Sweden on course to become a global spaceport
This is not science fiction. Swedish company Spaceport Sweden is reportedly being courted by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic as potential major ...
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Concerning payment intermediation through the Central Bank of Iceland
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF ICELAND: As is well known, transfers of funds between Iceland and other countries often take longer than they d...
Finland may host historic 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Along with Innsbruck, Austria, the Finnish town of Kuopio is in the final race to host the first ever Winter Youth Olympics in 2012. The International...
EasyJet offers new Scandinavian routes
In direct competition with Scandinavian Airlines SAS, budget carrier easyJet has started flying to and from Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport to both Milan ...
Actavis in business alliance with a Japanese generic pharmaceutical manufacturer
Actavis announced a preliminary agreement with ASKA Pharmaceutical concerning the establishment of a joint company: Actavis ASKA Co., Ltd. The plan is...
Norway’s government bails out its main shipping line
Norway’s largest shipping line Hurtigruten has been struggling to stay afloat in recent weeks as the global financial crisis has been trying to sink i...
Iceland: The future is in the EU
An article by Philip Lane, Professor of International Macroeconomics and Director of the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) at Tri...
Janitors guarding Sweden nuclear power plant
It’s the kind of news that doesn’t boost public confidence, but it has surfaced that the managers of one of Sweden’s nuclear power plants used their j...