Wikileaks's Assange to Fight Extradition at U.K. Top Court

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange will be able to ask the U.K. Supreme Court to block his extradition to Sweden following an appeals judge's ruling

Stage Set For 2012 Euro Cup Finals

The stage is set for the 2012 Euro Cup following Friday's draw that saw host Poland and Ukraine getting the top draws while Spain placed in a tougher group. Poland was drawn in Group A along with Greece, Russia, and Czech Republic

Was the IMF Program in Iceland Successful?

According to the IMF, Iceland has graduated from its Fund-supported programme with unqualified success. This column begs to differ

Crowds and Constitutions: Insights from Iceland

Iceland's economic meltdown has led to a change in its constitution. This can be a lesson for other countries

The Divided States of Europe

It is important to understand that the crisis is not fundamentally about Greece. After all, Greece represents only 2.5 percent of the eurozone's GDP, and the bloc's fiscal numbers are not that bad when looked at in the aggregate. The real crisis is the more fundamental question of how the European continent is to be ruled in the 21st century

Saab Unable To Pay Employee Wages

A little over a week after announcing an agreement with two Chinese investors to help with its liquidity, troubles continued for Saab on Thursday after unions threatened court action over unpaid wages

Discovering Oslo's Inner Tiger

In Oslo, Norway's capital, a big statue of a tiger sits in front of the train station. A local once explained that Oslo is nicknamed the Tiger City because in the 19th century, when country boys would visit the wild and crazy 'New York City of Norway,' it would 'make a mark on their soul.'

Assessing the Damage of the European Banking Crisis

Europe faces a banking crisis it has not wanted to admit even exists

Preserving the Past at Europe's Folk Museums

Many people travel across the Atlantic in search of 'Old World' Europe and to witness traditional culture in action. These days, the easiest way to experience traditional culture is by exploring Europe's great open-air folk museums

Russia's Arctic Embrace: Cold War Reloaded

Welcome, world, to 'Cold War Reloaded: The Arctic Frontier.' Time to pull the pin out of the top of that dusty globe you have on your desk and have a look at the battle line of the future -- rife with oil and high-value raw minerals

Steep, Deep Norway: From Peaks to Port

Rugged is putting it mildly when it comes to 80 percent of Norway. But I find excuses to return to Norway almost annually. But it's more than how they look. I head for western Norway to experience the best of natural beauty

2 Bright Spots in Europe: Denmark and Norway

With several countries in Europe on the verge of default the continent may seem like a bad bet for investors, at first glance. But outside Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain, countries often referred to as the PIIGS, there may be some bright spots for investors

Helsinki and Tallinn: Baltic Sisters

Helsinki and Tallinn are two great capitals in Northern Europe. Just 50 miles and a two-hour ferry ride apart, these two cities -- facing each other across the Baltic Sea from their respective countries of Finland and Estonia -- are not only neighbors, but soul sisters.

Don't Lift the International Ban on Whaling

The idea sounds positively loony on its face (and it is). But the hope by some anti-whaling countries is that by allowing the three nations that slaughter whales commercially to whale commercially, they can save more whales by persuading those nations to whale in lower numbers. The argument against lifting the ban is that Japan, Iceland and Norway are not trustworthy

Denmark Elects First Woman Prime Minister

The Social Democratic Party in Denmark won the national elections, making party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt the first woman prime minister

Former Iceland Prime Minister On Trial Over Banking Sector Collapse

Former Icelandic prime minister Geir Haarde termed as 'farce' the barrage of charges he faces as the first day of his trial began in connection with the collapse of Iceland's banking sector at the height of the 2008 global financial crisis

Norway: The Sky Is Weeping

My sense is that Norway's reaction to its tragedy transcends much of the media coverage about it. Something the headlines can't capture seems to be going on in Norway, some determination among the people, above and beyond any political agenda, to stand -- though wounded, though shattered by grief -- for their highest values

Norway Attacks a Tragic Result of Failed Immigration Policies

A young man, one considering himself a modern Crusader Knight Templar, initiated the 'terrible' war that he expects will save European Christian civilization from Marxism and the ultimate threat of Muslim conquest

Norway: Blaming the Muslims

The killer, Anders Behring Breivik, had an agenda, of course. The Utoya murders, along with the deaths meted out by the bomb he detonated in Oslo a short while earlier -- 76 victims in all -- were explicit political killings; but first, they were the product of some psycho-social kink in the human condition, some dark permission to do evil in the name of good

Norway: Breivik's Real Enemy: Himself

Anders Breivik, the far-far-right-wing monster charged in Norway with the biggest mass murder by a single gunman in modern memory, reminds me of how often delusional minds hate others for what they really see in themselves

Allies in Europe Begin to Pull Back

Five NATO governments made it known that they want American nuclear weapons removed from their territory. They include the Benelux three, together with Germany and Norway. The five reportedly will ask that all the European NATO governments endorse their position before a meeting in New York in May.