Jens Stoltenberg finally got to meet US President Barack Obama this week, putting an end to rumours that the Norwegian Prime Minister had been blacklisted by the White House. Read the full story

Barack Obama has been caught out using a recycled sound-bite to praise Denmark. The US President rolled out his favourite boxing pun – used to flatter small nations on three previous occasions – when Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen visited the White House last week. Read the full story

Dick Cheney’s daughter, Liz Cheney wants the government of Iceland to stop its Wikileaks support. Iceland passed its “law on press freedom and protection” in June. These laws are thought to be the world’s strongest dealing with press and whistle-blower protection. Read the full story

Barack Obama, the President of the USA, has appointed Luis E. Arreaga as the country’s new ambassador to Iceland. The United States of America has been without an ambassador at its Reykjavik embassy for around a year. Read the full story

The International Olympic Committee had made its decision to award the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro long before the much publicised visit by US president Barrack Obama. Read the full story

It was announced earlier this afternoon in the Norwegian capital, Oslo that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to US President Barack Obama. Read the full story

As the Olympic committee gathers in Copenhagen, Denmark for Friday’s conclusion as to where the summer Olympics 2016 will be held, several important political figures from around the world will gather and take part in the work done, especially those trying to get the biggest sports event in the world to their country. Read the full story

The US President Barrack Obama will join with a group of influential fellow Americans to attend this week’s International Olympic Committee meeting in Copenhagen. The Copenhagen Post confirmed that Obama and others will be in the Danish capital to throw their weight behind Chicago’s Olympic bid for 2016. Read the full story

Barack Obama, the President of the USA, will be formally invited for an official state visit to Iceland at the first possible opportunity, Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson said on RUV news yesterday. According to Skarphedinsson, the idea came from Obama himself. Read the full story

According to official sources speaking to Helsingin Sanomat, Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defence is preparing to significantly increase its troop numbers in Afghanistan in 2009. If things go as planned, Finland will essentially double its participation in the peacekeeping operation led by NATO’s ISAF force. Read the full story