BBI: Internet savings bond promoted to expats
Offshore bank Bradford & Bingley International has launched a new sterling savings bond designed to appeal to expatriates and members of the inter...
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Glitnir bank to present 2007 results
Glitnir bank has announced it will host the following presentations and webcasts in connection with the publication of its full year results for 2007:...
Steinsson looks forward to Bolton transfer
The Icelandic football defender Gretar Steinsson from AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands is anticipating his upcoming transfer to Bolton Wanderers, reports...
Bobby Fischer dies aged 64
Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer died yesterday in Iceland after a long battle with illness, according to Visir.is Fischer was born 9th March...
Norwegian Foreign Minister staying at bombed hotel
The Norwegian foreign minister was in the Kabul hotel that suffered an attack by a Taliban suicide bomber on Monday in which eight people died. Foreig...
Finnish PM pushes US for action on climate change
Finnish prime minister Matti Vanhanen encouraged the United States to commit more to reducing global warming during an official visit there this week,...
Moderate drinking keeps heart disease at bay
New research from Denmark has indicated that moderate drinkers have a 30% lower risk of heart disease than those who abstain from alcohol. The Univers...
Björk attacks New Zealand photographer
Icelandic singer Björk has allegedly lashed out at another reporter, this time targeting a newspaper photographer snapping shots of her yesterday at A...