Diverted Manchester schoolkids overnighted at Akureyri airport
UPDATE: The Manchester schoolchildren, along with other passengers from the aeroplanes from London and Dublin, were supplied with blankets and pillows...
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Group of school children from the UK get help from friendly Icelanders
Due to severe weather conditions twoI celandair aeroplanes, flying from Dublin and London where forced to land at the airport in Akureyri, a town loca...
Used cars from Iceland go on sale
A new website has opened today to allow the export of high quality used cars from Iceland. Following various stories (including on IceNews) on the pos...
Oslo’s famous Holmenkollen Ski Jump says goodbye
One of the major landmarks of Norway’s capital, the Holmenkollen Ski Jump, is being dismantled in preparation for Oslo’s bid to host the 2011 Nordic S...
Iceland experiencing positive side effect of economic crisis
While temperatures are now falling below zero, Iceland is becoming an increasingly interesting destination as the exchange rate for Icelandic krona ha...
Copenhagen Airport to get budget terminal
Not wanting to be left out in the cold by the popularity of budget airline travel, Copenhagen Airport (CPH) will be constructing its own dedicated bud...
UN Security Council: We went in to win the seat
After a long and expensive campaign, Iceland has finally learned that it will not be a member of the United Nations Security Council in 2009-10. Austr...
Swedish couple murdered in Tobago
Reports coming out of the southern Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago state that an elderly Swedish couple have been brutally murdered at their h...