Iceland’s parliament to vote on the Icesave agreement with UK and the Netherlands
Ten weeks of discussions about the state guarantee on deposits in failed Icesave bank have come to an end and the Icelandic parliament prepares to vot...
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Iceland moves forward in sustainable energy
On 14 and 15 September this year, prominent experts, policy makers and visionaries from around the world are set to assemble and discuss subjects incl...
Protesters gather in front of Parliament today against Icesave deal
A group of people broke away from the crowd of protesters this afternoon and tried to break into the Parliament building. Two police officers stopped ...
SecurStore excels in ISO 27001 certification
Securstore is a company that offers online data backup and recovery soloutions. The company recently excelled in the British Standards Institution Ass...
World Water Week summit held in Stockholm
For the past week, an international entourage of industry leaders, politicians, and officials from the United Nations have been meeting in Stockholm f...
Spotify music service not impressing its artists
In the ongoing quest to find the next commercially viable way for music artists and their labels to make money from their songs, a Swedish firm called...
Business innovation on the up in Iceland
Today, with the banks rather smaller than before, knowledge-based companies are again able to tap the talent which Iceland’s highly educated people ha...
High methane levels in Svalbard
Methane was found bubbling on the sea bed in the Svalbard Islands, according to the Barents Observer. More than 250 plumes of methane bubbles were dis...