Lisbeth Kirk

1 month ago | euobserver.com | Lisbeth Kirk

Voters in Greenland chose the social-liberal and pro-business Demokraatit party in a landslide victory on Tuesday (11 March), in the shadow of US calls to take over its vast territory. Demokraatit won with almost one third (29.9 percent) of the vote, putting 33-year old party leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen in charge of forming a new government, following over 40 years of rule by left-leaning parties.

Dec 20, 2023 | euobserver.com | Lisbeth Kirk

"It looks much more like revenge than a rational military reaction," he said. Military experts had advised him that "if it's about taking out the leadership of Hamas it could have been done with much fewer civilian casualties," Lykketoft added. Israel has killed approximately 19,700 people in Gaza, most of them children and women (according to UN-cited figures), in the past 10 weeks. Hamas, the Palestinian group which rules Gaza, killed some 1,200 Israelis and took around 240 hostages on 7 October.

Dec 8, 2023 | euobserver.com | Lisbeth Kirk

This weekend she will jet to Dubai for talks about climate impact from food production in the Nordic Pavilion, where her organisation hosts over 70 events during the two week climate summit. "We have honesty in our approach towards climate change – and a lot to show", she told EUobserver before departing. Nordic CO2 emissions have been reduced by 26 percent since 1990, according to her organisation's recent climate report, titled Nordic Stocktake — Pathways to Climate Neutrality.

Oct 31, 2023 | euobserver.com | Lisbeth Kirk

"The humanitarian consequences for civilians are catastrophic, the number of casualties, the amount of destruction and especially the enormous burden carried by children is, as we see it, in breach of what humanitarian norms and standards require," he said. Gahr Støre spoke in the margins of a yearly meeting of eight Nordic leaders and MPs that was held in the Norwegian parliament, the Storting.

Oct 30, 2023 | euobserver.com | Lisbeth Kirk

The Nordic Council overall mirrors the actual political composition of the Nordic parliaments. Judging from photos and names of the delegates there will be a majority (54 percent) of women participating in this 2023 session. Only two parliaments in the world have more than 50 percent female representation, Rwanda (61 percent) and Bolivia (53 percent), according to World Bank statistics for 2022.