Norway drops in global happiness rankings
Norway has been unable to leapfrog Denmark to become the world’s happiest nation and has instead fallen from second to fourth, according to the recent...
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Finland drops to second best country for mothers
Finland has fallen from first to second spot in the best country for mothers index, with fellow Nordic nation Norway overtaking it according to the St...
Women’s football: Iceland’s youngsters to start tournament against Germany
Iceland’s under-17s women’s football team are to kick off the UEFA European Women’s Under-17 Championship against holders Germany in Grindavik on 22 J...
Pirate Party now Iceland’s most popular
Local poling has revealed that the Icelandic Pirate Party is now the country’s biggest political party after a further surge in its popularity. The pa...
Iceland revokes law allowing citizens to kill Basques
Authorities in Iceland have revoked a 400-year-old law that allowed citizens to kill Basques on sight. For the past four centuries, people in Iceland ...
Swedish police break up New York subway fight
Four holidaying Swedish policemen made the headlines in New York when they helped stop a fight on the subway. The officers, all in their twenties, wer...
BBC buys Icelandic drama
The UK’s number one broadcaster the BBC has bought Icelandic series Trapped from director Baltasar Kormakur. The 10-part drama becomes the company’s l...
Iceland: Tourists to be offered help from human search engine
Iceland has launched the innovative first ever human search engine which will offer tourists a human contact to find out information that can be usefu...