Of Horses and Men up for foreign language Oscar
Benedikt Erlingsson’s Of Horses and Men has been confirmed as Iceland’s contender for next year’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
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Iceland bank wants loan extension
Iceland’s state-run Landsbanki bank wants to renegotiate the conditions of a £1.5bn bond in an effort to slow payments to other countries’ governments...
Cruise liner to stop in Greenland for first time
The cruise liner Carnival Legend is scheduled to stop in Greenland for the first time on its transatlantic sail this month.
Finland: number of overnight stays by foreign tourists rises in July
The number of nights that foreign tourists stayed at Finnish accommodation establishments went up to nearly 747,000 in July, a rise of 1.9 per cent fr...
Eurovision winner postpones tour
The winner of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest, has postponed her upcoming tour of Denmark and Germany.
ElCorrect improved electrical equipment on board Huginn VE55 states vessel’s Chief Engineer
Willum Andersen, Chief Engineer on board pelagic fishing vessel Huginn VE55, has stated that ElCorrect™, the flagship product of ISELCO, has significa...
Runaway escalator prevents football clashes
Following the southern Sweden derby between Helsingborg IF and Malmö FF, the two sets of fans were all set to clash at a train station until an escala...
Series of tremours shake North Iceland
Several shakes reaching a magnitude of 3 and 3.2 were felt offshore North Iceland, 10 km NW of Gjögurtá this morning.