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...
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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...
Swedish school system attracts global interest
A sweeping reform of Sweden’s public school system 16 years ago is attracting interest from all over the world, not least for the controversial decisi...
WWF warns Finland of illegal timber purchases
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has accused Finland of importing wood which has been sourced illegally. The Nordic country is one of the biggest timber ...
Iceland’s largest travel weekend is going well
Verslunarmannahelgi, Icelanders’ largest vacation weekend, is going well. There are have been no real accidents and the tens of thousands of tra...