Residents: Copenhagen nightlife safe
Residents in the Danish capital feel the city has a safe nightlife scene, despite recent upsets in the capital. The news comes via a recent survey com...
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Top US economist urges Reykjavik not to change fishing quota system
A leading American economist and journalist has urged the Icelandic government not to move forward with proposed changes to its fish quota system.
Finnish education system rated best in world
Finland has the world’s best education system, according to a recent study carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Tourism in Iceland increases in 2012
The Icelandic Tourist Board has reported that 618,901 foreign travellers have visited Iceland so far in 2012, which represents 99,000 more tourists th...
Icelandic band tops Amazon’s ‘Album of the year’ chart
My Head Is an Animal, the debut album of Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, was voted album of the year 2012 by the American online sales website Ama...
Early bird tickets for Iceland Geothermal Conference still available
Early bird tickets for the Iceland Geothermal Conference (IGC 2013), set to take place at the Harpa Conference Centre in Reykjavik between 5th – 8th M...
Danish game maker amid legal battle with Catholic group
A Danish game maker is being sued by a Catholic organisation over the name of one of its products. Dema Games released the card game ‘Opus Dei: Existe...
Norway tightens restrictions on weapons exports
Oslo has tightened controls on the export of locally-produced arms. Speaking about the new laws, Norway’s minister of foreign affairs Espen Barth Eide...