Swedish iron ore mine requested to be scrapped by UN
Calls to scrap plans for an iron ore mine in Sweden have been made by two UN human rights experts to protect indigenous Sami people. David Boyd, a spe...
Politics
Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Anders Behring Breivik parole request rejected by Norwegian court
On Tuesday 1st February, mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik was denied a request for parole by Norwegian court as he remains “an obvious risk&...
Finnish diplomats allege phone hacking while working abroad
Finnish diplomats working abroad have claimed that they have been hacked by sophisticated spyware, alleging it to be the work of the Israeli spyware c...
Swedish Prime Minister gets in trouble for hosting cleaner with deportation order
Magdalena Andersson, the Prime Minister of Sweden, has got herself into trouble after a cleaner at her home was detained after being previously awarde...
Terrorism in Finland: five arrested over far-right plot
Finnish police have arrested five men suspected of far-right terrorism and were planning a motivated bomb and gun attack. According to police, the fiv...
Magdalena Andersson: Swedish Prime Minister resigns just hours after appointment
Sweden’s first female Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, has resigned just hours after her appointment due to Andersson’s budget failing...
The Arctic Circle Assembly 2021 – Almost Business As Usual!
“Preparing for this year’s Arctic Circle Assembly has been a gratifying and at times a stressful and tense process,” says Ásdís Ólaf...
Election in Iceland: Recount overturns female majority in parliament
After what looked like a historic first for an election in Iceland, a female-majority parliament was overturned after a recounting of votes took place...