Greenland marks Self Rule with major trade expo
To mark the beginning of its Self Rule in June, Greenland will host a major trade expo in the capital, Nuuk. Sermitsiaq reports that the trade fair wi...
To the Class of 2009: Mango seeds don’t need soil to grow
An IceNews reader submitted the following uplifting and thought provoking 200-word short essay on the global economy.
Finland’s Nokia plans voluntary redundancy
It seems it’s now mobile phone maker Nokia’s turn to trim its workforce in a bid to control costs and maintain profitability. The Finnish mobile phone...
Snus tobacco gets global boost
Swedish Match, the company that produces the popular ‘snus’ smokeless tobacco product, as well as matches, lighters and snuff, has teamed up with toba...
Origins of the current economic downturn in Iceland
An article written by Georg Brynjarsson, sourced from his University of California research paper in business: After 5 years of the highest growth in ...
Sterling Airways bailout falls through
The bankrupt budget carrier Sterling Airways, which is based in Copenhagen, has lost the confidence of the venture capital firm Axcel that was plannin...
Scandinavian airline Sterling goes belly up
The latest budget airline to call it quits is Copenhagen-based Sterling, which announced on 29 October that it was cancelling all flights immediately....
Copenhagen gets radical new mega-mall
Copenhagen is planning to set another Nordic record by hosting Scandinavia’s largest shopping centre – despite the fact that Field’s is already in Cop...