Reykjavik joins global climate change action day – over 4600 events around the world
Today people from around Reykjavik will gather to clean rubbish around the Vatnsmyri area as part of the largest global day of climate action ever. Th...
Swine flu still plagues Iceland
Four people are currently in intensive care in Iceland due to H1N1 (the swine flu) – but according to Olafur Baldursson, the chief medical docto...
Finland limits firearms ownership
The process for obtaining a firearms licence in Finland has been made increasingly difficult in recent years as police seek to minimise the availabili...
Denmark refuses to apologise for child experiments
Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has defended his government’s stance in the controversial case of 22 children from Greenland. In a statemen...
Streamlined religious teaching called for in Finland
Municipalities around Finland have called for sweeping reforms to the way schools teach religion.
Lapland brewery closure stuns locals
The news that Lapin Kulta, the iconic beer of Finland’s Lapland, is set to halt production has shocked residents and city officials in the brewe...
Icesave results “humiliating for Iceland”
These were comments made by Bjarni Benediktsson, Inpendence Party leader when asked about the new Icesave agreement. Hoskuldur Thorhallsson, speaking ...
Icesave: this is as acceptable as it gets for the Icelandic nation
According to the Prime Minister of Iceland, Johanna Sigurdardottir the solution indroduced today is the best option in a bad situation. She and Steing...