Nordic Council takes over Icelandic parliament
The Nordic Council’s spring meeting took place yesterday in Alþingishúsið – the Icelandic national parliament building.
Icelandic ministers threatened, security tightened
Bodyguards are now following the Icelandic interior and trade ministers’ every step and their homes are under 24 hour surveillance following thr...
Secret letter reveals Swedish-Saudi security plans
A leaked letter has revealed that the Swedish government was in talks with Saudi Arabia about providing the dictatorship with an advanced security sys...
Parliament speaker calls for an end to boozing MPs
Finland’s Speaker of Parliament has denounced MPs drinking on the job in the wake of several alcohol-related scandals.
Uncertainty over sale of partially-nationalised Icelandic banks
Iceland’s finance minister says the state will sell its shares in the new banks it created during the financial crash; but that it will not be t...
Party to pay for PM’s puffs
Denmark’s Liberal Party says it will foot the bill for a controversial smoking cabin that was installed in the office of former Prime Minister Lars Lø...
Danish police use force against anti-fascist demonstrators
Danish police used batons and pepper spray to break up an anti-fascist protest outside the meeting of a centrist party youth movement which had invite...
Loophole in Iceland exchange controls closed by secretive bill
The Icelandic parliament late last night changed the law on currency exchange restrictions to close a loophole which had been discovered. Lawmakers we...