Greenland’s Premier Kuupik Kleist has said that he sees a future of co-operation with China, including possible membership to the Arctic Council. Read the full story

Terrorism charges against two Swedish journalists have been dropped by an Ethiopian court due to a lack of evidence. Read the full story

Denmark’s foreign minister has criticised a decision by Israel to start building a new settlement in East Jerusalem. Read the full story

The Icelandic government next week intends to put a parliamentary resolution for debate before Althingi that Iceland should recognise Palestinian independence, the country’s foreign minister told the UN yesterday. Read the full story

The Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin, invited Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland, to a conference on Arctic shipping and other affairs of the high north. The conference started yesterday and is mainly about the new opportunities and responsibilities that will come with melting sea ice. Read the full story

The Greenlandic Prime Minister says that climate change and search & rescue co-ordinations are now the biggest national security issues facing the Arctic region — and not traditional military issues. Read the full story

Ossur Skarphedinsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, believes the President of the Republic went too far when he recently criticised the government over the Icesave dispute in the foreign media. Read the full story

The Greenlandic self-rule Prime Minister, Kuupik Kleist is on a three-day official visit to Iceland, which began yesterday. Read the full story

The Latvian capital city has named a new square Iceland Square in commemoration of the fact that Iceland was the first country to recognise Latvian independence 20 years ago. Read the full story

Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime Minister of Iceland, has conveyed her country’s condolences to her Norwegian counterpart and encouraged Icelanders to fly their flags at half mast following Friday’s bomb and shootings in the Oslo area. Read the full story