Nordic countries approve troops for mission in Darfur
Officials from Iceland agreed with ministers from Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway last week that they would contribute troops and civilian police ...
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Programme announced for 2007 Reykjavik Jazz Festival
The annual Reykjavik Jazz Festival, supported by IMX (Icelandic Music Export), will be held this week in Iceland from August 29th and September 1st. T...
US meeting with Icelandic President focuses on energy
Environmental issues were on the agenda at a meeting between Barbara Boxer, an American senator and Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the President of Iceland. ...
Kaupthing bank acquires Dutch merchant bank
The ninth largest Nordic bank, Kaupthing Bank, recently agreed to buy NIBC, a European merchant bank, for the sum of nearly three billion euros in cas...
Fifteen foreigners hurt as bus drives off road
A bus drove off the road in eastern Iceland yesterday, injuring almost half of the passengers on board. Fifteen foreign workers on the bus were hurt, ...
Iceland a model for public sector expansion in Canada
Iceland has only twice as many inhabitants as Canada’s smallest province, Prince Edward Island, yet the Nordic country is being held up as a model for...
Economic lessons from online computer game
Eyjolfur Gudmundsson, a man with a doctorate in environment and resource economics from the University of Rhode Island, was recently hired to study in...
Icelandair wins Icelandic Transport Award
The Icelandic government last week awarded Icelandair with the first ever Transport Award for its contribution to the field of aviation and its pionee...