A Chechen couple featured in the award-winning Finnish documentary The 3 Rooms of Melancholia has been granted asylum in Finland. Continue Reading

Finnish politicians have finally rejected plans to build a new Guggenheim museum in Helsinki. The decision was made by only a narrow vote, with eight to seven of the Helsinki city board going against the EUR 140 million project. Continue Reading

Imprisoned Bahraini-Danish activist, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, has vowed to continue his hunger strike despite the promise of a retrial. Continue Reading

A new poll suggests that more than half of Icelanders do not want to join the European Union. The University of Iceland’s Social Science Research Institute polled 1,900 people and found that 54 percent are against assimilation into the 27-country bloc. Continue Reading

At Monday's (30. April) meeting of the EEA Joint Committee, Iceland presented a statement on the Commission proposal for a "Regulation on certain measures in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing for the purpose of the conservation of fish stock".  Continue Reading

Ikka Kanerva has announced that he will step down as chairman of the board of the Regional Council of Southwest Finland following a conviction for taking bribes from property developers. Continue Reading

A far-right Danish politician has been slammed after posting a picture on her Facebook page that compared Muslims with rubbish. Continue Reading

The far-right Finns Party is losing support, according to a poll by Helsingin Sanomat. A year after winning seats in Finnish parliament for the first time, backing for the Finns has dropped by seven percentage points to around 16 percent, making it only the fourth most popular party in the country. Continue Reading

The Landsdómur trial against former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde came to end today with him being found not guilty on all major counts. Continue Reading

There are calls for Sweden’s culture minister to step down after she took part in cutting a cake shaped like a naked black woman.  Continue Reading