Fraudsters target foreigners in Sweden
According to reporters for The Local, a Swedish newspaper, foreign students studying at universities in Sweden have been targeted by fraudsters. Stude...
Landslides hit Norway
Last Thursday a landslide demolished several homes in the Oppland country in Norway, according to accounts in Aftenposten. Although the landslide resu...
Lithuania hosts 2008 Cruise Europe conference
The Cruise Europe Association, an organisation that promotes Europe as a world-class cruise destination, will hold its annual AGM and conference in th...
Glitnir makes shortlist for sustainable energy award
Nordic bank Glitnir was recently shortlisted for the 2008 FT (Financial Times) Sustainable Banking Awards, the leading global awards for sustainabilit...
Energy companies back initiative to help charities reduce bills
The UK’s largest independent electricity supplier, BizzEnergy, has signed up to a national scheme aimed at helping charities deal with rising energy p...
Harvard publishes case study on Actavis pharmaceuticals
Actavis, a generic pharmaceuticals company based in Iceland, last week announced that Harvard Business School had produced a case study on the company...
BizzEnergy introduces new billing system for small business
BizzEnergy, the UK’s leading independent energy supplier, this week announced the introduction of a new billing system which will make electronic bill...
Turnaround in Icelandic CDS levels signals end of ‘raid’
The development of CDS spreads on Icelandic banks has reached a turnaround point and is now moving away from the peak it reached at the end of March, ...