Iceland faces fishing sanctions over ‘mackerel wars’
Europe’s Fisheries Commissioner, Maria Damanaki, is looking to enforce fishing sanctions against Iceland after talks, to set mackerel catch levels for...
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Sverigedemokraterna expresses joy over Stockholm bombings
Svenska Dagbladet reports that the secretary of Sverigedemokraterna’s Party Chairman twittered “Finally, is this when we can say we told y...
Jesper Langballe admits defamation after Muslim rape comments
Right-wing Danish MP Jesper Langballe has pleaded guilty to defamation after writing in a newspaper article about rape and honour killings in Muslim f...
Carl Bildt criticised for writing about terrorist attack on Twitter
Around midnight on Saturday evening, the night of the Stockholm bombings, Sweden’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt wrote the following on...
Swedish government loses parliamentary vote on budgetary cutbacks
Last week, Sweden’s conservative government was given a harsh reminder that it does not control the majority of seats in parlament when losing a vote ...
“Iceland well on its way to economic recovery”
Dagens Industri, Sweden’s most influental financial newspaper, recently reported that Iceland is well on its way to economic recovery following ...
Straightforward questions for citizenship test in Finland
There will be no trick questions on tests that could be given to foreigners applying for citizenship in Finland, according to the country’s immigratio...
WikiLeaks reveals U.S. Embassy’s view on Carl Bildt’s political abilities
Svenska Dagbladet and Aftonbladet have both reported that confidental documents which reveal the view of diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm on...