discuss climate change
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called on the US president to join him in help persuading the developing economies of China and India ...
Finland signs five agreements with Vietnam
Finland has signed a number of cooperative agreements with Vietnam following a recent visit of the Finnish president to the South East Asian country. ...