Online plea for help to find little girl’s father nothing more than marketing scam
A video uploaded to the popular website YouTube implored viewers to assist with discovering the real identity of the father of little baby August.
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Denmark dumps Iraqi refugees in favour of Burmese
The Danish immigration minister has made an about turn on her policy of accepting Iraqi refugees under the United Nations agreement. Just eight weeks ...
Trentemoller and Kings of Convenience at Iceland Airwaves
The now world-renowned Iceland Airwaves music festival began life back in 1999 in an aircraft hangar at the local Reykjavik airport. The music festiva...
Tax-funded Swedish adult movie causes furore
Dirty Diaries, a montage of 12 pornographic films by Swedish feminist documentary maker Mia Engberg, was released last week, sparking considerable pub...
Icelandic horror film strikes a big deal
The British company E1 Entertainment have bought the distribution rights to the recently released Icelandic film Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre. Ac...
Army of Iceland on Facebook
More than 150,000 Icelanders are logging in to the popular social networking website Facebook, according to the market research company Buzzpoint.
Finland dominates World Mobile Phone throwing competition
As expected, Finland dominated the World Mobile Phone Throwing Championships, held last month in Kesamaa, Punkaharju in the country’s Eastern lakes di...
Denmark expels Iraqi asylum seekers
A charter flight left Copenhagen bound for Baghdad last week containing 22 Iraqi asylum seekers who refused to leave the country voluntarily after the...