Iceland Recognises Palestine
Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, and Dr. Riad Malki, the Foreign Minister of Palestine, today formally confirmed the est...
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Female activists honoured with Nobel Prize
The three women awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo this weekend are “linked by their commitment to change”, democracy, justice and peace, according...
Icelandic foreign minister meets with Palestinian counterpart, formal statement of recognition to follow
Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson, met today with Dr. Riad Malki, the Palestinian Foreign Minister.
Greenpeace ambush oil execs into phony meeting
Greenpeace has got one over on the top dogs of the oil industry after duping them into listening to a lecture about the perils of exploration in Green...
Icelandic fashion label Gydja Collection to donate VJK Vatnajokull sales
Iceland fashion label Gydja Collection announced that it will be donating a percentage of sales from its new male fragrance, VJK Vatnajokull, to the I...
Cairn comes up empty-handed again
Cairn Energy has yet again failed to find oil or gas at its wells in Greenland. The Scottish exploration company’s shares fell one percent on the anno...
Sunday Times Travel Magazine names Iceland as Best Adventure Travel Destination
Iceland has recently been named as the ‘Best Adventure Travel Destination’ by the Sunday Times Travel Magazine – the third occasion in recent mo...
Actavis acquires Dutch pharmaceutical packing manufacturer
Iceland-based generic pharmaceuticals company, Actavis has recently acquired 100% of the shares of the Dutch pharmaceutical packing manufacturer Pharm...