Politics

Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe

Chinese Arctic ship docks in Iceland

A Chinese icebreaker ship has crossed the Arctic and docked in Reykjavik Harbour.

Wikileaks figurehead Julian Assange has urged Washington to end its Wikileaks ‘witch hunt’ after he was given amnesty by Ecuador last week.

Anti-immigration party head Pia Kjaersgaard has announced that she is to resign from the Danish People’s Party.

The mayor of the Icelandic capital was seen at the weekend in an outlandish protest against Russia’s jailing of rockers Pussy Riot.

Danish companies are being urged to retrain local employees amid a trend of outsourcing work in the effort of securing cheap labour.

Nearly a dozen individuals have been detained near Stockholm following a protest at the Syrian embassy.

A report showing excessive entertainment spending at a Swedish government agency has lead to the termination of its top official.

A governmental agency in Sweden has reportedly spent millions of kronor on entertainment expenses since 2010.