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,...
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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...
Iceland Express release special offer winter flights
Low fares airline Iceland Express is currently offering discount flights to Reykjavik, Iceland from three major European cities. Passengers who book b...
Scandinavian concerns over violence in Sri Lanka
Foreign Ministers from five Scandinavian countries released a joint statement last week warning that violence in Sri Lanka would worsen in response to...
Historic Iceland summit has big screen potential
Ridley Scott, director of the hit movie ‘Gladiator’, is considering plans for a movie based on the historic 1986 Iceland summit between Mikhail Gorbac...
‘Seismic hums’ detected near Iceland
Researchers have identified a ‘seismic hum’ in the ocean expanse between Iceland and the Labrador Sea, according to Nature.com. Under certain conditio...
Glitnir Bank in data management deal with Siperian
Glitnir announced yesterday that it has chosen a new master data management platform from Siperian to create a unified view of customers, products and...