Malmo neighbourhood festival thwarted by its own residents
Summer street festivals are usually happy events where residents of diverse neighbourhoods turn out to promote their culture and enjoy the fun. But a ...
World Water Week summit held in Stockholm
For the past week, an international entourage of industry leaders, politicians, and officials from the United Nations have been meeting in Stockholm f...
Spotify music service not impressing its artists
In the ongoing quest to find the next commercially viable way for music artists and their labels to make money from their songs, a Swedish firm called...
Business innovation on the up in Iceland
Today, with the banks rather smaller than before, knowledge-based companies are again able to tap the talent which Iceland’s highly educated people ha...
Swedish TV celebrity sells her breasts for charity
In a truly magnanimous gesture of selflessness, Swedish television presenter Carolina Gynning offered to sell her silicone breast implants and donate ...
Reykjavik Culture Night “must be the biggest party in the world”
Over 100,000 people showed up for the annual Reykjavik Culture Night yesterday – a new record which is close to being one third of the Icelandic...
Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir on Top 100 Powerful Women in the world
Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime Minister of Iceland, has been named number 74 on Forbes’ 100 most powerful women in the world. Number one was listed as ...
Icelandic Parliament says yes to Icesave deal
49 MPs said yes to the changed version of the Icesave deal, passing it through Parliament at around 23.00 last night. This disputed matter has shaken ...