SAS retrieving stranded tourists in Thailand
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has announced that it sent an Airbus A340-400 on Saturday from Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport to Thailand to help repatriate ...
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Greenland votes for self-rule
In an strong show of support for the referendum on self-rule last week, Greenlanders voted three-to-one in favour of beginning the process of severing...
Practical exhibiting at EIBTM, the Incentives exhibition in Barcelona
The well-known events management, incentive travel agency in Iceland, Practical, is also expanding into the international market. This event managemen...
Male circumcision could be outlawed in Denmark
The Kristeligt Dagblad newspaper has reported that several parties in the Danish Parliament are considering legislation that would ban circumcision on...
Finland accuses Russia of stealing its camouflage design
One of the more bizarre issues to emerge from the August War between Georgia and Russia is the question of whether Russia’s military conducted that mi...
Questions and answers about foreign exchange matters
The Central Bank of Iceland has published questions and answers about the recent changes in the Foreign Exchange Act of 1992 and the Bank’s new ...
Kaupthing seeks recognition of moratorium in the U.S.
PRESS RELEASE FROM KAUPTHING BANK: Kaupthing Bank hf. (the “Bank”) has on 30 November 2008 filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 15 of ...
Sexual church closer to legal legitimacy
Of the many religious faiths in the world, one of the more unique made an important step towards official recognition when a Swedish court ruled The M...