NATO Secretary General praises Iceland
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has praised Iceland for its commitment to NATO. Rasmussen told Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð G...
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Denmark: 11 charged for funding Kurdish rebels
Denmark’s public prosecution authority will charge 11 men with terror funding after they were accused of funding Kurdish rebels with 130m kroner ($22....
Femen activists bare breasts in Swedish mosque
Members of the protest group Femen bared their breasts once more, on this occasion in a mosque in Stockholm. Three members of the Ukraine-based group,...
Ban Ki-moon commends Iceland
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised Iceland for its efforts in helping the international community improve the standard of international crim...
Snowden makes Norway asylum application
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has applied for asylum in Norway, according to the country’s foreign minister. Norway foreign ministry spokesperson F...
Iceland minister says Snowden will not receive special asylum treatment
Iceland’s finance minister Bjarni Benediktsson has said that if Edward Snowden applies for asylum in the Scandinavian country he will not receive any ...
Finland supports EU flavored tobacco product ban
The Finnish government has stated that it supports an EU proposal to ban flavored tobacco products such as menthol cigarettes. EU health ministers app...
Sweden sentences Stanislas Mbanebabde over Rwandan genocide crimes
A Swedish court has jailed Stanislas Mbanenande for life for his role in the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Mbanenande, who is of Rwandan origin but now a ...