Iceland seafood firm gets Olympic ban for fishy whaling links
An animal rights group has managed to ensure that no food from an Icelandic company with links to whaling will be sold at this year’s London Olympics....
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Helsinki hockey prediction octopus ‘misunderstood’
Finland’s sports soothsaying octopus was “misunderstood” when he predicted that his home nation would win this year’s Ice Hockey World Championships, ...
Ancient methane being released by Arctic melt
Scientists have reported finding thousands of sites in Greenland and Alaska where ancient methane gas is bubbling into the atmosphere, possibly with g...
Upstanding gents supplying Denmark’s gangs with guns
Danish police say they have been surprised to find that many of the illegal weapons supplied to the country’s gangs are coming from upstanding older g...
Jail term for Swede who kidnapped himself
A Swedish man who faked his own kidnapping in order to extort money from his parents has been sentenced to 10 months in prison.
Sif Cosmetics to present BIOEFFECT story at cosmetics industry conference
Sif Cosmetics, the Iceland-based anti-ageing skincare manufacturer, is to present the story behind its ground breaking BIOEFFECT skin care products a...
Economists: Iceland should adopt Canadian dollar
Iceland should replace the krona with the Canadian dollar if it wants to stabilise its shaky economy, two financial experts have suggested.
Utøya survivors have their day in court
Survivors of Anders Behring Breivik’s Utøya Island massacre have continued to recount their harrowing tales at his trial in Oslo.