Icelandic PM met with EU Commission President
Press release from the Icelandic Prime Minister’s office: Ms. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland met today with Mr. José Manuel B...
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Greenland MPs call for end to Danish political involvement
The Danish parliament’s elected representatives for Greenland have declared that they are ready to begin negotiations aimed at discontinuing the semi-...
FBI delayed Saab sale deal
A Swedish government-requisitioned investigation into Dutch car manufacturer Spyker and its Russian investors temporarily halted the takeover of the f...
Norway denies tobacco producers access to pension funds
Acting on the recommendation of the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), the Norwegian Ministry of Finance has announced that seventeen tobacco prod...
Norway expresses fears over East Jerusalem
Speaking on his visit to the Middle East, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store has voiced his country’s concerns over the situation in East Jer...
Danish government tightens residency criteria
Overseas nationals wishing to apply for permanent Danish residence will face stricter qualification criteria following a ministerial proposal aimed at...
Press Release: Minister of Finance the Netherlands and UK Finance Ministers
The governments of Iceland, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have held regular consultations on the Icesave issue during the past few weeks. A d...
Denmark calls for Burka ban proposals
Proposals into how best to prevent the use of the niqab and burka have been called for by the Danish government. The majority of Danes support the gov...