Google: Iceland among most popular ‘rising’ destinations in 2014
Iceland and been named as one of the most Googled ‘rising’ holiday destinations in the UK in the search engine’s 2014 ‘Year in Search’ list.
Sweden concerned about returning Isis fighters
Sweden’s security service Sapo has revealed that about 40 people have returned to the country after spending time in Syria fighting for terrorist orga...
HB Grandi to consider ice-free system on fresh trawlers
Iceland fishing company HB Grandi is monitoring Fisk Seafood’s recently installed ice-free system as it mulls over doing the same on its new fresh tra...
Swedish school criticised for controversial sex test
A school in Sweden has come under fire for a sex education test it gave students in which they had to say what name was given to a girl who slept arou...
Fall in popularity of Norwegian Christmas trees
Once popular all across Europe, Norwegian Christmas trees have seen their popularity on the continent slump in recent years, with sales hitting rock b...
HB Grandi sees rise in profits
Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi has recorded profit increases of 20 million euros in the third quarter of the year, a year-on-year jump of 106 per...
Norwegian town puts on world’s biggest fireworks display
The southern Norwegian town of Sogne has been entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for putting on the biggest fireworks display the earth h...
Finnish unemployment rate rises
The number of unemployment people in Finland has increased to, 220,000, or by 8.3 per cent, over the past year, according to Statistics Finland.