Norway considers plastic bag ban
Norway’s Environment and International Development Minister, Erik Solheim, said that the country is considering a blanket ban on plastic bags, accordi...
Finland proposes non-transferable parental leave
Finland’s Minister of Labour, Tarja Cronberg, put forward a plan for non-transferable parental leave last week, according to the Finnish News Agency S...
Prayers and protests against cartoon continue
A prayer leader in Tehran last week urged all Islamic countries to sever their ties with Denmark and with all “those who desecrate Prophet Muhammad.” ...
Iceland likely to restart commercial whaling
Iceland is likely to restart hunting minke whales in May according to a report from the BBC. Iceland resumed commercial whaling in 2006 but in August ...
Somalis arrested in Sweden
Two men are being held in custody in Sweden on suspicion of helping militant groups in Somalia, according to the Associated Press. Prosecutors told a ...
Bush and Rasmussen discuss climate change
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called on the US president to join him in help persuading the developing economies of China and India ...
Finland signs up for further development projects in Nepal
The government of Finland is getting ready to sign an agreement with Nepal over the development of sanitation, water supplies and micro-infrastructure...
Reykjavik redesigned
Scottish architectural firm Graeme Massie was recently announced the winner of a competition to redesign 150 hectares in the Icelandic capital Reykjav...