Greenland seal hunters protest against Danish shop refusal
A group of seal hunters from Greenland has staged a protest outside Le Magasin department store in Copenhagen after it announced that it will stop sel...
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Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano featured in National Geographic article
A photo of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano features in the new issue of the American publication National Geographic, alongside a number of o...
Proposed EU regulation on trade measures causes concern for Iceland
At Monday’s (30. April) meeting of the EEA Joint Committee, Iceland presented a statement on the Commission proposal for a “Regulation on ...
Danish company apologises for ‘Holocaust T-shirt error’
A Danish clothing company has apologised after a T-shirt adorned with a motif that resembled the star badges worn by Jews during the Holocaust appeare...
Finnish bribery MP resigns from Regional Council
Ikka Kanerva has announced that he will step down as chairman of the board of the Regional Council of Southwest Finland following a conviction for tak...
Icelandair to resume flights from Denver to Iceland
Icelandair, Iceland’s flagship airline, is set to resume its flight service from Denver International Airport in the U.S. to Iceland on May 11, 2012....
Norway Beatles exhibition ‘fake’
Leading memorabilia experts have claimed that many of the items in the ‘Get Back’ Beatles exhibition at Trondheim’s Rockheim rock and pop museum are f...
Swedish cop convicted of taking salad bribe
A Swedish police officer who let a motorist off a fine in exchange for a salad has been convicted of bribery.