Iceland’s hidden fashion people
According to column in the Toronto Star, the residents of Iceland have a sense of style that is as distinctively chic as it is overlooked. Iceland, a ...
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Iceland likely to restart commercial whaling
Iceland is likely to restart hunting minke whales in May according to a report from the BBC. Iceland resumed commercial whaling in 2006 but in August ...
Afghanistan welcomes Norwegian UN envoy
The Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide has been named the new UN envoy to Afghanistan, a move welcomed by the Afghan government according to the Reuters news...
Ikea insults Denmark
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has a habit of naming high end products after towns in Sweden, Finland and Norway. But academics in Copenhagen have found...
Icelandic fishing town recreated in Edinburgh
The story of Seydisfjordur, a small fishing town in Iceland, will soon come to life in an old townhouse in Edinburgh, thanks to the work of two local ...
Glitnir gefur út breytanleg skuldabréf
Styrkir eiginfjárhlutfall bankans umtalsvert Stjórn Glitnis banka hf. hefur tekið ákvörðun um að gefa út breytanleg skuldabréf. Skuldabréfin verða vík...
Finland and Iceland support Kosovo
The President of Finland Tarja Halonen officially signed a document recognising the independence of Kosovo from Serbia on Friday last week. Iceland ha...
Icelandic sheep fostering website launched
Online food shopping took an unusual turn this month with the launch of a new website which offers Icelandic consumers both lamb products and the shee...