Spooky donor campaign gets blood boiling
A Hallowe’en-themed campaign aimed at attracting blood donors in Gothenburg, Sweden, has been scrapped after the community reacted in horror to ...
Stockholm hosts green capital conference
On 20-22 October 2010, the first European Green Capital Conference will take place. It will be hosted in Stockholm; the first European Green Capital f...
Iceland Airwaves: Friday and Saturday Review
Wow, this weekend sure has been busy. This is why we bring you both Friday and Saturday’s review today; filled with an eclectic couple of days of live...
More young people need protecting in Finland
A growing number of children in Finland’s major cities are seeking the help of the country’s child protection services. More than eight percent of you...
Greenland shark slaughtering British seals?
A harbour master from the UK is claiming that local seals are being butchered by a Greenland shark. Donald Low, who lives in Fife, Scotland, believes ...
Iceland Airwaves: Thursday Review
The only problem with the Iceland Airwaves festival is that because there is always so much going you can’t be in two places at once, so you’re no dou...
The View from Here, No. 7
The seventh in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: ‘Jail’, in which Chay describes the tribulations of teaching Halldor Laxness t...
Cowboy spared jail for knife-throwing antics
A knife-slinging Danish cowboy has been spared jail after failing to read the small print on his weapon’s licence.