Riga names city square after Iceland
The Latvian capital city has named a new square Iceland Square in commemoration of the fact that Iceland was the first country to recognise Latvian in...
Iceland Day celebrated in Estonia
Yesterday was Estonia’s 20th anniversary as an independent modern European nation. In celebration there is a weekend-long programme of events; i...
Denmark and Faroe Islands in constitutional clash
The Danish Prime Minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, says that the draft of the new Faroe Islands’ constitution is incompatible with Denmark’s...
A message to Iceland from Hillary Clinton
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to congratulate the people of Iceland as you celebrate your Independe...
Today is Icelandic independence day
Today, the 17th June, is the day Iceland celebrates its full independence every year.
Emigration damaging Greenland’s hopes for independence
The Greenlandic finance minister Palle Christiansen has declared the steady exodus of manpower from the country as the biggest hurdle facing Greenland...
Greenland MPs call for end to Danish political involvement
The Danish parliament’s elected representatives for Greenland have declared that they are ready to begin negotiations aimed at discontinuing the semi-...
Greenland financial independence predicted by 2015
Mineral and oil income is expected, within five years, to surpass the current handouts from Copenhagen that Greenland lives off.