Icelandair launches Internet check-in
Icelandair recently launched an online check-in service for its passengers using the Leifur Eriksson terminal at Keflavik International Airport in Ice...
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Swedes keep track of their dogs with mobile phones
A company in Sweden is introducing a dog tracking system that uses mobile phones fitted with GPS. The product may help the owners of more than 15,000 ...
Beer-loving Danes look East
With Carlsberg and Heineken’s recent takeover of the UK’s biggest brewery Scottish and Newcastle, the Danish brewer is hoping to make big inroads into...
Online travel sales to increase further in 2008
With 58 billion Euros predicted to change hands in online travel by the end of 2008, e-commerce in Europe is set for another record year. An increase ...
Lawsuit underway for Iceland torrent site
Much to the elation of the online community but consternation of record labels and movie studios, online file sharing has become more and more widespr...
Tibetans’ plight supported in Reykjavik
The campaign for a free Tibet travelled as far as Reykjavik this week when a foreign protester sympathetic to the Tibetan cause arrived at the Chinese...
Iceland opposes Taiwan UN membership
The government of Iceland said last week that it was against Taiwan’s plan to hold a referendum on UN membership, reports China View News. ̶...
Glitnir bank sells bonds for $200m (ISK 15bn)
Nordic bank Glitnir sold ISK 15bn ($200m) of five year mandatory convertible bonds in a closed offer to Icelandic institutional investors that ended y...