Iceland makes second early IMF repayment
Iceland has made a second early repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a symbolic step that shows the island nation is aggressively wor...
Politics
Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Finland stalls Iceland air surveillance decision
The Finnish government has postponed a decision about whether or not to take part in the joint monitoring of Iceland’s airspace
Greenland and Denmark submit continental shelf claim
Denmark and Greenland have handed the United Nations documents to support their claim to the disputed continental shelf.
Suu Kyi finally delivers Nobel speech in Norway
Burmese democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi finally delivered her Nobel Lecture in Oslo this week, 21 years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize while ...
Iceland PM: Europe should copy us
Europe should follow Iceland’s model of winning public support for austerity measures and returning to economic growth after a crisis, according to Ic...
Iceland capital control removal ‘depends on euro crisis’
Iceland’s economic minister has said that the country may have to delay its plans to remove capital controls by the end of 2015 due to uncertainty in ...
Finns Party u-turn on MP’s hate speech conviction
Finns Party chairman Timo Soini says he has changed his mind about a racism conviction preventing anyone from serving in the right-wing party, after t...
Book: WikiLeaks asked hackers to spy on Iceland government
A new book has alleged that Wikileaks made connections with hacker group LulzSec in an attempt to expose corruption in Iceland.