Swedish Christmas goat torched by vandals
In what seems to have become a devious tradition in the northern Swedish town of Gavle, the town’s giant Christmas goat made from straw has been burne...
Three people shot at Stockholm casino
In a bizarre Christmas Eve tragedy, three people were shot just before midnight by an unidentified gunman at the Casino Cosmopol in Stockholm. Accordi...
Latvia bailed out by Denmark and Sweden
In a gesture of help to struggling Latvia, the central banks of Denmark and Sweden have offered the small Baltic nation a credit line worth EUR 500 mi...
Protesting to continue in the year 2009
As IceNews reported yesterday, protesters succeeded in preventing Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde from appearing on a Stod 2 television show broadcastin...
Happy New Year from IceNews
The IceNews team would like to send its readers and not least its blog posters around the world warm Viking greetings from Iceland as we are about to ...
Several Businesspeople of the Year 2008 in Iceland
It‘s that time of year when business papers and magazines name businesspeople of the year in Iceland and this year there are no bankers to be seen. Th...
Finland minister calls for common Nordic currency
The nations that make up Scandinavia are some of the most ardent in Europe about abstaining from joining the common European currency. But Finland’s M...
Sweden doing the most to tackle climate change
In a recent report issued by global climate change watchdogs, Sweden was ranked as doing the most to tackle greenhouse emissions. The Climate Change P...