Kaupthing’s top bosses indicted over rigging
Kaupthing bank that collapsed during the great meltdown of 2008, is now in the news for other reasons. Nine senior executives, including former execut...
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World Economic Forum ranks Iceland as most welcoming holiday destination
According to a new report published by the World Economic Forum, Iceland has been ranked as the most welcoming holiday destination in the world, along...
Men get to urinate on Strøget legally
In a bid to deter men from urinating on the streets after a night of heavy drinking, the Copenhagen City council installed what look like giant white,...
Norway’s pro-Palestinian group says donations becoming ‘fatigued’
The Norwegian head of the group that funds the effort to establish a Palestinian state has said that frozen diplomacy in the Middle East has left dono...
Greenland PM: Europe could miss out on mineral riches
Greenland’s Prime Minister has warned that the EU could miss out on having access to the territory’s newly uncovered mineral wealth.
Investments in Iceland prompt 0.5% growth in Q4
New figures have revealed that Iceland’s economy saw further growth in the fourth quarter of 2012. According to official data published by Statistics ...
Copenhagen may import US cannabis
Copenhagen’s plan to legalise cannabis may see the city import the drug from certain locations in the United States. According to a Copenhagen Post re...
Sweden sentences cocaine kingpin to 18 years in jail
The head of one of Sweden’s largest ever drug rings has been sentenced to nearly two decades behind bars. Forty-year-old Jonas Oredsson had been charg...