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Danes back gay Church weddings

Nearly two thirds of Danes support gay weddings by the Church.

 

Finland's ports remain shut as strike continues

No end in sight for port strike that has crippled foreign trade.

 

Finnish dock strike talks resume

Finnish dock workers and management will try to end the strike.

 

Statoil to invest in Azerbaijan oil field

Go-ahead received for a 6.0-billion-dollar oil investment.

 

Tobacco giant Philip Morris to sue Norway

Tobacco giant Philip Morris will take the Norwegian state to court in an attempt to overturn a law in the Scandinavian country.

 

Danes: We are not sorry for Mohammed cartoons

A majority of Danes are opposed to the apology the daily Politiken made last month to Muslims.

 

Dock strike hits Finland's key industries

Finnish dock workers' strike has crippled the country's foreign trade.

 

Iceland president challenges Gordon Brown

Iceland's president bounced the ball back into Gordon Brown's court.

 

Iceland calls on Gordon Brown to solve the issue

 

Icelanders say no: 93.3 percent refuse bank deal

A full 93.3 percent of Icelandic voters rejected a deal to pay billions to Britain and the Netherlands for the collapse of an Icelandic bank.

Iceland calls on Gordon Brown to solve the issue

 

EU anti-piracy force tracking Norwegian tanker

The EU's anti-piracy mission said Saturday it was tracking a hijacked chemical tanker off east Africa – as Turkey and France announced the capture of 29 suspected pirates.

Still no contact with hijacked Norwegian ship
Pirates hijack Norwegian tanker off Madagasca

 

Icelanders refuse to foot bill for bank collapse

Iceland's socialist government was surveying the damage Sunday after a referendum rejected a deal to pay Britain and the Netherlands billions for losses in the collapse of the Icesave bank.

 

Icelanders set to reject bank payback plan

Icelanders headed to the polls in drizzling rain on Saturday.

 

Still no contact with hijacked Norwegian ship

The operator of a chemical tanker hijacked by pirates off the coast of Madagascar is trying to make contact with the vessel.

Pirates hijack Norwegian tanker off Madagasca

 

Pirates hijack Norwegian tanker off Madagasca

Pirates hijacked a chemical tanker that was travelling off the coast of Madagascar, the ship's Norwegian owner Broevigtank said.

 

Defiant Icelanders brace for 'no' vote fallout

 

What led Iceland to referendum on bank payouts?

 

Iceland close to deal with UK and Holland

Iceland is close to bank payout deal – but is still to vote on Saturday.

Defiant Icelanders brace for 'no' vote fallout
What led Iceland to referendum on bank payouts?

 

Finnish ports grind to halt as stevedores strike

Foreign trade crippled as all commercial sea ports were shut down.

 

Finnish transport screeches to halt after strike

Commuters among the first to feel the impact of a strike.

 

Iceland ratings pressured by Icesave row

The breakdown in talks with Britain and the Netherlands has put pressure on Iceland's already weak credit status.

 
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