National security or legal niceties? Norway picks a path – closing down opportunities for members of the authoritarian axis is not always as easy as it looks. politics Article 899 words 7 votes
Norwegian government has called off a plan to sell the last privately owned piece of land on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard in order to prevent its acquisition by China politics Article 381 words 30 votes
Ireland can’t blame its anti-immigrant problem on Rishi Sunak – The sudden arrival of European-style populism in Irish politics is the result of thirteen years of government complacency politics Article 954 words, published May 1 2024 11 votes
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is weaponizing consumer protection laws against nonprofit organizations politics Article 3249 words 23 votes
Geert Wilders is coming for the EU – The hard-right politician has at last formed a government after six months of negotiation politics Article 793 words, published May 17 2024 16 votes
Lies, confections, distortions: how the right made London the most vilified place in Britain politics Article 1065 words 9 votes
Residents in southern Illinois county to vote on non-binding referendum to separate state from Cook County politics Link 13 votes
Norway's health minister resigned Friday, the second Norwegian government member to step down this year amid allegations they plagiarized academic works politics Article 322 words 17 votes
Norway's top authority revokes decision by city to only take Ukrainian refugees – was contrary to the constitution and the Scandinavian country's discrimination laws politics Article 330 words 13 votes
US Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor slams appeals court and scolds fellow justices for ‘sowing chaos’ by allowing Texas to arrest and deport illegal crossers politics Article 909 words 23 votes
A state by state review of how easy or difficult it is to enforce open records laws in the US reveals many obstacles politics Article 3094 words, published Mar 10 2024 7 votes
For the sixth year in a row, Denmark heads the Corruption Perceptions Index, with a score of ninety – Finland and New Zealand follow closely behind Link 7 votes
Specter of academic plagiarism has now reached the heart of Norwegian politics, toppling one government minister and leaving a second fighting for her political career politics Article 1015 words 10 votes
How Greenland’s mineral wealth made it a geopolitical battleground politics Article 2459 words, published Dec 18 2022 6 votes
State opening of parliament 2023 | Live video from 11:15 GMT politics Video published Oct 30 2023 11 votes
Denmark's former defence minister and ex-spy chief have spoken of their relief after prosecutors dramatically dropped criminal charges for leaking state secrets politics Article 585 words 7 votes
Norway's foreign minister ousted after weapons-maker shares scandal – husband had been making financial deals that could have affected her ministerial duties politics Article 264 words 8 votes
New Zealand in political limbo as National considers shape of coalition politics Article 641 words 6 votes
New survey shows that many in the US lack knowledge of basic facts about government politics Article 1852 words, published Sep 14 2023 47 votes
How Lars Findsen and Claus Hjort Frederiksen came to be facing trial for allegedly disclosing Danish state secrets that had been in the public domain for years politics Article 2828 words 10 votes
Finland faces autumn of discontent with strikes and protests over government's austerity budget politics Link 8 votes
Norway's former prime minister Erna Solberg said she should have recused herself from several matters when in government due to her husband's trading activities politics Article 290 words 9 votes
G20 leaders must hold Indian government to account for its human rights violations and political persecution politics Link 20 votes
Three Finnish opposition parties have called for a vote of no-confidence in the government to be held later this week over a racism scandal politics Article 383 words 24 votes
The Ezra Klein Show: Interview with Jennifer Pahlka about where government policy implementation goes wrong (and why government doesn't always work well) politics Article 6586 words, published Jun 6 2023 7 votes
A Swedish citizen working for the European Union diplomatic corps has been imprisoned in Iran for more than 500 days politics Article 1329 words 9 votes
With no dedicated government minister or national representation, the Sámi go to the polls in a vote to elect twenty-one members of the Sámi Parliament in Inari, Finland politics Article 827 words 12 votes
Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Donald Trump’s vision politics Article 1254 words 91 votes
Finnish government unveils new plan to try and shake off the stigma of racism that has marred the first months of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's right-wing coalition politics Link 16 votes
A series of racism scandals within the new Finnish government has led to calls for a ban on the swastika and the hammer and sickle politics Article 326 words 28 votes
Former Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin speaks out after far-right government party rocked by three racism scandals politics Article 245 words, published Aug 16 2023 20 votes
Third racism scandal hits Finland's government in space of a month – Wille Rydman used racial slurs in private messages according to Helsingin Sanomat politics Article 333 words 31 votes
Anonymous sources say Alabama political maps are part of a plan by Republicans in the state Senate to break Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a long-held goal of many conservatives politics Article 1041 words, published Jul 27 2023 22 votes
US state supreme courts were once dominated by Democrats. A concerted effort by right-wing groups has changed that - with massive implications for abortion, LGBTQ+ rights and elections. politics Article 5397 words, published Jul 24 2023 49 votes
Finland's right-wing government is facing yet another crisis after old comments from a far-right blog forum, purportedly written by Riikka Purra, re-surfaced politics Link 14 votes
Orkney could leave the UK to become a self-governing territory of Norway after its council opted to explore alternative forms of governance politics Article 396 words 23 votes
Protesters gather in Helsinki over ministers' far-right links – several hundred people protest against new rightwing administration's austerity and immigration-cutting programme politics Article 984 words 10 votes
Finnish far right in talks to join coalition government – negotiations set to begin in early May will include the anti-immigration party Perussuomalaiset politics Article 233 words 5 votes
The results of Finland's parliamentary elections signal a tumultuous period ahead – what happened to Sanna Marin and what to expect next politics Article 717 words 5 votes
Denmark, Finland and New Zealand take the top three positions in the Corruption Perceptions Index for 2022 politics Link 4 votes
Setback for EU migration plans as Sweden assumes bloc's presidency – Swedish government thought to be reluctant to alienate far-right Sverigedemokraterna politics Article 1091 words 4 votes
Denmark's election on Tuesday is expected to change its political landscape, with new parties hoping to enter parliament and others seeing their support dwindle politics Article 818 words 4 votes
As part of a new series that looks abroad for inspiration on how to fix flaws in the US political system – we ask whether Norway's young MPs have the answer politics Article 1088 words 5 votes