Iceland to cut film fund
Iceland’s filmmakers have been left shocked by the news that the country is set to cut its national film fund budget by about 40 per cent. The plans, ...
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‘Disco poles’ to be used as deterrent for to elks on roads in Norway
Norway is trying out a new way of deterring elks from wandering on to busy roads after a number of traffic incidents involving the deer.
Cruise liner to stop in Greenland for first time
The cruise liner Carnival Legend is scheduled to stop in Greenland for the first time on its transatlantic sail this month.
Finland: number of overnight stays by foreign tourists rises in July
The number of nights that foreign tourists stayed at Finnish accommodation establishments went up to nearly 747,000 in July, a rise of 1.9 per cent fr...
Eurovision winner postpones tour
The winner of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest, has postponed her upcoming tour of Denmark and Germany.
LOT Dreamliner forced to land in Iceland
A LOT-operated Boeing 787 Dreamliner was forced to land unexpectedly at Keflavík Airport in Reykjavík on Sunday due to air identification system fault...
Denmark’s early farmers were immigrants
A new study of flint mines and flint axes has shown that the earliest farmers in Denmark were central European immigrants and not Scandinavian hunter-...
Swedish man acquitted of indecent exposure
A 65-year-old man arrested on 6 June for pleasuring himself on Drevviken beach in Stockholm has been acquitted of sexual assault. As the man’s action ...