Sweden may end its government train monopoly
The Swedish government will likely end its state rail monopoly on all passenger traffic by October 2010. Currently operated by SJ, the government is m...
Danish teen girls prefer painkillers for suicide
Figures just released from Denmark’s National Patient Registry indicate a substantial rise in the number of teenage girls who have been admitted to ho...
New leader of the Independence Party in Iceland selected
Bjarni Benediktsson is the new party leader of the Independence Party, with 58.1 percent of votes, and is taking over the leadership from Geir Haarde,...
Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir becomes party leader of the Icelandic Social Democrats
Johanna Sigurdardottir has been elected party leader of the Icelandic Social Democrats (Samfylkingin) with nearly all votes. Dagur B. Eggertsson will ...
Eva Joly hired as a special consultant to the Icelandic Government
The announcement of the involvement of Eva Joly being hired as a special consultant to the Icelandic government and the special prosecutor’s tea...
Føroya Banki wants to take the Icelandic bank SPRON over
Føroya Banki, a leading bank on the Faroe Islands, has shown interest in taking over SPRON (Reykjavik Savings bank), the last of the major Icelandic b...
Swede’s swimsuit disqualifies her world record
In a controversial ruling by Australia’s swimming regulatory body, Swim Australia, one of Sweden’s most famous swimmers was disqualified, after breaki...
Danes create most rubbish in the EU
A new report released by Eurostat, the European Union’s official statistics office, has determined that Danes generate the most amount of rubbish out ...