Irish trio name Greenland peaks
A 700-metre peak in eastern Greenland has been named after polar explorer Tom Crean, who served with both Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and Captain Robe...
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Icelandair to premier new Gus Gus album during flights
Icelandair is exclusively premiering the new album from Icelandic electro pioneers Gus Gus a month before its release. The album titled, Arabian Horse...
Finland nationalist election gains prompt EU bail out concerns
Finland’s general election has seen a nationalist party take nearly a fifth of the votes, according to the electoral commission.
Landsvirkjun AGM 2011: Diverse industries, marine cable and green revenue
The Icelandic renewable energy company Landsvirkjun announced at its recent AGM that it is ready to seize opportunities in green electricity productio...
Icelandic music festival to be streamed live via Inspired by Iceland website
Upcoming Icelandic music festival Aldrei for eg sudur (I never went south), taking place on 22-23 April 2011 in Iceland’s Westfjords, is to be streame...
School’s fake rune stone makes media the fool
A Swedish school has admitted that a rune stone it advertised for sale last week – causing much media excitement – was faked as part of an exercise in...
Endangered animal parts used as fishing lures
Finnish Customs officials are investigating whether fishing tackle shops are illegally selling parts of endangered animals as lures. It is thought tha...
Hospital seeks to bury skeletons in closet
Human skeletons which were used for training purposes at a Swedish hospital could be given a proper burial after theories emerged that they were trade...