The Icelandic financial supervisory authority takes over Glitnir Bank
Based on new legislation, the Icelandic financial supervisory authority (IFSA) has proceeded to take control of Glitnir Bank. The bank is now under th...
Politics
Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Icefish back after three years
The Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition, which is being held near Reykjavik starts next Thursday 2nd October and lasts for two days. It is only held every ...
Norway offers Brazil a billion to save the Amazon
A new Amazon conservation fund initiated by Brazil’s government in August has received its first major donation from Norway, which offered USD 1 billi...
Danish T-shirt vendors convicted on terrorism charges
Five employees of a company that makes and sells T-shirts supporting militant groups were convicted in Denmark for violating the country’s anti-terror...
Sweden will be monitoring Danish journalists
As of 1 January 2009, Sweden’s new anti-terrorism law will come into effect, allowing its intelligence services to read and listen to any corresponden...
Denmark plans its largest offshore wind farm
Denmark’s parliament recently approved plans to build the nation’s largest offshore wind farm, which will be located in the North Sea’s Kattegat Strai...
Norway gives Rio Tinto the boot over ethical concerns
As part of Norway’s aim to invest its sovereign wealth fund only in ethical, environmentally responsible projects, it has pulled out of a deal with Ri...
Brit attempts to kayak to North Pole
Lewis Gordon Pugh, a 38 year-old environmental activist from the UK, has begun the extraordinary challenge of kayaking 1,200km from Svalbard, Norway t...