Posted on 24 September 2010.
Eric Gerhardsson, who was elected into the municipal council in Gallivare in Sunday’s Swedish parliamentary and local elections will abandon his party and his seat in the council. Gerhardsson was on the list for the extreme right party Sverigedemokraterna (the Sweden Democrats) but now claims that after having actually read through the party’s manifesto he feels that he has no choice but to leave, Dagens Nyheter reports. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 June 2010.
The Reykholahreppur municipality in the southern Westfjords region of Iceland will have to repeat the recent local elections all over again. Read the full story
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Posted on 30 May 2010.
The council majorities in Reykjavik, Kopavogur, Hafnarfjordur and Akureyri all fell at yesterday’s local elections – Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir described it as a boundary shift in Icelandic politics. Read the full story
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Posted on 29 May 2010.
Icelandic voters are today casting their ballots in local elections across the country. Read the full story
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Posted on 03 April 2010.
Some political parties in Finland have moved to harden their stances on immigration in the lead up to parliamentary elections. Read the full story
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Posted on 30 September 2009.
Norway’s coalition government will meet next week to discuss the possibility of a new political platform after the three parties were all returned to power in the recent election. Read the full story
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Posted on 15 September 2009.
Norway’s left-leaning government coalition has won the country’s general election by a narrow margin. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 July 2009.
A trial is being carried out to test whether it would be viable for Norwegians to safely cast their votes in municipal elections from a computer in their home. The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is developing the plan, which if successful, would be implemented in the next 2011 municipal elections. Read the full story
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Posted on 13 June 2009.
Greenland’s new IA, Demokraatik and KP coalition government has announced its ministerial line-up and the new parliament sat for the first time yesterday. Read the full story
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Posted on 11 June 2009.
Greenland’s new premier, Kuupik Kleist may have managed to form a three party coalition agreement in just six days (compared to the expected 45) but there is still no official confirmation of who the cabinet ministers will be. Read the full story
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No Motörhead wine for Icelanders, branding too negative
Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival begins today
Multiple shooting in Greenland hamlet
IMF refutes claim it tried to shut Icelandic national theatre and museum
Iceland central bank holds rates, predicts ongoing economic growth
Continued Malmö violence embarrasses police
Currency exchange privacy case thrown out of Icelandic court
Sauli Niinistö wins Finland presidential race
Iceland historic French village restoration finance secured
Murder in Hafnarfjörður
