Daily News from Scandinavia

Iceland: Proposal to build new domestic airport in Hvassahraun

NordenBladet - This weekend, the city of Reykjavík and the Icelandic government signed a contract that will begin an investigation into potentially opening a...

Finland: Mairéad McGuinness: We need parliamentary cooperation now more than ever

NordenBladet - Ms Maireád McGuinness, the First Vice-President of the European Parliament, participated in the plenary meeting of COSAC in Helsinki on 1 -...

Iceland: New Police Council to be inaugurated on January 1

NordenBladet - A new Police Council under the chairmanship of the National Commissioner of the Police will begin operations on January 1 next year,...

Iceland: Landsvirkjun announces plan to become carbon neutral by 2025

NordenBladet - Today, Landsvirkjun*, the National Power Company of Iceland, will introduce plans to become carbon neutral by 2025, RÚV reports. According to Hörður...

Iceland: Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir meets Queen Elizabeth at The NATO Summit

NordenBladet - Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir met Queen Elizabeth at the NATO Summit in London on Tuesday, Vísir reports. The meeting celebrated the 70th...

Estonia: Cultural Affairs Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee discussed the situation of Finno-Ugric peoples...

NordenBladet — Today, the Cultural Affairs Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) were given an overview of the...

Finland: COSAC adopted contribution on the negotiations concerning the MFF, overseeing compliance with the...

NordenBladet - LXII COSAC, the conference of the committees of Member State parliaments dealing with EU affairs, as well as of representatives of the...

Iceland: Reykjavík City Council racks up massive 7.2 Million ISK Food Bill

NordenBladet - The cost of 20 Reykjavík City Council meetings from June 2018 to July 2019 amounted to 17 million ISK, or 850,000 ISK...

Finland: Speaker Matti Vanhanen opened the COSAC meeting in Helsinki

NordenBladet - Matti Vanhanen, Speaker of the Finnish Parliament, opened COSAC, the conference of the committees of Member State parliaments dealing with EU affairs,...

Estonia: European Union Affairs Committee discusses new EU action plan and climate topics with...

NordenBladet — Members of the European Union Affairs Committee (EUAC) of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) are taking part in the Plenary Meeting of...