Finland: number of overnight stays by foreign tourists rises in July
The number of nights that foreign tourists stayed at Finnish accommodation establishments went up to nearly 747,000 in July, a rise of 1.9 per cent fr...
HB Grandi orders two new fishing boats
Icelandic fishing firm HB Grandi has agreed a deal to buy two new pelagic fishing boats. The first is due to be delivered early in 2015, while the nex...
Icelandic PM says UK banks risk collapse
Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson has said that the UK has not learnt from the global financial crisis and is now faced with the s...
Iceland not faced with mackerel sanctions yet
Iceland’s head negotiator over mackerel quotas Sigurgeir Þórgeirsson has described talks on the dispute as constructive. He gave little away about a m...
Iceland moves further away from joining EU
Icelandic Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson announced last Thursday that the North Atlantic nation had suspended European Union accession discus...
Sweden has major ATM shortage
Sweden has the second lowest density of cash machines in the EU, with 645 of them being made obsolete in the past two years alone.
Iceland economy expands in first half of 2013
Iceland’s economy grew during the first six months of 2013, helped by exports and consumer spending, revealed data from Statistics Iceland. Gross dome...
HB Grandi report good-sized mackerel catch
Icelandic fish production firm HB Grandi has reported that its most recent catch included good-sized mackerel. The skipper of the company’s Lundey NS ...