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            <title><![CDATA[36 Countries Will Compete in Eurovision Next Year, EBU Announces]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Next year, 36 countries will compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU announces. Canada is taking part for the first time, but several countries are boycotting the competition.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:21:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Netherlands Reverses Decision and Will Boycott Eurovision 2027 Over Israel’s Participation]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Netherlands changes its mind - it will boycott the Eurovision Song Contest after all because of Israel's participation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:23:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Anne Carson to Attend Nobel Prize Ceremony in Stockholm, Academy Confirms]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[This year’s Nobel laureate in literature, Anne Carson, will attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm to receive her award. The Swedish Academy has confirmed her participation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:16:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stockholm International Poetry Festival marks 30th anniversary with global lineup]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Poets from the US, Haiti, Iceland and Uganda gather as Stockholm’s International Poetry Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vietnam Signs Free Trade Agreement With Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Vietnam and the four EFTA countries - Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland - signed a free trade agreement in Hanoi on Sunday.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:05:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Anne Carson Says Nobel Prize Is ‘Cool’ as Readers Reach Out to Celebrate Her Win]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It's too early to say what the Nobel Prize means for Anne Carson's writing, but she is happy about the warmth she is receiving. “It's really nice, it's cool,” she tells TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:15:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Anne Carson Wins Nobel Prize in Literature, Reacts: 'They're All Crazy']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Anne Carson has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. “Crazy, they’re all crazy!” she said in an initial comment to Icelandic television channel RÚV.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:02:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rubio Calls Iceland a “Critical Outpost” for Regional Security During Visit]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Iceland has long been a “critical outpost” for regional security during a visit to the country.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:17:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Marco Rubio to Visit Iceland to Boost US Presence in the Arctic]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to Iceland on Monday to increase the US economic and military presence in the Arctic.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:23:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland inflation rises to 5.9% as fuel prices climb]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Inflation in Iceland rose to 5.9 percent in September, preliminary figures from Statistics Iceland showed. This is the highest inflation rate in more than two years and compares with 5.6 percent in August and an inflation target of 2.5 percent.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:02:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Johanna Bundsen relieved to have family under one roof in Odense after turbulent Europe move]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Johanna Bundsen has been on a handball rollercoaster in Europe, while her daughter Leah has stayed at home in Sweden. Now the family has landed in Odense, Denmark. They have missed everyday life, so it feels incredibly wonderful to be together under the same roof, says the national team goalkeeper.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Greenland deal ties island more closely to the West on security and minerals]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With the new Greenland agreement, there should be no doubt about which side the island is on. It changes a few things in the short term - but above all, it prevents everything from changing in the long term.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:49:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ireland to boycott Eurovision again next year over Gaza war, RTÉ says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria, due to "the killing continuing in Gaza", the country's public service broadcaster RTÉ has announced.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:50:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US threatens tariffs on Iceland over whaling, report says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has threatened tariffs and demanded that Iceland end whaling, reports the Icelandic news site Visir, citing anonymous sources.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:01:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Finland joins France’s nuclear deterrence initiative, opens confidential talks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Finland, like Sweden, is joining France's nuclear deterrence initiative, Yle reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:02:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[World leaders and royals gather in Oslo for King Harald’s funeral]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Prime ministers and presidents, princes and national team captains, queens and bishops - the guest list for the funeral of Norway’s King Harald V includes many famous and high-ranking names.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:45:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Britain tightens sanctions on Israeli settlements as Israel retaliates]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Britain has announced sanctions against Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Eleven more countries, including Sweden, want to see similar sanctions. Israel's occupation of the West Bank is illegal, says British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband. Israel closes the British consulate in East Jerusalem.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:17:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish students post their worst-ever PISA results in reading, math and science]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The decline in knowledge among Swedish students is severe in the latest PISA survey. Overall, they have never performed so poorly in mathematics, reading comprehension and science in any survey in the past 25 years. It is a bleak picture, says Anna Castberg, head of analysis at the Swedish National Agency for Education.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:30:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump map shows US flag over Greenland, Iceland and Canada, sparking anger]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump once again expresses a desire for American dominance over Greenland, Iceland and several countries in the US's vicinity. Iceland and Denmark are furious.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 05:30:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:40:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is the Gulf Stream at Risk of Collapse? Scientists Remain Deeply Divided]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Is the Gulf Stream about to collapse and wreak havoc on Earth’s climate? Several high-profile reports have warned that it is about to happen. But the question is one of the few climate issues on which the scientific community remains deeply divided.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:30:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland rules out EU accession talks during current term after referendum defeat]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iceland says no to EU negotiations in the country's referendum. Nearly 53 percent voted against resuming accession talks. Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir, who wants to join the EU, says the result is "not a setback" but "a victory for democracy."]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 22:23:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland opens polls in advisory referendum on resuming EU talks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It remains uncertain until the last moment - will Iceland resume negotiations for EU membership? Public opinion ahead of today’s referendum is very even. The polling stations opened at 11 a.m. Swedish time.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:23:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland votes on reopening EU talks in expected close race]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Today, Icelanders go to the polls to say yes or no to reopening EU negotiations. But the issue is dividing the country, and it is expected to be a very close race. "It is the closest race I have seen in Icelandic politics," says political scientist Eiríkur Bergmann.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 04:15:18 GMT</pubDate>
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