Iceland handballers to Beijing
Iceland’s handball team have secured their place in the Beijing Olympics this summer after their shock victory over Sweden on Sunday. Iceland played S...
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Danish embassy bombing because of cartoons?
Monday’s bombing of the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan may have been a reaction to the Mohammed cartoons published in Danish newspapers. Last y...
Icelandic culture fosters girls’ maths skills
In America, it is a common misconception that boys learn maths with greater ease than girls, however a new study has shown that cultural and social in...
Woman sentenced for violent rape
A 32-year-old woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for raping a woman in her 60s in the northern Swedish town of Haparanda. According to re...
Forest fires fought in Sweden
Forest fires have been raging out of control in the north of Sweden for a week, according to reports in The Local. With the work of 100 fire fighters ...
Polar bear killed in Iceland
A polar bear which was found wandering in north Iceland was shot yesterday by the authorities. The bear, an adult male weighing around 250kg, is presu...
British expats keep high savings rate
Bradford & Bingley International, a specialist provider of offshore savings accounts for British expats, has announced it will leave the interest ...
Americans help recover Finnish wreck
In June 1940, just a few days before the Soviet Union annexed Estonia, an airliner from Finland crashed into the Baltic Sea. Today, experts from the U...