Denmark to bid for 2018 World Sailing Championships?
There is much speculation that Denmark will decide to bid to host the 2018 ISAF Sailing World Championships. News might come at this week’s meeting in...
Iceland’s Eurovision hopeful sings in Icelandic
For the first time in 15 years, Iceland’s entry to the Eurovision song contest will be sung in the national language. Eyþór Ingi Valgeir Magnusson has...
Hosts in hockey hiccup – Sweden stumbles
At the IIHF World Ice Hockey Champions, Sweden was left red-faced, going down 3-2 to an unfancied Switzerland in the opening games last weekend. It wa...
Whale hunting to resume in Iceland’s waters
Bucking the conservation trend, an Icelandic company intends to restart commercial fin whale hunting this season, raising the spectre of sanctions imp...
Tax hikes planned for Norwegian oil drilling
Oil companies and multi-nationals involved in the industry face increased taxes as the prime minister laid out tax reforms ahead of his election campa...
Denmark and Finland upgrade status of Palestine
Both Denmark and Finland made a bold move last weekend to give further recognition to the Palestinian territories. The fledgling territory will now ge...
Hype ramps up ahead of Swedish royal wedding
With less than a month before the big event, socialite magazines are in top gear anticipating the events of the much anticipated wedding of Princess M...
Iceland’s chilliest spring in decades
Temperatures across Iceland during the past month have been some of the coldest experienced in 30 years. Throughout Iceland record temperatures have b...