Nordic chefs serve up Culinary Olympic gold
The 2008 Culinary Olympics, held in Erfurt, Germany, were a successful venture for a team of Finnish chefs, who served up a meal worth its weight in g...
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Worries rise over Oslo gang war
Police in Oslo are becoming more concerned that a spate of shootings in the Norwegian capital is the result of an escalation of tensions between rival...
Norway wants passport control for Svalbard
In a move that surprised just about everyone in Norway’s government, the Justice Ministry announced suddenly that it wants all travellers to and from ...
Iceland is obviously quite a bit cheaper these days says Times Online
“Iceland is obviously quite a bit cheaper than it was this time last year, mainly because the whole country went bust.” This is how a text...
Icelandic delicacies served in new harbour restaurant
A new Icelandic cuisine restaurant in Hofn in Hornafjordur is now open. Its name, Humarhofnin, means ‘The langoustine harbour’ and is quit...
Marel did not get any Icesave money
Capital from Icesave Holland was not used to finance Marel’s Food System purchase of Stork Fund Systems. According to Hordur Arnarsson CEO of Ma...
SAS flight makes emergency landing in Sweden
The recent spate of in-flight airline emergencies that has plagued carriers like Qantas, United and Spanair, can now include Scandinavian Airlines (SA...
Greenland to the aid of its North Atlantic neighbour
Inuit Brotherhood, the Greenlandic political party, is calling on parliament to follow in the steps of the other territories of the Danish kingdom and...