Head of Glitnir Bank named Person of the Year
Nordic bank Glitnir has announced that its CEO Larus Welding has been named Person of the Year 2008 by the readers of Intrafish, the world’s largest s...
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Industrial action in Finland
On Thursday last week, employees of the Atria food group of Finland at the Forssa facility participated in a walkout, according to reports in the Finn...
Italian insurance company eyes Scandinavia for expansion
Chairman Antoine Bernheim may not be convinced, but rumour is that Assicurazioni Generali, the biggest and one of the most important insurance firms i...
Scandinavia headed for an epic summer
According to meteorologists, Scandinavia is likely to experience one of the best summers in several generations. Reports Aftenposten indicate that Sca...
Nordic users left with blank DVDs
A new format of DVD has been successfully introduced in Scandinavia and Iceland as well as in several other European countries. Movies are now being o...
Scandinavia sustains many a moose
Moose are multiplying in Scandinavia with local biologists estimating that numbers of moose in the region today are higher than they have been for cen...
Spring specials with Iceland Express
Iceland Express, Iceland’s low cost carrier, recently launched a new publicity campaign and is offering a special on spring flights. Iceland Express h...
A holistic approach to violence in Sweden
Stockholm has been swept by the storm of a new sport known as Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA. According to The Local, MMA is the ‘fastest growing sport in...