New leadership at Actavis pharmaceuticals
Actavis has announced a number of senior appointments at the international generic drugs company. Gudbjorg Edda Eggertsdottir has been appointed as De...
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Swedish women footballers edge Argentina to keep dream alive
Sweden’s Olympic women’s football team managed to pull out an essential 1-0 victory over Argentina to keep their hopes of progressing to the next grou...
Iceland has big plans for Europe’s largest national park
Europe’s largest national park, which was opened at the beginning of June, is located in south Iceland and is over half the size of Macedonia. Vatnajo...
Lightening strikes 91 people at Norwegian rally
A powerful lightening bolt hit 91 fans as they watched a rallycross event in Norway on Sunday, sending 57 people to hospital with burns. Fortunately, ...
Norway and Macedonia get closer
Citizens of Norway and Macedonia will now find it easier to travel between the two countries thanks to the signing of a Visa Facilitation Agreement. T...
Nazi bunkers appear from nowhere in Denmark
Four fully-furnished bunkers built by the Nazis during the Second World War were uncovered on a Danish beach at Houvig after a violent storm and large...
Norway irks its farmers, but collapse of global talks appeases
Last week’s collapse of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks in Geneva is causing soul searching among governments and NGOs, but was the cause of ...
Icelandic bottled water chairman in tax probe
The chairman of Icelandic Water Holdings, the makers of Icelandic Glacial bottled water, has been charged with tax evasion by the Icelandic government...