Two-year term wanted for ‘bribery’ MP
The prosecutor in the case against Finland’s former minister for foreign affairs, Iikka Kanerva, is calling for the MP to serve a jail term of at leas...
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A message to Iceland from Hillary Clinton
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to congratulate the people of Iceland as you celebrate your Independe...
Young Swedes ‘pick dictatorship over democracy’
More than a quarter of young Swedes would favour dictatorship over democracy, according to a new study.
Marijuana mouth spray gets green light
A prescription drug which contains the same active ingredient as marijuana has become available to multiple sclerosis suffers in Denmark for the first...
Norwegian CO2 levels spike
Recent data has shown that Norway’s CO2 emissions increased by nearly five percent in 2010.
Copenhagen commuter rail gets green light
Copenhagen’s proposed light rail project has taken the next step towards coming to fruition.
Sweden slams Germany’s nuclear pledge
A top Swedish official has branded Germany’s announcement that it will be decommissioning its nuclear power stations by 2022 as “unrealistic.”
Eruption on the wane; clean-up phase begins
(Press release from the Icelandic government): “The worst is over,” said Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir today, “and now t...