Finland set to become long-term nuclear waste dump
An experiment currently underway in Greenland is trying to learn about the effect of glaciers on bedrock. This project has been organised and funded b...
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Swedish online news site banned in China
Just as Sweden recently expelled one of China’s diplomats, the Asian nation returned in kind by expelling a Swedish diplomat and apparently also block...
UEFA Women’s Euro Cup: Iceland 0-1 Norway
Iceland lost yesterday in Lahti, Finland to Norway after an intense game. Cecile Pedersen, from Norway, scored a few seconds before the first half was...
PRESS RELEASE: Parliament approves state guarantee for Icesave loans
Press statement from the Government of Iceland – 28.08.2009 Parliament approves state guarantee for Icesave loans Today, following 10 weeks of d...
Icesave deal approved in Parliament today
Reykjavik, Iceland Today at 11:00 GMT, the Icelandic Parliament voted on the Icesave deal. 62 Members of Parliament took part in the vote. The end res...
BREAKING NEWS: Voting has started on the Icesave deal
Reykjavik, Iceland At 10:00 GMT today, the Icelandic Parliament started the voting process on the Icesave deal. The Members of Parliaments are now exp...
Iceland’s parliament to vote on the Icesave agreement with UK and the Netherlands
Ten weeks of discussions about the state guarantee on deposits in failed Icesave bank have come to an end and the Icelandic parliament prepares to vot...
Sweden’s top astronaut makes second trip into space
Once infamously known as the astronaut who couldn’t get a ride into outer space, Sweden’s Christer Fuglesang is currently enjoying his second mission ...