Police are investigating after a diplomat from the Turkish embassy in Copenhagen was found to be armed at court proceedings against Kurdish broadcaster ROJ-TV, which is accused of supporting terrorism. Read the full story

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An Icelandic couple died in a car crash in Turkey yesterday in the city of Mugla, in the southwest of the country. Read the full story

A Kurdish TV station based in Denmark is to be charged under anti-terrorism laws, five years after it was first investigated. According to a news release from Danish prosecutor-general Jorgen Steen Sorensen, Justice Minister Lars Barfoed is calling for the indictment of the Roj-TV station for supporting terrorism. Read the full story

A southern Swedish dairy is being sued by a Greek man after using his picture on the label for their Turkish yoghurt. Read the full story

In a week where Sweden has irked the Turkish government over genocide allegations, a Danish SF parliamentary member has made an address to the country’s political leaders urging them to adopt greater economic reforms. Read the full story

A widening rift is developing between the Swedish and Turkish governments in the wake of the Swedish parliament’s decision to recognise the 1915 mass killings of ethnic groups including Armenians as genocide. Read the full story

Iceland’s Minister for Finance, Steingrimur J. Sigfusson will meet with IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn tomorrow or on Tuesday. Read the full story

The issue of Turkey’s admission into the EU has again reared its contentious head, this time over comments made by Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt, who spoke out in support of Turkish membership. This seemingly innocuous statement apparently provoked France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy to cancel an official visit to Sweden. Read the full story

After weeks of speculation from the public and deflection from Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Denmark’s Prime Minister finally announced he was in fact interested in taking over the secretary-generalship of NATO. He was subsequently approved by all of the 28 member states at their conference in Strasbourg and Kehl late last week. Rasmussen will not likely return to Danish politics, even after his time at NATO ends.

Politiken reports that of the 28 nations in NATO, only Turkey had concerns about Rasmussen’s appointment to NATO’s top spot. This stems from the earlier controversy surrounding cartoons considered insulting by Muslims published in Danish newspapers. Behind-the-scenes lobbying and an apology from Rasmussen eventually secured Turkey’s approval. Read the full story

Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde will speak on behalf of Iceland in front of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday. The Prime Minister will also meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday, according to ruv.is.

Haarde and Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, the Icelandic Foreign Minister, will be in New York to take part in the 63rd annual Read the full story