Swedish gay Taj Mahal wedding
In the first known gay marriage at India’s legendary tribute to love, the Taj Mahal, two young Swedish women tied the knot following traditional Hindu...
Battle for control of Christiania heats up
Fearing the future of its unique lifestyle and self-governing autonomy, the 900 or so residents of Christiania have petitioned the Danish high court t...
Melting Finnish ice cave bodes ill for climate change
In an alarming sign that global warming is an immediate and present reality, an ancient ice cave located at Lake Inari has melted this year for the fi...
Norwegians get licence to express themselves
The debate has been raging in Norway for nearly four decades over the vanity-centred issue of whether to allow personalised number plates on Norwegian...
IMF loan to Iceland blocked by Dutch and British
Wouter Bos, Dutch Minister of Finance, and his British counterpart Alistair Darling are blocking a €2.1bn loan from the International Monetary Fund to...
UK European Parliament member disappointed by UK government
According to Icelandic morning paper Morgunbladid, Diana Wallis, who is the Vice Presidenet of the European Parliament and a UK Liberal Democrat, has ...
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...
Norway’s train network on the rails
In the latest volley of an ongoing battle between officials in charge of Norway’s notoriously beleaguered train network and the government’s Transport...