Advantages and disadvantages of changing Iceland’s monetary policy framework
From the Central Bank of Iceland: The Prime Minister of Iceland has requested the Central Bank to assess the advantages and disadvantages of changing ...
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Greenpeace out to save the Nordic cod
Despite the vocal protests of the Swedish government, Greenpeace has started its plan to drop large boulders into the Kattegat sound between the Danis...
StatoilHydro in trouble for CO2 emissions
StatoilHydro, the gas and oil giant, has found itself in trouble with the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority over excessive CO2 emissions from its ...
Stockholm’s jumbo jet hostel needs emergency landing
Just seven months after it opened its hatch for business, the world’s first hostel built within an abandoned jumbo jet has been put up for sale. The n...
Euro wanted as currency in Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands currently use the Danish krone (DKK) as their local currency; however, the Sjalvstyrisflokkurin (Independence Party of the Faroe Isl...
Denmark holds the Russia – Denmark Caravan of Friendship
According to RIA RusBusiness News, in October 2009 Denmark will hold the “Caravan of Russia – Denmark Friendship” forum. The aim of the forum is to es...
Iranians selectively barred from Swedish universities
Sweden’s national security service, Sapo, has issued a warning that Iranian citizens studying at Swedish universities could have ties to their nation’...
Bjorgulfur Gudmundsson, the latest victim of the fallen banks in Iceland
The former majority owner of Landsbanki (parent to Icesave), West Ham and Samson holding has filed for bankruptcy. This is by far the biggest of its k...