Copenhagen’s sexiest museum closing shop?
With the Copenhagen City Council pulling its funding this year and a group of private investors backing out of a pending deal, it looks like Copenhage...
Scandinavian Airways trims workforce by nearly half
In the most dramatic instance of recent cutbacks in the aviation industry, Scandinavian Airways (SAS) has made the tough decision to axe 40 percent of...
Iceland president clarifies German savings position
STATEMENTFROM THE PRESIDENT OF ICELAND: Following a misleading report of an interview with the President of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson in the Fina...
Stoltenberg Report presented to Nordic Foreign Ministers
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN ICELAND: Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs today received, on behalf of his Nor...
Iceland – Entranced by banking
Jon Danielsson, Gylfi Zoega Some view Iceland’s crisis as holding lessons for any country with an outsized financial sector, e.g. the UK. This column ...
Danish postmen fight dogs with treats
In 2008, Denmark’s national postal service handed out more than 25 tons of dog treats to its postal workers to help them battle bad dogs intent on tak...
New improved banknotes coming to Denmark
In a bid to curb counterfeiting, the Danish government has announced it is creating new banknotes that contain the latest security measures. The Centr...
Sweden promises to preserve its minority languages
Since 2000, the Swedish government has given special national minority status to the languages of its ethnic minority groups. These include Finnish, T...