Finnish interior minister wants to end asylum-seeker loophole
Interior Minister Paivi Rasanen has hinted that Finland could pay asylum seekers to leave the country after figures revealed a ten-fold rise in people...
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Iceland and Suriname to stage male-only gender equality conference
Iceland Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi announced at a speech in front of the United Nations that his country and Suriname will hold a conference to dis...
Greenland: Hammond in public funds scandal
Greenland Premier Aleqa Hammond’s position could be at risk after it was alleged that she has been misusing public funds.
Norway and Egypt to co-host conference on reconstruction of Gaza
Norway and Egypt are to co-host a conference in Cairo on the reconstruction of Gaza, states Børge Brende, Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Iceland not on EU sanction list confirms Russia
According to the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, Rúv, Iceland was not on Russia’s sanction list, confirms The Embassy of Russia in Icel...
Iceland sends humanitarian relief to Gaza
Icelandic Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson has announced that the North Atlantic nation is to donate around 12 million kroner in relief funds t...
Icelandic Fisheries Minister: Quotas ‘based on science’
Icelandic Fisheries Minister Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson has said that he has drawn up the total catch quotas for most species of fish for the upcoming f...
Lofven defends comments on Israel-Palestine conflict
The leader of Sweden’s Social Democrats party Stefan Lofven has defended comments he made about Israel having the right to defend itself in Gaza, clai...