Sweden’s Spaceport set for liftoff
The world’s first commercial spaceline targeting the tourism industry, Virgin Galactic, has picked Spaceport Sweden as its first operational base outs...
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Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir becomes party leader of the Icelandic Social Democrats
Johanna Sigurdardottir has been elected party leader of the Icelandic Social Democrats (Samfylkingin) with nearly all votes. Dagur B. Eggertsson will ...
Eva Joly hired as a special consultant to the Icelandic Government
The announcement of the involvement of Eva Joly being hired as a special consultant to the Icelandic government and the special prosecutor’s tea...
Føroya Banki wants to take the Icelandic bank SPRON over
Føroya Banki, a leading bank on the Faroe Islands, has shown interest in taking over SPRON (Reykjavik Savings bank), the last of the major Icelandic b...
Huge underwater gas find off Norway
HydroStatoil has made a major gas discovery off the coast of Norway that is getting those in the industry excited. The find was made in the Asterix pr...
More Scandinavian restaurants become culinary stars
After seeing two more of its restaurants given the prestigious Michelin star ranking this year, Copenhagen is confident that it remains the culinary c...
Swede’s swimsuit disqualifies her world record
In a controversial ruling by Australia’s swimming regulatory body, Swim Australia, one of Sweden’s most famous swimmers was disqualified, after breaki...
Northern nations band together to save the polar bear
The main issue on the agenda of the upcoming 5-nation conference on Arctic warming will be how to protect the polar bear as its natural environment sl...