Advania’s Thor Data Center in Iceland signs with Opera Software
Advania, a leading Information Technology (IT) company operating in the Nordics, recently signed an agreement with Opera Software for the expansion of...
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Abba fans get their own museum
The world’s first museum dedicated to Swedish icons ABBA has opened in Stockholm last Tuesday. The country’s biggest export will now be honoured with ...
Denmark to bid for 2018 World Sailing Championships?
There is much speculation that Denmark will decide to bid to host the 2018 ISAF Sailing World Championships. News might come at this week’s meeting in...
Iceland’s Eurovision hopeful sings in Icelandic
For the first time in 15 years, Iceland’s entry to the Eurovision song contest will be sung in the national language. Eyþór Ingi Valgeir Magnusson has...
Hosts in hockey hiccup – Sweden stumbles
At the IIHF World Ice Hockey Champions, Sweden was left red-faced, going down 3-2 to an unfancied Switzerland in the opening games last weekend. It wa...
Cheap flights to Iceland offered by WOW air
WOW air, Iceland’s only budget airline, is offering cheap flights to Iceland, which has recently been announced as the friendliest country in the worl...
Whale hunting to resume in Iceland’s waters
Bucking the conservation trend, an Icelandic company intends to restart commercial fin whale hunting this season, raising the spectre of sanctions imp...
Tax hikes planned for Norwegian oil drilling
Oil companies and multi-nationals involved in the industry face increased taxes as the prime minister laid out tax reforms ahead of his election campa...