Swedes head to the polls in September in a national parliamentary election, while Bavarians vote in October in a state election. In both elections, voters' nativist sentiments may well help determine the outcome.

Sweden's first big party leader TV debate ahead of September elections was marked by the burning of dozen of cars in cities across the south-west of the country.

Drought is causing severe problems for farmers in the Nordic region and the Baltic countries. This is the third year in a row that the region has experienced extreme weather conditions, pushing farmers' financial situation to a breaking point.

Nordic countries are moving focus from saving energy to changing diets in order to achieve the UN's sustainable development goals.

Swedish nationalists have gambled on an in/out referendum to win votes in Europe's next big election, amid signs of new boldness in the far right.

The Baltic Sea is almost an inland European lake - it borders Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Kaliningrad and Russia. It also has an EU strategy - and an action plan.

Norwegian MPs to vote on providing €29.5m in funding for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.

Donald Trump's isolationism is Europe's "new next opportunity," said Helle Thorning-Schmidt - while calling on EU leaders to find solutions to citizens concerns on migration.

Nord Stream 2 pipeline may well not comply with EU rules, but Sweden has no legal reason to say no to Russia, Stockholm said.

When UK premier Theresa May meets Norway's Erna Solberg in London on Wednesday, they my find that they have a lot in common, including managing difficult in-and-out relations to the European Union.

Energy ministers from the world's biggest economies, including the G20, were shown how co-operation works in the Nordic electricity market. This co-operation is unique by international standards and is held up as a model globally.

It is very unlikely that the climate target of the Paris agreement can be met without a system that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – we need negative emissions.

Members of the British parliament will be given a vote to leave the EU on the 'European Economic Area' Norway model, after a majority of Lords surprisingly approved to the idea.

Three companies want to participate in a carbon capture and storage project – but they want the Norwegian government to pay for it.