General Electric announces Norwegian wind power expansion
US energy giant General Electric (GE) has promised to pump money into Norway’s wind power industry, in a move that will create 100 new jobs. GE will b...
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China’s Geely buys Volvo
The Chinese car manufacturer Zhejiang Geely Holding has signed a deal to purchase the iconic Swedish Volvo brand from US car-maker Ford.
The View from Here, No. 2
The second in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: Hollywood takes on Iceland
SXSW 2010 showcases Scandinavian music
This year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas is set to promote Scandinavian music, with around fifty different Scandinavian artists and musicians showca...
Hollywood murder sees Swedish rapper jailed for life
David Moses Jassy, the Swedish hip-hop and rap artist known as Monopoly, has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in jail by a Los Angeles court fo...
Finnish website calls for politician and immigrant murders
An online hate website calling for the murder of immigrants and leading national politicians is under scrutiny from the Finnish National Bureau of Inv...
Camilla Broe drug case highlights flaws in Danish extradition law
The new Danish Justice Minister has criticised the drawn-out case of suspected drug-smuggler Camilla Broe, labelling the ongoing indictment as “grotes...
Iceland summer flights to Minneapolis with Icelandair
Icelandair have announced it’s reopening of flights to Minneapolis St. Paul airport in time for the Iceland summer. These transatlantic flights provid...