Nordic soldiers under fire in Afghanistan
It has been a busy week in the hinterlands of northern Afghanistan, where soldiers from the Nordic nations were engaged in heavy fighting. Swedish and...
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European Union seal ban angers Inuit people
The European Union has placed a “seal ban” which prohibits the import of seal products into the EU market. This greatly affects nations that have high...
Brussels debates Iceland EU Application Today
The Icelandic application to join the European Union is expected to be discussed at a meeting of EU foreign ministers today in Brussels, Belgium. Peop...
The Lithuanian Parliament supports Iceland’s EU Membership
The Lithuanian Parliament unanimously approved and gave full support for Iceland’s membership application to join the European Union today as well as ...
Direct flights from Iceland to Seattle began yesterday
For the first time ever, direct flights between Iceland’s international airport Keflavik and Seattle-Tacoma in the United States began yesterday...
Sweden’s Pirate Bay website may go legitimate
Having survived its recent court case for copyright infringement, Sweden’s popular file sharing website, The Pirate Bay, is now considering going legi...
New Government Agreement regarding Icelandic Banks
The government introduced an agreement with the bank’s resolution committee at a press conference today which was held in the National Theatre i...
A Crowd of Scouts in Iceland for Jamboree
The past few days the local population of Reykjavik and the Capital Area might have taken notice of quite many scouts from all over the world. About 3...