Central Bank of Iceland cuts key rate to ten percent
Press statement from the CBI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to change Central Bank interest rates as follows. The deposit rate (curren...
Politics
Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Danish pensions funding Jewish settlements
Danish pension funds are indirectly investing billions in firms involved in settlements that have been declared illegal by the United States and Unite...
Stay of execution for Norwegian mercenaries in Congo
Strong reaction by the Norwegian government to the military Appeals Court decision in the DR Congo to uphold the death sentence ordered for two Norweg...
Norway expels illegal Iraqi immigrants
On Sunday 6th December an early morning action by the Norwegian police aliens section oversaw the forced deportation of 30 Iraqi nationals that had be...
Proposed tax hikes to affect top income earners in Finland
New income tax increases proposed by Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen could result in those who earn over EUR 47,000 a year facing significant ra...
Internet by the people, for the people, with the people
An opinion piece provided by the Council of Europe in the Nordic Countries: Last month in China, President Barack Obama said that criticism on the Int...
Norway.com sold to America
The Norwegian American Foundation (NAF) has purchased the Norway.com website, with the site headquarters to be based in Seattle, Washington.
Danish school bans pupils from speaking foreign languages
A school in Odense on the Danish island of Funen has prohibited students from speaking in their own languages during break time.