Volcanic eruption in Holuhraun ongoing
The Scientific Advisory Board of the Icelandic Civil Protection has released the latest facts about the volcanic eruption in Holuhraun: The volcanic e...
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Icelandic canyon carved by brutal floods
One of Iceland’s biggest canyons was created by three devastating floods that occurred thousands of years apart, geologists have learnt. The 280-kilom...
Danish policeman arrested by fellow cops for buying drugs
A Danish police officer was arrested by his workmates in the city of Esbjerg last summer on charges of buying cocaine and amphetamines. Officers found...
Icelandic exporting more cod to Spain than anywhere else
Spain has overtaken the UK to become Iceland’s number one cod market in terms of volumes, revealed Marko Partners’ Seafood Intelligence Report. In 201...
Game of Thrones’ ‘The Mountain’ becomes World’s Strongest Viking
Game of Thrones star Hafthor ‘Thor’ Bjornsson is officially the World’s Strongest Viking after smashing a weight-lifting record that has stood for a t...
Denmark: 50% of citizens want to limit number of Muslims in the country
A recent survey has revealed that as many as one in two Danes think there should be a limit to the number of Muslims allowed to live in Denmark. The r...
Iceland reiterates that it will not be joining EU
Icelandic Foreign Minister Jon Hannibalsson has outlined the reasons why the North Atlantic nation will not be joining the EU. Despite formal negotiat...
Ex-British soldier aims to be first amputee to scale Greenland’s ice cap unsupported
A former British soldier is heading to Greenland in a bid to become the first ever amputee to cross the ice cap unsupported. Welshman Peter Bowker, wh...