Iceland does its part for the refugee crisis
Up to 100 refugees from Syria and other conflict zones may find a home in Iceland this year, as the government announces plans and budget to accommoda...
Iceland drops import duty on EU farm produce
Further liberalization on the trade in agricultural products with the EU block will result in duty free importation of most farm produce, reducing the...
Icelanders reschedule wedding dates for Euro 2016
Weddings in Iceland are being pushed back this summer so as not to clash with Euro 2016. Iceland qualified for their first major international footbal...
Fridriksson to produce The Black Cliffs movie
Icelandic filmmaker Fridrik Thor Fridriksson is set to produce the movie adaptation of the Gunnar Gunnarsson novel “The Black Cliffs”. Based on the tr...
Islamic State demands ransom for Norwegian hostage
Islamic State has kidnapped a Norwegian citizen and is demanding a ransom for his release. The radical terrorist group has posted images of two men, o...
Underarm hair Facebook post causes controversy in Sweden
A Swedish women’s Facebook rant about her friend’s 12-year-old daughter being teased for having hairy armpits has gone viral. Ida Nygren Hansson was o...
Thousands of Icelanders offer to take in Syrian refugees
Over 11,000 Icelanders have volunteered to offer Syrian refugees a roof over their head, after the government announced it would only be accepting 50 ...
Norwegian inmate surfs out of prison
A convicted sex offender managed to escape from an island prison in Norway on a surf board, paddling to the mainland with the help of a plastic shovel...