Stockholm names new mayor
Stockholm’s City Hall Nominating Committee has made a unanimous choice on who should become the new mayor of the city. Sten Nordin, a member of the Mo...
Glitnir makes shortlist for sustainable energy award
Nordic bank Glitnir was recently shortlisted for the 2008 FT (Financial Times) Sustainable Banking Awards, the leading global awards for sustainabilit...
Icelandic authorities consider cooperation with Angola
Officials from the governments of Iceland and Angola are considering increasing their official cooperation, according to the Angola Press Agency. On W...
Industrial action in Finland
On Thursday last week, employees of the Atria food group of Finland at the Forssa facility participated in a walkout, according to reports in the Finn...
Laser Man seeks limit to life sentence
John Ausonius, the man known to many as the Laser Man, is petitioning to have a time limit put on his life sentence, according to reports in Sweden’s ...
Swedish government funds feminist porn
The Swedish government plans to fund pornography through a series of cultural subsidies valued at SEK 350,000 according to reports in The Local, a Swe...
Volcano discovered on Iceland’s seafloor
Volcanologists recently discovered a large volcano lying under the waters off the shore of Iceland, according to National Geographic News. The giant v...
Street democracy in Iceland overheats
Fuel protests in Iceland are getting hot, according to reports by CNN. Retired truck driver Halldor Sigurgson captured the essence of the protests on ...