Year: 2014

A candidate for the Swedish parliament with the Centre Party has become embroiled in controversy after uploading a video featuring former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke onto Facebook. From The Local Sweden: “Dayana Jadarian, […]

From The Local Sweden: “A photo obtained by The Local appears to show Catharina Strandqvist, a soldier and the Sweden Democrats’ top candidate in Halmstad municipality in south-west Sweden, cleaning up after a party with […]

Sweden has not actively taken part in a war since 1814 – breaking even Switzerland’s record for peace. One peace and conflict expert has told The Local that Swedes learned the hard way to take […]

An older article, but still worth noting (via The Wire): “According to Germany’s Der Spiegel, German police shot only 85 bullets in all of 2011, a stark reminder that not every country is as gun-crazy […]

Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard said that Denmark has accepted John Kerry’s invitation to join a ‘core coalition’ against the militant jihadists. From The Local Denmark: “The United States has asked Denmark and eight other Nato […]

It’s been long thought that Denmark is the home to four Viking ring fortresses, but the first discovery in 60 years may shed new light on the Viking Era and King Harald Bluetooth. From The […]

An Aarhus mosque that has long been accused of radicalising young members has now come out in support of the militant jihadist organization Islamic State. An interesting article from TheLocal.DK: “A spokesman for the Aarhus […]

From The Indian Republic: “Former U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that though Russian President Vladimir Putin is tough but a very thin-skinned leader who is wasting his country’s potential. The statement came on […]

From an article in The Indian Republic: “We have all learnt our high school History lessons, and we have all learnt that he who fails to learn from history is doomed to repeat it. We’ve […]