Gender pay gap: the Nordic countries are not on top
International Women´s Day. Gender pay gap.
Thirty years after UN member states pledged to guarantee “equal pay for equal work” at the UN Beijing Women´s...
Norway Signs Multi-Million Aid Agreements for Humanitarian Assistance
The Norwegian government has announced six new agreements with various Norwegian humanitarian aid organizations. According to the agreement, Norway will support these organizations with...
Jens Wandel of Denmark appointed Special Adviser on Reforms
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres this week announced the appointment of Jens Wandel of Denmark as Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Reforms. He...
COP30: None of the Nordic countries submitted climate plans before deadline
The Nordic countries were not among the only 13 of the 195 signatories to the Paris agreement, who have communicated their updated climate action...
Denmark and Finland on top of list of least corrupt countries
Denmark is on top of the list of least corrupt countries just like last year, with a score of 90/100. Second is Finland at...
Denmark supports early action in the Greater Horn of Africa
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), IGAD...
Bjørg Sandkjær appointed Assistant Secretary-General
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Bjørg Sandkjær of Norway as Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination in the United Nations...
Nordic alcohol monopolies are reducing alcohol consumption
The Nordic alcohol monopolies, shops that have the exclusive right to sell most alcoholic beverages in Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Faroe Islands,...
Glaciers: a symbol of the climate crisis
Every year, Nina Kirchner spends February to April and June to September at the Tarfala Research Station (TRS). It is run by Stockholm University...
Greenland and the UN: Colony or not a colony – that...
Greenland has been in the spotlight since US President Donald Trump expressed interest in purchasing the island from Denmark.
This is by no means the...
UNRIC is recruiting Finnish and Danish speaking interns
Internship. UN.
UNRIC, the UN Regional Information Centre in Brussels, is recruiting 2 Nordic interns for 2025, one Finnish speaking and one Danish speaking.
The starting...
Connecting care: exploring Sweden’s innovative PHC model
In the serene meadows and forests of southern Lapland in Sweden, where the air is crisp and reindeers roam freely, local residents still face...
Iceland: New Foreign Minister confirms early disbursement of funds to UNRWA
Foreign Minister Thorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir has confirmed that Iceland will pay its contribution to UNRWA, the UN Palestine Agency, ahead of schedule “in light...
Denmark in the Security Council for the next two years
Denmark, Greece, Panama, Pakistan, and Somalia have joined the UN Security Council as of 1 January as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for the biennium 2025-2026.
Iceland member of Human Rights Council 2025-2027
Iceland has taken a seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council. Iceland, was elected to the Council by the General Assembly on 9...