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 ...
Iceland key interest rate unchanged, growth forecasts lowered
Iceland’s central bank has kept it key interest rate unchanged at six per cent while lowering its forecasts for growth. The country has now kept inter...
Denmark inflation at four-decade low
Denmark’s rate of inflation has dropped to its lowest level since 1967 as the country’s economy stagnated during the first quarter of the year. Headli...
Asian investors interested in Íslandsbanki
An Asian investment group is eyeing up Íslandsbanki, one of the financial institutions created after Iceland’s economy collapsed, offering a ray of ho...
Mackerel and herring catch creates 170 jobs in Iceland
An Icelandic fishing company claims the large mackerel and herring catches this summer is creating as many as 170 summer jobs. HB Grandi has started i...