Icelanders voted on Saturday on whether to reopen membership talks with the European Union in a referendum that’s testing the bloc’s geopolitical appeal.

Sweden will donate 10 coast guard boats to Ukraine to be used for water-based rescue operations, including mine clearance, the Nordic country’s government said.

The bloc faces a test of sentiment over expansion prospects in the middle of the Atlantic.

Iceland is a tiny economy, but the stakes for Brussels in Saturday’s referendum aren’t so low.

Norway’s economy expanded at its fastest pace in four quarters, keeping the door open for more monetary tightening by the Nordic nation.

Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, Norway’s biggest defense company, is holding talks with European governments to expand its production of low-cost missiles, Chief Executive Eirik Lie said.

Norway said it plans to keep its aid to Ukraine at 85 billion kroner ($9.1 billion) in 2027, with the bulk of funding set to go to the war-torn country’s military but the exact breakdown to be made public later.

Norway’s central bank kept borrowing costs steady for a second meeting, holding the door open for raising the interest rate as price pressures persist.

Norway’s central bank will probably keep its key interest rate on hold for a second straight meeting after underlying inflation proved surprisingly benign.

Norway’s underlying inflation rate unexpectedly stayed put last month, likely closing the door on a potential interest-rate hike by Norges Bank this week.

Apartment prices in Sweden declined last month by the biggest margin in a year, dented by a seasonal drop in activity after hefty gains in past months.

Norway wants the US to rein in tariffs that are hurting its seafood industry compared with rivals from other parts of the world.

Norway’s underlying home prices unexpectedly fell the most in more than six years, in what some analysts attributed to lower activity among buyers and sellers because of the football World Cup.

Norwegian shoppers reduced their purchases by the most in almost two years in May, suggesting growing caution by households even as the data was affected by the timing of holidays.

Norway’s central bank will wait longer than previously expected to pivot to easing after a likely final hike next quarter, according to a Bloomberg survey.

Norway’s central bank kept borrowing costs steady but sought to prepare investors for more tightening to calm some of the strongest price pressures in the region.

Sweden and Norway face contrasting economic risks, but the two Nordic neighbors are still likely to emerge with the same outcome of no change for borrowing costs this week.

Sweden and Norway face contrasting economic risks, but the two Nordic neighbors are still likely to emerge with the same outcome of no change for borrowing costs this week.

Norway’s businesses presented a less rosy outlook in a key survey of corporate sentiment, likely easing pressure on the nation’s central bank to extend its interest-rate hikes next week.

Norway’s underlying inflation rate unexpectedly rose to its highest level in four months, adding fuel to forecasts for more interest-rate hikes from the central bank this year.