Fujitsu speeds up UK rail telesales
Rail passengers in the UK will soon experience quicker times for ticketing and information enquiries on several First Group rail services with the ins...
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Bobby Fischer dies aged 64
Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer died yesterday in Iceland after a long battle with illness, according to Visir.is Fischer was born 9th March...
Ice hockey player linked to Finnish drug ring
The former NHL (National Hockey League) player Jere Karalahti is scheduled to go on trial 29 January for alleged involvement in smuggling and distribu...
Iceland wary of Euroisation
Kaupthing, Iceland’s biggest company with total assets valued at €56bn, has been denied permission by the Central Bank of Iceland to adopt the euro as...
Norwegian Foreign Minister staying at bombed hotel
The Norwegian foreign minister was in the Kabul hotel that suffered an attack by a Taliban suicide bomber on Monday in which eight people died. Foreig...
Norwegian paedophile linked to assaults in Germany
Police in Norway are investigating possible molestations in Germany by the suspected “Pocket Man” paedophile, reports Aftenposten.no. The 55-year-old ...
Czech woman poses as boy in Norway
In a twisted case of feigned identity and child abuse, a woman from the Czech Republic has been found to have fooled officials in Norway into thinking...
Finnish PM pushes US for action on climate change
Finnish prime minister Matti Vanhanen encouraged the United States to commit more to reducing global warming during an official visit there this week,...