EU justice referendum in Denmark by end of 2015
The new minority government lead by Lars Lokke Rasmussen has announced plans to bring forward a planned referendum to relinquish its exemption from Eu...
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Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Whale season begins in Iceland with activists’ incident
The first whale kill of the 2015 season in Icelandic waters attracted the ire and intervention of activists, who followed the towed mammal into port l...
Harry Potter translator hits out at Finland’s refugee policy
Jaana Kapari-Jatta, who translated the Harry Potter novels into her mother tongue, has criticised Finland’s policy on refugees, saying it makes her as...
Pirate Party on top of opinion polls
Iceland’s Pirate Party’s popularity is growing, with the spin-off from Sweden’s Pirates top of the country’s recent opinion polls. Recent months has s...
Huge drug bust in Finland
An international drug ring of 20 smugglers was sentenced in Espoo District Court in Finland on Monday in what was one of the Nordic country’s biggest ...
Czech planes to guard Iceland airspace
The Czech Republic is deploying five multirole fighter jets to protect Iceland’s airspace for six weeks while Canada partakes in US-led operations aga...
Greenland passes same-sex marriage laws
Greenland has approved a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry. Lawmakers in the semi-autonomous country unanimously approved the bill by a 27-0 vot...
Finns Party MP back to work after sex-messaging scandal
Finns Party MP Toimi Kankaanniemi published a blog on the online media outlet on Tuesday announcing his return to Parliament. It was reported last wee...