According to Icelandic law, Alþingi cannot now bring former ministers Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Árni M. Mathiesen and Björgvin G. Sigurðsson before the Landsdómur high court as MPs from The Movement have demanded. Read the full story

The chairman of the Icelandic parliament’s constitutional and supervisory committee has said she thinks it is not unlikely  that the country’s proposed new constitution will be put to a national referendum. Read the full story

A new website called Betra Island (Better Iceland) was formally opened in a tent outside the Icelandic parliament building on Wednesday. Read the full story

This weekend’s election to the Faroese parliament, the Logting, saw significant gains for the centre right. Read the full story

A small band of fundamentalist Muslims is attempting to introduce Sharia Law zones in Copenhagen. Read the full story

Denmark’s prime minister has called general elections for 15th September amid increasing pressure from the opposition. Read the full story

A Danish-Bahraini human rights activist has been sentenced to life in prison for criticising the Bahraini regime and its ruler, King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa. Read the full story

More than a quarter of young Swedes would favour dictatorship over democracy, according to a new study. Read the full story

Reykjavik police are investigating a letter sent to the DV newspaper threatening former and current MPs who have spoken out in favour of voting ‘yes’ in the Icesave referendum this coming weekend. Meanwhile the official referendum information booklet is being distributed to all homes today and yesterday. Read the full story

A parliamentary resolution on the forming of a constitutional council has passed Iceland’s Althingi parliament. The council will be held instead of a constitutional parliament, because the public election result was voided by the Supreme Court. Read the full story