Charities donating goods to poor Danish families this Christmas say they have rejected thousands of bogus applications from well-off households. Read the full story

New ownership of the Icelandic insurance company Sjova does not mean the EFTA will stop its investigation into whether the government gave state subsidies to save the company, against European law. Read the full story

Birgitta Jonsdottir, an Icelandic parliamentarian for The Movement, is the first MP from any country to visit the Gaza Freedom Flotilla this year. Read the full story

Danish activists have announced that they will join a new flotilla of boats to the Palestinian Gaza Strip, just over a year after nine civilians were killed on-board a Turkish vessel that tried to break the Israeli blockade. Read the full story

Norway has signed a climate deal worth USD 1 billion with Indonesia which will see Jakarta agree to a two-year ban on new permits to fell the country’s natural forests. USD 30 million has already been released by Norway with the rest due to reach Indonesia once the country can prove its greenhouse gases have been reduced. Read the full story

A Swedish novelist could be excused for getting his knickers in a twist after he received his confiscated bag back from the Israeli government, only to find it full of women’s clothes. Henning Mankell had his belongings seized in June when Israeli troops raided the Gaza-bound ship he was travelling on. He has since had his bag returned, but to his surprise, he found most of his possessions had been replaced with female attire. Read the full story

The Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt, has demanded an explanation from the Israeli ambassador over the controversial attack on the Gaza-bound ‘Freedom Flotilla’. Read the full story

Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs Ossur Skarphedinsson told media last night that Iceland criticises Israel’s deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla much more harshly than many other nations. Read the full story

A new web portal which allows peacekeepers and aid workers to check their contracting firms’ background has been launched by a Swedish think-tank. Read the full story

Latin American countries will soon be prevented for from receiving aid from Denmark under plans from the country’s new Development Aid Minister, the Liberal Party’s Soren Pind. Read the full story