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Elections this month (17.4.11) in Finland produced another installment in the rise of support for militant groups against continuing immigration.
Posted by Lee Duffield with research by Haydn Rippon. … Read More »
A London court has ordered that the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (picture) should go to Sweden, there to face charges of sexual misconduct. … Read More »
Police in Denmark and Sweden have arrested five men accusing them of planning an attack on the Jyllands-Posten newspaper which published satirical cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. … Read More »
The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honouring Liu Xiaobo has gone ahead (10.12.10) in the absence of the gaoled Chinese human rights campaigner,
In other places, protests in the streets have focused on Internet rights, and austerity in Britain. … Read More »
COMMENTARY: Julian Assange who presented himself to British police on Tuesday (7.12.10) has been arrested under a European warrant, and remanded in custody pending possible extradition to Sweden. … Read More »
The centre-right Swedish government has edged towards holding office with a small majority after weekend elections (19.9.10), with late, slow counting giving it an outside chance.
The emergence of an anti-immigration party, the Swedish Democrats, with 20 seats will complicate efforts to form a government. … Read More »
A fresh round of trouble has started over planting of genetically modified seed on European farms, just a month after a compromise on handling that problem was reached in Brussels. … Read More »