Sauli Niinistö has been elected Finland’s 12th president, with the landslide win by the National Coalition Party marking an end to 30 years of the Social Democrats’ rein. Read the full story

The National Coalition Party has won a first-round victory in the Finnish presidential elections. With a massive 37 percent of the vote, the country’s former finance minister Sauli Niinistö will now face off against Green League candidate Pekka Haavisto (18.8 percent) in the second round on 5th February. Read the full story

Potential candidates to become the next President of Iceland are apparently holding off on nominating themselves until the encumbant, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, states without any doubt that he will not stand again. Read the full story

The President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, announced to the nation in his New Year speech that he will not be running for re-election this year. Read the full story

Since Bishop of Iceland Karl Sigurbjörnsson announced at the last synod that he will step down in 2012, preparations have been under way for the election of a new Bishop. Many of the likely candidates are female. 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

Denmark has elected a centre-left government following elections this week, and will likely get its first ever female prime minister, in the form of Helle Thorning-Schmidt. 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

True Finns MP Teuvo Hakkarainen will be the subject of a police investigation over controversial comments he made regarding immigrants. Read the full story

The elections board of the National Church of Iceland has decided to resign in an attempt to increase trust and credibility following the contested result in the election of the Ordination Bishop of Skalholt. Read the full story