Chinese tycoon plans huge Iceland tourism resort
A Chinese businessman has been given initial approval to rent a plot of land in Iceland and develop it into a vast tourism and nature retreat.
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President of Iceland to open Startup Iceland conference at Ásbrú
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, The President of Iceland, will be opening the first ever Startup Iceland conference at Ásbrú Enterprise Park Iceland on May 30...
LS Retail Partner Conference 2012 begins in Reykjavík Iceland today
LS Retail Partner Conference 2012, a business software solutions event, kicked off in Reykjavík today, with an impressive turnout of over 200 guests f...
Norway and Russia team up for Arctic oil exploration
Norway’s state-owned Statoil firm has signed a deal with Russian oil giant Rosneft to explore the sea around the Arctic.
Famous Chechen couple granted asylum in Finland
A Chechen couple featured in the award-winning Finnish documentary The 3 Rooms of Melancholia has been granted asylum in Finland.
Cartoon terrorist court proceedings end
The sentence of the man who attacked cartoonist Kurt Westergaard with an axe has been confirmed at 10 years after the case finally ended in Denmark’s ...
Web-based Japanese language learning software developed by Cooori
Cooori has developed a web-based language learning software that utilises artificial intelligence to helps its users learn Japanese faster and more ef...
The Scream fetches jaw-dropping record price at auction
Edvard Munch’s The Scream fetched $119.9 million at auction last week, making it the most expensive piece of art to ever go under the hammer.