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.
Politics
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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...
Swedish PM’s speech interrupted by topless protesters
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt’s speech in Almedalen was interrupted by topless protesters from feminist group Femen, before they were appre...
Faroe Islands and EU resolve herring crisis
The European Union and the Faroe Islands have come to an agreement to settle a herring dispute, with the EU ready to drop sanctions it had imposed on ...
Danish parliament approves dual citizenship
A large majority of Denmark’s parliament has approved dual citizenship in the Scandinavian country, meaning foreigners will be permitted to become Dan...