A letter from an IceNews reader
We received an email this week from a reader angry at his former employers for not transferring him to a new branch because his Icelandic is not deeme...
Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir becomes party leader of the Icelandic Social Democrats
Johanna Sigurdardottir has been elected party leader of the Icelandic Social Democrats (Samfylkingin) with nearly all votes. Dagur B. Eggertsson will ...
Northern nations band together to save the polar bear
The main issue on the agenda of the upcoming 5-nation conference on Arctic warming will be how to protect the polar bear as its natural environment sl...
FARC release Swedish man after two years
Eric Roland Larsson, a 69 year-old Swede who had been working and living in Colombia when he was kidnapped nearly two years ago by FARC rebels has fin...
Danes create most rubbish in the EU
A new report released by Eurostat, the European Union’s official statistics office, has determined that Danes generate the most amount of rubbish out ...
Greenland hosts Cold Climate Conference
Greenland, the host nation for the 6th International Cold Climate Conference, is an apt choice for this important summit that brings together climate ...
Swedish zoo chimp frighteningly clever
A 31 year-old chimp named Santino, who resides in Stockholm’s Furuvik Zoo, is generating a flurry of excitement in the scientific community because he...
Norway’s most notorious rocker released from jail
Norwegian black-metal legend Varg Vikernes, who also calls himself Count Grishnackh, will be released from prison after serving his 16-year sentence f...