‘The next Pele’ Freddy Adu joins Finnish club
Once touted as “the next Pele”, things haven’t worked out exactly to plan for Freddy Adu, who has now washed up on Finland’s shores with Kuopion Pallo...
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Sir Tom Jones to perform in Iceland on 75th birthday
Welsh music icon Sir Tom Jones is to perform in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik to mark his 75th birthday. The legendary artist and star of reality TV...
Swedish Foreign Minister sorry for insulting Islam
Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom has offered an apology to Saudi Arabia after describing the kingdom as a “dictatorship” that abuses human r...
Iceland funds Mozambique sanitation project
The Icelandic government’s Agency for International Development (ICEIDA) is to donate three million euros to finance a water supply sanitation project...
Gudjohnsen returns as Iceland continue their push towards Euros with comfortable victory
Eidur Gudjohnsen made a scoring return to international football as Iceland secured a comfortable 3-0 victory against Kazakhstan in Astana to keep the...
Copenhagen named second cleanest in Europe
The Danish capital Copenhagen has been named Europe’s second cleanest behind Zurich in the latest European Environmental Bureau (EEA) rankings. The bu...
Sweden becoming more tolerant of alcohol
A recent study by IQ has revealed that people in Sweden are becoming increasingly more acceptant of alcohol. Popping to a bar for an after-work beer i...
Iceland: 11% fall in catch value in 2014
Iceland’s catch value decreased by 11 per cent to 136 billion kronor last year, according to the most recent data from Statistics Iceland. The total v...