Iceland beats Spain in men’s handball Olympic semi-final
The Icelandic men’s handball team played a promising game in the Olympic semi-final at midday today (Icelandic time). In an overly exciting match they...
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Icelanders caught up in ETA bombs in Spain
The three ETA bombs which exploded on the Costa Del Sol in southern Spain on 17th August shook a large number of summer holidaymakers including many I...
Finland halts work on nuclear reactor over safety concerns
Finland’s fifth nuclear power plant, which is currently under construction, has been put on ice pending new studies on the safety of its building meth...
Iceland Express celebrates Copenhagen Cooking festival
Iceland Express passengers to Copenhagen got a welcome surprise this morning when they were greeted with a box of chocolates as they boarded their pla...
Health centre in Fiji closes due to water shortages
A health centre in Fiji had to be closed last Friday because there was no water in the area, reports The Fiji Times. Nawaicoba resident Rup Narayan sa...
Golf legend Sorenstam’s Swedish finale spoiled by Amy Yang
In her final golfing tournament on home soil, Annika Sorenstam didn’t get the storybook ending to an illustrious career that she had hoped for, accord...
Actavis receives US approval for antidepressant drug
Actavis, a generic drug manufacturer based in Iceland, has received approval from the US Food & Drug Administration to market the generic drug equ...
Swedish wrestler tosses bronze medal in protest
Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian won the bronze medal in the men’s Greco-Roman wrestling event in Beijing but then threw the medal away in protest over...