Reykjavik UNESCO City of Literature to attend Frankfurt Book Fair 2011
Reykjavik UNESCO City of Literature will be taking an active part in the 2011 Frankfurt Book Fair, which takes place between 12-16 October, as Iceland...
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Liv Tyler explores Iceland volcano and meets with Yoko Ono
The American actress Liv Tyler, star of Lord of The Rings and Armageddon, earlier this week visited Iceland and ventured out into the wilderness to e...
President of Iceland kick starts new tourism campaign for Inspired by Iceland
The President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, today kick started a new tourism campaign by making a speech in which he openly invited tourists int...
‘Terrified’ cabin crew criticised after fire
Passengers on a domestic flight in Denmark have criticised the behaviour of the “panicked” cabin crew after they were forced into an emergency landing...
Tensions bubble as Cairn fails again
British oil company Cairn Energy has announced that it has again failed to strike black gold at its sixth controversial well off the coast of Greenlan...
Fat tax rolled out in Denmark
The Danish government has finally introduced what is thought to be the world’s first ‘fat tax’, resulting in international media attention.
Dog escapes kennels, takes metro home
A capable canine, left at kennels in Stockholm for the day by its busy owner, escaped and rode the metro line home alone to Gullmarsplan, six stops aw...
Generic pharmaceuticals company markets Olanzapine across Europe
The generic pharmaceuticals company, Actavis Group, this week marketed Olanzapine tablets across several European countries immediately after the pate...