Copenhagen buses introduce love seats
The joys of spring are in the air in Copenhagen, with young lovers being prompted into action by the transport company Arriva.
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The View from Here, No. 4
The fourth in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: The Laxness Files, in which Chay encounters secrecy and intrigue surrounding Iceland’...
Sweden bans South Park Mohammed episodes
Comedy Central’s affiliate broadcaster in Sweden has announced it will not be airing two controversial episodes of the satirical South Park cartoon wh...
Iceland arts festival in Reykjavik makes final preparations
The 2010 Reykjavik Arts Festival begins this month on May 12th and will be taking place at numerous locations in the heart of downtown Reykjavik until...
The prison of expression?
An opinion article to commemorate World Press Freedom Day by Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe and Chairman of the Norwegi...
Finnish mother fined over circumcision as legislation stalls
A mother has been fined for having her son circumcised as the legislation row in Finland remains unaddressed.
Design awarded at Reykjavik exhibition
Asdis Asmundsdottir, daughter of the sculptor Asmundur Sveinsson will today award the first prize in a competition for a design object that reflects t...
Sweden to hand back historic Danish document
Long running bartering between library directors has led to an agreement by Sweden to return an ancient text to Denmark.