Christiania residents battle Copenhagen police
The giant squatter city in the heart of Copenhagen known as Christiania was the scene of clashes with local police over plans by the city to tear down...
Politics
Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Payments intermediation proceeding more smoothly to and from the UK
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF ICELAND: Payment intermediation to and from the United Kingdom is proceeding much more smoothly than before. Ho...
Congratulations Obama, Congratulations US – History has been made
Barack Obama won in the presidential election and is to become the President of the United States. He is also the first black president in US history....
American president election: Barack Obama’s team encouraged by voters turn out
According to the BBC some 29.000.000 people have gone through the pre-voting in the American president election. There is a strong feeling that histor...
Norway wants passport control for Svalbard
In a move that surprised just about everyone in Norway’s government, the Justice Ministry announced suddenly that it wants all travellers to and from ...
Greenland to the aid of its North Atlantic neighbour
Inuit Brotherhood, the Greenlandic political party, is calling on parliament to follow in the steps of the other territories of the Danish kingdom and...
Status of domestic and international payment intermediation: Payments to Iceland
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF ICELAND: The importance of smoothly functioning cross-border payment intermediation through Iceland’s com...
Foreign exchange market
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF ICELAND: Because of the unusual circumstances that arose in the Icelandic banks’ operations in October, interba...