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Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
No immediate Danish exit plan for Afghanistan
A government decision for Danish troops to remain in Afghanistan this year has been accepted by opposition parties on the condition that a more precis...
Press Release: The Report of the Althingi Special Investigation Commission
Press Release: The Special Investigation Commission (SIC), which was established by Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament, in December 2008, to investiga...
IMF schedules second review of Iceland’s economic programme
Ministry of Finance press release: Agreement has been reached on a letter of intent for the second review under Iceland’s Stand-By Arrangement w...
Swedish government removes small business accountant requirement
The Swedish government has announced that it will abolish the requirement for small businesses to employ an accountant. The move is aimed at removing ...
Swedish Minister wants prostituion users to be named and shamed
Beatrice Ask, the Swedish justice minister, has suggested that families be informed in situations where fathers or husbands are suspected of purchasin...
Norway analyses spy presence
The Norwegian National Security Service (PST) has declared that some 19 countries have intelligence officers located across the country, with not all ...
Swedish conflict with Turkey worsens following genocide classification
A widening rift is developing between the Swedish and Turkish governments in the wake of the Swedish parliament’s decision to recognise the 1915 mass ...