Iceland: Stalling tourism puts economy at risk
Sound macroeconomic policies and favourable external conditions have enabled Iceland’s economy to emerge stronger from a decade of post-crisis managem...
PISA global education survey shows Icelandic education lacking
Icelandic students have never measured poorer in all three areas of OECD’s PISA, global education survey. The 2015 survey found Iceland to be notably ...
Norwegian education best in equality
Norwegian schools are better than the rest in promoting social equality to their students, a new report has found.
IMF frowns at Iceland debt write-off plan
A plan to ease mortgage debts of every household in Iceland through a write-off has been criticised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). An annou...
Denmark named happiest country in the world
Denmark has once again come out on top of the world’s happiest country list, with fellow Scandinavian nations Finland and Norway claiming second and t...
OECD advise Iceland to tighten monetary policy
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said that Iceland should raise interest rates to slow the rate of inflation, and ...
Icelanders enjoy higher quality of life than most
The latest report from the OECD Better Life Index report flatters Iceland for quality of life, with the country scoring well in many categories. Signi...
Norway unemployment remains unchanged
The unemployment rate in Norway held steady in September, according to new figures released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Developme...