Saami against Canadian mining project
Saami people have claimed that a proposal by a Canadian company for gold-mining in Sweden’s northeast violates their UN-recognised human rights and wi...
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SecurStore online backup and Iceland Land Survey partnership continues
SecurStore online backup and recovery announced this week it has been asked to continue its longstanding business relationship with the National Land ...
Funeral for famous Finnish brewery
Last week saw a small crowd hold a funeral procession to commemorate the closure of the famous Pori Brewery. The last rites were administered to a bee...
Will Russia loan Iceland money?
The Icelandic Foreign Minister Steingrimur J. Sigfusson today had a meeting with Dmitry Pankin, the Russian assistant finance minister. At the meeting...
Iranian nuclear plant causes Norwegian concern
A second uranium enrichment plant in Iran has led Norway to join other countries in expressing its concern over the disclosure, claiming that the plan...
Coalition government seeks new platform in Norway
Norway’s coalition government will meet next week to discuss the possibility of a new political platform after the three parties were all returned to ...
Bankruptcy rates slowly decreasing in Iceland
According to information released by Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Islands), there were 555 Icelandic companies declared bankrupt in the first 8 months...
Sami reindeer herders to be given more freedom under new proposal
A government appointed work group has declared that the indigenous Sami population of Sweden should be granted further freedom to undertake activities...