A taste of Greenland coming to the mineral water market
Swiss-based drinking water company, Greenland Spring Water received its long-awaited green light from the local government to begin processing and bot...
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Sweden’s porn king hit with huge tax bill
The Stockholm County Administrative Court has ruled that Sweden’s porn king Berth Milton will have to pay 865 million kroner (USD 100 million) in back...
Sweden’s pharmacy monopoly reaches an end
The government of Sweden has decided to allow stores that are not state-run pharmacies to sell non-prescription drugs. This latest move is the final s...
Acting Governor and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland appointed
As provided for in Temporary Provision II of the Act Amending the Act on the Central Bank of Iceland, the Prime Minister today appointed Svein Harald ...
Central Bank Bill Becomes Law
The government’s bill amending the Central Bank Act has been passed by the Icelandic parliament Althingi. Major changes are made to the Central Bank’s...
Icelandic banks secretly buying fishing permits?
As reported on IceNews, the Rod Fishing Association of Seydisfjordur confirmed a few weeks ago that when it pressed the banks on whether they would be...
Denmark failing to meet Kyoto targets
The Danish think tank, Poyry, has published a new report suggesting that Denmark will not meet its 2012 targets under the Kyoto Protocol using its cur...
Joint Nordic air patrols of Arctic on the table
Discussions over establishing a joint Nordic air patrol that would monitor the regions of the Arctic Sea where ice is disappearing are currently under...