Football: Thank you world for supporting Iceland
Last night while watching the game between England and Iceland a friend of mine commented that if England loss it would impact stock prices and then s...
Icelandic entrepreneurs start to sell insect infused protein bars
Last summer, Icenews reported on Búi Bjarmar Aðalsteinsson and Stefán Atli Thoroddsen, two entrepreneurs from Iceland, who founded Crowbar Protein, a ...
Swedish director Ruben Ostlund in record Oscar haul
Director Ruben Ostlund was the man of the moment at the Swedish equivalent of the Oscars on Monday, with his movie, Turist, picking up a record number...
Healthy food and beer in high demand on Finns’ weekly shopping list
Despite the fact Finns are increasingly looking to buy healthy food from the supermarket, beer remains high up the list of most popular products among...
Norwegian police searching for kidnapped 7-year-old
Norwegian police have launched an investigation after a seven-year-boy was kidnapped from a bowling alley in the western city of Molde on Monday.
Northern Swedes have the most bizarre way of saying ‘yes’
A sharp intake of breath through pursed lips is all it takes to say yes in northern Sweden, a tradition that has been described as the world’s strange...
Huge turnover of fast food restaurants in Aarhus
Fast food restaurants in the Danish city of Aarhus are popular but are finding it increasingly tough to stay open for more than a couple of years, a r...
Pig’s head left outside Swedish Muslim mosque
A building used by Muslims in the southern town of Boras has had anti-Islam graffiti sprayed on it and a pig’s head left outside its entrance.