Two Icelandic MPs have put a proposal to the Alþingi parliament calling on the Icelandic government to offer Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo political asylum in the country. Read the full story

Danish political parties, which called for an investigation into alleged double-dealing over CIA rendition flights in Denmark and Greenland when in opposition, have been criticised for backtracking now they are in power. Read the full story

This weekend sees Reykjavik’s annual Gay Pride celebration, with a wide range of events; the highlights of which are Saturday’s family-friendly parade and outdoor concerts. Read the full story

Notorious Danish gunrunner Niels Holck will not be extradited to India, after Denmark’s Director of Public Prosecutions rejected a call by the Indian government to appeal a Supreme Court ruling. Read the full story

Two Danish journalists, who bought illegal fireworks as part of an undercover operation, have had their appeal to have the fines against them dropped rejected by the European Court of Human Rights. Read the full story

The ambassador of China in Oslo has called on Norwegian officials to apologise for handing the Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese human rights activist last year. Read the full story

A column written by Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, on the Council’s new convention on Domestic violence against women which will be open for signatures tomorrow, during the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers conference being held today and tomorrow in Istanbul. Read the full story

An asylum seeker from Iran this morning took two cans of petrol into the Icelandic Red Cross headquarters in Reykjavik, covered himself in the fluid and threatened to set fire to himself. He later told police he did it out of desperation. Read the full story

A group of three asylum seekers is planning to take legal action against the Norwegian government and immigration authorities for what they say is wrongful deportation to Greece. Read the full story

Both a father and a diplomat have been cleared of all criminal charges relating to the smuggling of a boy from Russia to Finland in the boot of a car. Read the full story