Iceland: Time to reconsider national approach?
“The foreign debt of the Icelandic economy and the nation is beyond our power and the prospect is black,” said Haraldur L. Haraldsson, an economist, a...
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Snus tobacco gets global boost
Swedish Match, the company that produces the popular ‘snus’ smokeless tobacco product, as well as matches, lighters and snuff, has teamed up with toba...
Local favourite to play innovative and intimate concert
Seth Sharp presents an intoxicating night of brand new tunes and some classic cover songs with an exciting line-up of young musicians and dancers on 2...
Finnish company applies to build nation’s sixth nuclear reactor
Finland is debating whether it needs a sixth nuclear power plant, and several firms are vying to win the contract to build it. The Finnish utility com...
Electric cars get more Danish support
The Danish utility company Dong Energy announced that it has signed an agreement with California-based electric battery charging company, Better Place...
Norway and Guyana work together on climate change
The tiny South American nation of Guyana has received a big boost from Norway as the two countries have agreed to work together to reduce their impact...
Is it True, going to Moscow from Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland will be entering the European song contest, Eurovision, with the song Is it True, performed by Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir. The Song got the mos...
Finnish police crack down on speeding snowmobilers
The wild empty expanses of Lapland are no longer free range for Finland’s snowmobile riders. SIKUnews reports that local police have had enough of sno...