Norway offers Brazil a billion to save the Amazon
A new Amazon conservation fund initiated by Brazil’s government in August has received its first major donation from Norway, which offered USD 1 billi...
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Danish T-shirt vendors convicted on terrorism charges
Five employees of a company that makes and sells T-shirts supporting militant groups were convicted in Denmark for violating the country’s anti-terror...
Toddlers to seniors to run in Glitnir Oslo Marathon
Registrations have been pouring in and the number of participants is getting close to 3500. This is a 50 % increase from the same time last year and i...
Iceland women‘s football team qualification hopes
A point would secure the place of Iceland women‘s football team at UEFA WOMEN’S EURO 2009. Iceland coach Siggy Eyjólfsson knows he is going for ...
Major drug ring busted in Denmark
In one of the biggest drug busts in its history, Denmark has broken up a drug smuggling ring that imported as much as 17 tonnes of hashish into the co...
US geothermal conference scheduled for October
Geothermal experts and businesses from around the world will be converging on Reno, Nevada between 5th and 8th October for the 2008 Geothermal Energy ...
Sweden will be monitoring Danish journalists
As of 1 January 2009, Sweden’s new anti-terrorism law will come into effect, allowing its intelligence services to read and listen to any corresponden...
Icelandic annual inflation drops to 14%
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Iceland rose by 0.86% between August and September, representing a drop in annual inflation from 14.5% to 14.0%, Sta...