Tromso Winter Olympics bid losing steam
Adding further pressure to Tromso’s 2018 Winter Olympics bid, which has proven unpopular among Norwegian citizens and politicians alike, a new report ...
British government offers loan to Landsbanki
Alistair Darling, the British finance minister announced that the Bank of England will give a loan of 100 million pounds to reimburse British deposito...
Richard Portes analyses: The shocking errors of Iceland’s meltdown
We are bringing you a comment to our post ‘Brown’s letter to Haarde‘ written by Richard Portes, the Professor of Economics at London...
Sweden bans certain number plate combinations
Following their trend of curtailing the names that parents may choose to give their child, Swedish authorities have now added vehicle number plates to...
Norway’s rare albino moose under threat
Since its first sighting in 2006 in the forests south of Oslo, Norway’s rare albino moose known as “Albin” has become something of a national mascot. ...
Declaration of British Treasury Secretary
Jon Cunliffe, the Second Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury, and Managing Director of International and Finance Directorate in UK, sent a letter to Ge...
Thatcher´s advisor: have a go at little Iceland?
“This is not how to use laws against terrorism. Very unjust usage of the Terrorist laws, used against Iceland in a situation that has very little to d...
Britain reconsiders assaults on Iceland
Icelandic TV Channel 2 informed that a letter was sent from Downing street 10 to the Icelandic Embassy last night. The cabinet of Gordon Brown sent a ...