Iceland’s president vilifies former British PM Gordon Brown over Icesave crisis
In a recent interview with British news broadcaster Sky News, Iceland’s President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson declared that Iceland as a country will never...
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Gothenburg traffic declines with congestion toll
Traffic in the Swedish city of Gothenburg has decreased since the city introduced new congestion charges. Official figures showed that traffic in the ...
14 years for Danish newspaper bomb plotter
The man convicted of plotting to bomb a Danish newspaper has been sentenced to 14 years behind bars in the United States. Tahawwur Rana, 52, a Canadia...
Cleaner injured after driving ‘stolen’ train into Stockholm building
A woman suffered serious injuries on 15 January after she crashed a commuter train into a residential building in Stockholm. Reports said that the uni...
Mackerel removed from sustainable fish list amid fishing row
Conservationists have taken mackerel off the list of sustainable fish species amid overfishing and international political turmoil regarding fishing q...
S&P upgrades Finland’s credit rating
Finland’s AAA credit rating has been upgraded to stable, officials from Standard & Poor’s announced on 14 January.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati to give keynote at Iceland Geothermal Conference 2013
It has been announced that Mrs. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, the Managing Director of the World Bank, will be giving a keynote speech at the first Iceland G...
New app for iPad and iPhone to make language learning easier
A new app for the iPad and iPhone, LingoWorld, has recently been launched by Cooori, with the aim to help aid the language learning process.