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 ...
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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...
Racing champ Loeb wins Finnish rally
Frenchman Sebastien Loeb, a four-time world champion auto rally racer, won his first Finnish Rally last week. He completed the three-day, 24-stage rac...
Norwegian ship cruises to victory in tall ships’ race
It may have been built in 1937, but the Oslo-based ship Christian Radich still had the legs to win the first stage of Norway’s annual Tall Ship’s Race...
Actavis to sell over-the-counter Chlamydia drug in UK
Actavis, a generic drug company based in Iceland, has been given the go-ahead to sell the first ever oral antibiotic for chlamydia without prescriptio...
Organic farming on the decline in Norway
A new report released by the Norwegian agricultural research institute, the Norsk institutt for landbruksøkonomisk forskning (NILF), shows that organi...
Actavis CEO steps down
Robert Wessman has today stepped down as the CEO of Actavis, one of the world’s leading international generic drug companies. He will be replaced by t...
Bank results dispel fears over Icelandic economy
Concerns over the Icelandic economy have receded following the publication of financial results of the three main banks in Iceland, reports the Financ...