Icelandic home advertised in the New York Times
“We have already put in an advertisement here in the local paper in Selfoss and also decided to advertise in the New York Times. There is a slight dif...
Danish defence budget gets major boost
The Danish government has decided to increase its defence budget over the next five years after three months of negotiating the deal. For the first ti...
Icelandic First Lady sued in London by neighbour
The First Lady of Iceland, Dorrit Moussaieff, has been sued by her neighbour in London, Tiggy Butler. Butler, who is also an interior designer, has be...
First anti-piracy case enforced under new laws
The effects of April’s landmark new copyright laws in Sweden are beginning to emerge, as the first case related to copyright infringement has been hea...
Norway calls off whale hunt this year
Norway’s main fish sales group has decided to call off the annual whale hunt along the country’s coasts this year due to a low demand for whale meat. ...
Court decides no retrial for Pirate Bay Four
The Swedish Court of Appeals has ruled that there will be no retrial in the case of the Pirate Bay file-sharing website. Claims were made that one of ...
Greenland asks to raise whale-hunting quota
As the International Whaling Commission (IWC) met in Portugal recently, Denmark requested on the behalf of Greenland to include 10 humpback whales in ...
Sweden faces tough road with EU presidency
As Sweden assumes the presidency of the European Union today, it inherits financial crisis, a tenuous balance of power in the region, and major concer...