Finland will remove swastikas from its air force flags to enhance integration with Western allies following NATO membership politics Article 477 words 25 votes
Denmark has been a stalwart supporter of image scanning and chat control to detect child sex abuse material. Now, they hold the keys to make it a reality. politics Article 1166 words 14 votes
Iceland to launch talks on defence partnership with EU – agreement is independent of NATO membership and existing defence pacts with the US politics Link 6 votes
Danish universities are rejecting foreign researchers, especially from Russia, Iran and China, over high espionage threats – Aarhus University has already rejected twenty-four applicants this year politics Article 559 words 16 votes
Estonia will lease space at Tartu Prison to Sweden and accept up to 600 inmates under a new agreement – sparks fears of imported organised crime politics Article 434 words 9 votes
Denmark quits the Frugal Four EU budget coalition – PM Mette Frederiksen calls for defence spending to be the "number one" priority politics Article 723 words 9 votes
Complete ban on international adoptions to Sweden has been proposed by a government-appointed commission which found widespread abuses and fraud politics Article 641 words 10 votes
Romania’s pro-West candidate Nicușor Dan wins presidential election in dramatic comeback politics Article 443 words 40 votes
Denmark planning to hold discussions with member states on the EU Cloud and AI Development Act and the Digital Networks Act when it takes the lead of the EU meetings in July politics Article 366 words 6 votes
Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: Who is leading in the US presidential election polls? politics.usa Article 375 words, published Aug 26 2024 35 votes
Denmark will spend an additional €6.7bn on defence over the next two years, amid the ongoing threat Russia poses to Europe, PM Mette Frederiksen has announced politics Article 379 words 11 votes
Denmark grants asylum to 'historically' low number – 309 were from Syria, 130 were from Eritrea and another 130 were from Afghanistan politics Article 232 words 7 votes
Sweden's government has announced its intention to pursue a gun control reform law after an attack in the city of Örebro killed eleven people politics Article 490 words 21 votes
Norway's PM Jonas Gahr Støre left heading minority government after coalition partner pulls out over EU market rules it says make it impossible to shield citizens from high electricity prices politics Article 388 words 8 votes
Iceland's incoming government will put EU membership to referendum by 2027 – 2008 financial crisis, Brexit and a range of domestic issues has meant country is slowly warming to the idea politics Article 531 words, published Dec 22 2024 13 votes
Norway wants to ban unhealthy food ads that target teens – doesn't go as far as the UK's rule but pushes far beyond other European countries' efforts politics Article 1211 words 10 votes
Police in Denmark to implement facial recognition technology to combat violent crimes – recent increases in crime in Copenhagen involving gangs from neighbouring Sweden politics Article 489 words 9 votes
Finland's PM Petteri Orpo urged parliament not to weaken a deportation bill that would allow Finnish border authorities to refuse to accept asylum applications in certain circumstances politics Article 327 words 5 votes
Danish government makes new pact with youth organisations to protect children in the EU from the addictive design of social media and tech giants' business models politics Article 316 words 8 votes
Norway to increase number of conscripted soldiers from 9,000 to 13,500 – Russia's attack on Ukraine has given northern European countries an impetus to beef up their militaries politics Link 10 votes
Denmark was the first to post an ambassador to Silicon Valley. Now, it is leading Europe's diplomats in putting Big Tech on the right side of history. politics.usa Article 1097 words 7 votes
EU leaders approve €50 billion deal for Ukraine after Viktor Orbán lifts his veto politics Article 886 words 21 votes
Iran has accused Swedish EU employee Johan Floderus of spying for Israel and "corruption on earth", a crime that carries the death penalty under Tehran's Islamic laws politics Article 631 words 9 votes
Russia's war in Ukraine and destabilising "hybrid warfare" actions on the eastern border put foreign and security policy top of the agenda in Finland's presidential election politics Article 1687 words 8 votes
Finland faces autumn of discontent with strikes and protests over government's austerity budget politics Link 8 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
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
Russia has 'right to war' with 'each and every' NATO country - Dmitry Medvedev politics Link 28 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
Hungary–US arms deal halted as Viktor Orban blocks Sweden's NATO membership – Senator Jim Risch's seniority gives him prerogative to block deals unilaterally politics.usa Article 364 words 18 votes
Europe's indigenous Sámi people have taken their fight for improved rights to the United Nations politics Article 730 words 8 votes
Sanna Marin's human rights legislation for indigenous Sámi fails – Sámi Parliament Act failed to get past the final committee stage in Finnish parliament politics Article 952 words 3 votes
Finland to start building 200km long border fence with Russia next year – estimated to cost a total of 380 million euros and be completed by 2026 politics Article 399 words 7 votes
Sanna Marin's Finnish government could collapse, as human rights laws stalled – new Sámi Parliament Act is the right of self-determination politics Article 1666 words 6 votes
Denmark's former foreign intelligence chief has been formally charged with leaking highly classified information politics Link 8 votes
United Nations committee finds Finland violated an international convention on racial discrimination when it comes to the political rights of Sámi politics Link 5 votes
Iran has ruled out a potential prison swap involving an Iranian-Swedish academic who has been sentenced to death for spying politics Article 301 words 4 votes
Denmark says it is in talks with Rwanda about setting up a reception centre for asylum seekers politics Article 258 words 3 votes
Portugal makes it illegal for your boss to text you after work in 'game changer' remote work law politics Link 16 votes
Norwegian parties agree to form a centre-left minority government – two-party coalition will have to negotiate with other parties to pass laws politics Link 6 votes
Morten Messerschmidt, a leading right-wing Danish politician, has been convicted of fraudulently receiving funds from the European Union politics Article 348 words 9 votes
Denmark has become the first country in the European Union to offer residency to those it has worked with in Afghanistan politics Link 9 votes
Denmark will hold its first political trial in three decades after the country's ruling party supported a vote to impeach ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg politics Article 381 words 6 votes
Leading politicians in Finland have expressed outrage after former prime minister Juha Sipilä was assaulted outside the country's Parliament building politics Link 9 votes
China has accused Danish politicians of violating 'the basic norms governing international relations' in a dispute over Hong Kong opposition activist Ted Hui politics Article 293 words 6 votes
AfD official fired after saying migrants ‘could be shot or gassed’, German media reports politics Article 237 words 8 votes
Finnish government has agreed to take in up to 175 asylum-seekers from camps in Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta to alleviate the humanitarian situation in the Mediterranean politics Article 222 words 8 votes
Denmark is planning on withholding consular assistance to its citizens who travelled abroad to fight for extremist groups politics Link 8 votes