Europe - Scandinavia
Boeing MAX groundings effect Norwegian Air 2019 profit target
The grounding of Norwegian Air's fleet of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft may undo the carrier's plan to return to profitability this year,…
EBA ends probe of Estonian, Danish regulators over Danske Bank
The European Banking Authority (EBA), the EU banking watchdog, terminated an investigation of financial regulators in Estonia and Denmark in relation to…
Finnish police deal big blow to cocaine trafficking ring
Finnish police said they have cracked a large cocaine ring in the Tampere region which imported 13 kilos of cocaine from the…
ECB looking into Swedbank’s Estonian operations
The European Central Bank (ECB) is looking into Swedbank's Estonian operations, Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter reported on Wednesday, citing an undisclosed source.…
Swedbank Chairman resigns over money laundering scandal
Lars Idermark, resigned as Swedbank Chairman, just a week after the bank’s chief executive was ousted over her handling of a money…
No probe into Swedbank over Browder complaint
The Swedish Economic Crime Authority said on Monday it had decided against opening a probe into Swedbank in relation to a criminal…
Denmark to deprive jihadists’ children of their citizenship
The Danish Immigration Ministry in a statement announced that children born abroad to Danish citizens who fought alongside Islamic militants will no…
Assault on Finnish Foreign Minister foiled
The rapid response of the security detail around Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini prevented would could have been a serious incident. A…
Swedbank lambasted by Swedish Minister
Per Bolund, Sweden’s financial market minister, criticised Swedbank after the bank released a short and highly redacted report into a money laundering…
Internal 2018 Swedbank report shows billions in ‘suspicious’ Baltic transfers
Swedish state television SVT reported that in September, an internal Swedbank report showed that between 2007-2015 some $10 billion of transactions between…
Finland’s Government resigns
Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipila will this morning be submitting the resignation of his Government to President Sauli Niinisto. Sipila decided to…
Five people injured in a shooting in Malmo – not terror related
Euronews: Five people were injured in a shooting in Sweden's third biggest city Malmo on Monday night, according to police, who said…