Greenland denies EU’s rare earth limits
Greenland’s premier has said that the EU won’t be given preference over China as the country seeks to exploit its rare earths deposits. Prime Minister...
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Danish PM unveils new jobs package
Denmark’s Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has announced the launch of a new government jobs package. The PM told the media during her weekly pre...
Iceland envoy: EU talks are not dead
Iceland’s ambassador to the European Union has said that accession talks have simply been delayed, rather than suspended. The comments came via a stat...
Iceland’s president vilifies former British PM Gordon Brown over Icesave crisis
In a recent interview with British news broadcaster Sky News, Iceland’s President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson declared that Iceland as a country will never...
Iceland suspends EU accession effort
Iceland has suspended talks about its bid to join the European Union until after the upcoming election. The announcement from coalition officials in R...
Swedish political veteran Lars Werner dies
Lars Werner, a veteran politician from the Swedish Left Party, has died at the age of 77. Born in Stockholm, Werner took his initial seat in Swedish p...
Iceland minister: science is the key to mackerel dispute
An Icelandic official is continuing to defend Reykjavik by saying that ‘science’ is the key to solving the ongoing North Atlantic mackerel dispute....
Danish soldier killed in Afghanistan
A 39-year-old Danish soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, marking the first time a member of the country’s ‘elite’ Jægerkorpset forces has lost the...