Finnish travel agencies have begun evacuating tourists from Egypt and cancelling scheduled flights as the country’s Foreign Ministry advises against all unnecessary travel. Read the full story

A Swedish tourist claims he was beaten up and electrocuted in an Egyptian prison for four days before escaping when protesters set fire to the building. Read the full story

An Icelandic television news reporter in Cairo has been attacked and hurt during the ongoing Egyptian protests. The journalist and his team were apparently accused of being foreign spies. Read the full story

Over 30 windows were broken during protests at the Icelandic parliament building, the Althingi, last night. Three police officers and one protester were also injured. Read the full story

Iceland’s equivalent of the State of the Union address is taking place this evening, whereby all party leaders in the Althingi parliament give speeches and then have the opportunity to reply to one another. A large crowd has gathered outside to protest the government’s handling of the ongoing financial crisis. Read the full story

Iceland’s economy may be showing signs of a slow recovery; but the wave of house repossessions is not abating and the government is coming under criticism for its perceived failures in protecting householders – something that was a key election promise. Read the full story

Several hundred people gathered outside the Icelandic parliament on Austurvollur Square in Reykjavik yesterday to protest on behalf of struggling householders. The three speakers were very well received by the crowd as they called, among other things, for continued payment strikes. Read the full story

Summer street festivals are usually happy events where residents of diverse neighbourhoods turn out to promote their culture and enjoy the fun. But a recent event held in Malmo’s Rosengard district devolved into a street brawl as non-local activists were kicked out of the area by local residents. Read the full story

The seventeenth Reykjavik protest meeting goes ahead today as planned at 15.00 on Austurvollur Square. Later on this evening, The Voices of the People protest group has organized Busahaldaboogie, a ‘victory concert’ at Nasa nightclub. Read the full story

A new protest movement has been started in Iceland, MBL.is reports: the Orange Protesters. A statement from the group says that Orange is a peaceful group of protesters, made up of people opposed to the violence of the last few days.

An Orange representative met with a police representative on Thursday to explain that protesters wearing orange clothes will be peaceful and oppose violence. Orange clothes will be the equivalent of a white flag to mark out peaceful protesters, the movement says. Read the full story