Glitnir makes shortlist for sustainable energy award
Nordic bank Glitnir was recently shortlisted for the 2008 FT (Financial Times) Sustainable Banking Awards, the leading global awards for sustainabilit...
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Icelandic authorities consider cooperation with Angola
Officials from the governments of Iceland and Angola are considering increasing their official cooperation, according to the Angola Press Agency. On W...
Street democracy in Iceland overheats
Fuel protests in Iceland are getting hot, according to reports by CNN. Retired truck driver Halldor Sigurgson captured the essence of the protests on ...
Britain pays dearly for Euro sarcasm
With just 23 days to the big off, Eurovision fever is already gripping the people of Europe – and none more so than Terry Wogan. The BBC’s veteran Eur...
Italian insurance company eyes Scandinavia for expansion
Chairman Antoine Bernheim may not be convinced, but rumour is that Assicurazioni Generali, the biggest and one of the most important insurance firms i...
Multiple Sclerosis conference scheduled in Reykjavik
The European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP) plans to hold its next conference in Iceland. According to the event website, the conference, entitled...
Iceland starts international carbon recycling
It sounds almost too good to be true, but a new company, Carbon Recycling International, makes clean fuel out of pollution. The company captures carbo...
Harvard publishes case study on Actavis pharmaceuticals
Actavis, a generic pharmaceuticals company based in Iceland, last week announced that Harvard Business School had produced a case study on the company...