Scandinavian Hour host dies in Norway
Ron Olsen, the host of a local Scandinavian Hour radio programme in Seattle, died while on vacation in Norway, according to reports in the Ballard New...
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Actavis pharmaceuticals strengthens retail presence in Australia
Actavis, a generic pharmaceuticals company based in Iceland, has signed a distribution agreement for a number of retail products with Australian compa...
Missing woman suspected dead
On Thursday, a 20-year-old woman went missing from her home in western Sweden. Police now suspect that she is dead and have taken a man into custody f...
Icelandic CDS levels keep falling
Credit default swap (CDS) levels on Icelandic banks have fallen considerably following credit agreements between Iceland and the central banks of Swed...
Incentive travel to Iceland on the increase
Iceland is becoming one of the fastest growing destinations for incentive travel in the world. Its success is partly due to its location, appealing to...
Offshore savings bank releases fixed rate bonds
Isle of Man based savings bank, Bradford & Bingley International, has launched two new fixed rate bonds. A limited edition one year bond (Fixed Ra...
Sssssummer’sss here
A day at the beach for Stockholm police resulted in their officers learning how to handle snakes. On Sunday afternoon, a woman called police after dis...
Nordic banks boost Icelandic economy
Three Nordic central banks have lent Iceland credit of up to 1.5 billion euros ($2.3 billion) to strengthen the country‘s foreign currency reserves, r...