Street democracy in Iceland overheats
Fuel protests in Iceland are getting hot, according to reports by CNN. Retired truck driver Halldor Sigurgson captured the essence of the protests on ...
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Fiscal frustration flowers: daffodil duty disputed
Representatives of Norway’s Grimstad Planteskole horticulture centre have sent a letter to the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture, Terje Riis-Johansen,...
Italian insurance company eyes Scandinavia for expansion
Chairman Antoine Bernheim may not be convinced, but rumour is that Assicurazioni Generali, the biggest and one of the most important insurance firms i...
Iceland starts international carbon recycling
It sounds almost too good to be true, but a new company, Carbon Recycling International, makes clean fuel out of pollution. The company captures carbo...
Harvard publishes case study on Actavis pharmaceuticals
Actavis, a generic pharmaceuticals company based in Iceland, last week announced that Harvard Business School had produced a case study on the company...
Nordic users left with blank DVDs
A new format of DVD has been successfully introduced in Scandinavia and Iceland as well as in several other European countries. Movies are now being o...
Indonesia and Iceland co-operate on fisheries
Capitalising on their common experience in the fishing and marine sector, the governments of Iceland and Indonesia have agreed to co-operate in a numb...
Norway to fund Tanzanian trees
Over the next five years, the government of Norway has pledged a total of USD 100 million to Tanzania for projects which aim to reduce deforestation a...