Fourteen hostages have been set free after a Somali pirate vessel was seized by the Danish navy on Sunday. Read the full story

A suspected pirate ship has been sunk by the Finnish minelayer Pohjanmaa in international waters after 18 suspects were taken into custody in the Arabian Sea two weeks ago. Read the full story

Three German naval ships with some 700 crew members have arrived in Reykjavik on a ceremonial visit; including the Berlin, which is Germany’s biggest naval vessel. Read the full story

The Seafarers’ Association of Iceland has released a press statement complaining that Icelandic waters will be next-to defenceless and un-patrolled this summer if both of the country’s biggest coastguard ships travel abroad. Read the full story

An Icelandic trawler yesterday came in for a surprise when it landed an active mine among its fishy catch. Read the full story

The world’s biggest sailing ship is currently on its way to Iceland, according to Russian news website, Ria Novosti. The ship is called Sedov and is a three-masted barque. Read the full story

As Denmark prepares to send a second warship to the Gulf of Aden to help patrol the pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast, it has sealed an important deal with Kenya to process any pirates the Danes catch in the area. The new bilateral agreement will greatly ease the lingering issue of what to do with the pirates after they are apprehended by Danish patrol boats. Read the full story

The Swedish Armed Forces have confirmed that a Swedish naval patrol in the Gulf of Aden arrested seven pirates caught operating the region. Crewmembers from the HMS Malmo apprehended the Somali pirates as they tried to board a Greek cargo ship outside of Yemen. Read the full story

With the likelihood of ice-free seas around the Arctic fast becoming a reality, the Danish Defence Commission is calling for greater Nordic military presence in Greenland. Any military action taken by Denmark will affect Greenland because defence is not one of the areas Greenland will assume responsibility for in June 2009 when it makes the transition to Self Rule. Read the full story

Norway is the latest nation to join the European Union’s anti-piracy operation known as Atalanta off the coast of Somalia. Although Norway is not a member of the EU, the Nordic nation will be sending a Nansen Class frigate ship to the Gulf of Aden this summer to help battle the piracy plague that has been hampering shipping in the region. Read the full story