Finns Party councillor expelled after Facebook comment
A council member for the right-wing Finns Party, who wrote on Facebook that a man suspected of shooting two men from immigrant backgrounds should be g...
Trial of former Icelandic PM has begun
The court case against Geir H. Haarde, the former Prime Minister of Iceland, has begun in Reykjavík this morning after a succession of challenges aimi...
Trial of former Iceland PM will continue following parliamentary challenge
The Icelandic parliament has voted in favour of continuing the criminal court case against former prime minister Geir H. Haarde for negligence in his ...
Thorning-Schmidt and Obama talk debt and daughters
In arguably her biggest moment on the international stage to date, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt enjoyed a 40-minute meeting with US Pr...
Three more controversial alcohol sale cases for Iceland state monopoly
Following last week’s mudslinging over the banning of Motörhead wine, Iceland’s state alcohol monopoly has been in the headlines again for...
Birkedal acquitted of sexual assault but guilty of secret filming
A former Norwegian politician has been acquitted of sexually assaulting under-age boys, but convicted of secretly filming naked young men in his bathr...
Denmark to join Syrian pressure group
Denmark’s foreign minister has confirmed plans to join countries forming a coalition outside of the United Nations in an attempt to put more pressure ...
Icelandic constitution referendum “could be too complicated”
University of Iceland law reader and EFTA court secretary Skúli Magnússon says the draft bill on a new constitution for Iceland is too diverse to be p...