Norway/UNGA: Russia is responsible for bringing the Ukraine war to an...

Norway/General Assembly. Jonas Gahr Støre Prime Minister of Norway has stressed in his address to the 77th General Assembly that the Russian Federation bears...

Denmark/UNGA: If we can, the G20 also can

Denmark/General Assembly. Collectively, “we must address...the fundamental imbalances in the world we share,” Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod told the 77th General assembly in...

Finland/UNGA: Our Common Agenda a blueprint for more effective multilateralism

Finland/General Assembly. Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland, has told the 77th General Assembly that he ripple effects of the Russian Federation’s brutal war in Ukraine...

How about some world peace and a piece of chocolate?

“Would you like World´s Best News and some chocolate?” is an offer that not many could refuse, when thousands of volunteers approached commuters on...

Sweden donates COVID-19 vaccines to Somalia

 Somalia has received more than one and a half million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sweden and the Czech Republic.  On 27 August 2022, Somalia...

Denmark supports demining in Ukraine

 Denmark has announced a contribution of US$1.6 million to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to strengthen Ukraine’s coordination of demining and the removal...

Olenivka: Former Icelandic foreign minister in a fact-finding mission

 The Secretary-General has appointed Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir of Iceland as one of three members of a fact finding mission regarding the 29 July 2022...

Increasing power among Nordic youth

Youth are gaining more and more power in the Nordic countries. Thorough the 21st century, young age records have been set in all Nordic...

She writes with her heart in Sápmi

The Inuits of Greenland and the Sami of Finland, Norway and Sweden are the Indigenous people of the Nordic Countries. On the occasion of...

Greenland: the unexpected Netflix-star

The Inuits of Greenland and the Sami of Finland, Norway and Sweden are the Indigenous people of the Nordic Countries. On the occasion of...

Norway: Critical contribution to support Sri Lankans

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a critical contribution of NOK 5 million ($500,000) from the Government of Norway to support...

Ramping up the Goals

When 45-year-old Icelandic entrepreneur Haraldur Thorleifsson was one day unable to access a corner shop in his wheelchair, while the rest of the family entered to buy some soft drinks, a shift happened. It was not the first time Mr Thorleifsson, who has been a wheelchair user for the past two decades, had been split from his family in such a way.

Sand warms up the Finnish polar night

The inhabitants of Kankaanpää in western Finland need not worry about heating during the coming winter as much as fellow Europeans. About a hundred...

Human trafficking: Still a long way to go

  According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), there are still around 20.9 million people in the world who are victims of forced labour and...

Norway: Football – the sustainable way

The Norwegian Football Federation is, arguably, first among equals when it comes to support for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or the Global Goals,...