Icelandic exchange participants in US to discuss non-lethal uses of whales
A group of nine Icelandic museum and eco-tourism workers have travelled to the US to look at the economics, science and policy of the non-lethal uses ...
Iceland and US on course for collision over whaling
The dispute over whaling between the US and Iceland about the latter’s refusal to scrap its commercial whale hunt appears to be escalating further aft...
Obama vows not to ease up of Iceland whale hunting pressure
US President Barack Obama has instructed officials to continue applying pressure on Iceland to comply with the whaling moratorium introduced by the In...
US considers Iceland sanctions over whaling
The US claims Iceland’s whaling is breaking an international agreement and is said to be considering economic sanctions over the issue.
Snowden makes Norway asylum application
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has applied for asylum in Norway, according to the country’s foreign minister. Norway foreign ministry spokesperson F...
Denmark fourth for recycled Obama punchline
Barack Obama has been caught out using a recycled sound-bite to praise Denmark. The US President rolled out his favourite boxing pun – used to f...
President Obama should take Wikileaks on directly with or without the help of the Icelandic government
Dick Cheney’s daughter, Liz Cheney wants the government of Iceland to stop its Wikileaks support. Iceland passed its “law on press freedom and protect...
IOC plotted against Obama
The International Olympic Committee had made its decision to award the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro long before the much publicised visit by U...