Icelandic president Olafur Ragnar Grimsson goes for fourth term
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the President of Iceland, is going for his fourth term this year. Mr. Grimsson announced his intention to stand in his New Yea...
Fireworks taint New Year celebrations in Scandinavia
Several people were injured by fireworks in Denmark, Sweden and Norway during the New Year festivities. Around 500 young party-goers broke into a stor...
Explosive Iceland welcomes 2008 with record fireworks
The Republic of Iceland, with just 300,000 inhabitants, celebrated the arrival of 2008 with thousands of tons of fireworks to help see the new year in...
Happy New Year 2008
We hope you’ve had a great year in 2007 and all the best of luck, good health and great happiness for 2008. Thank you for a great 2007, we know ...
Sydney Australia celebrates the coming of 2008
The clock hit 00:00 in Sydney at 13:00 GMT so they are well into 2008 when the Scandinavians celebrate their New Year. The locals staged a spectacular...
Norwegian cruise ship Fram continues cruise after hitting an iceberg
The cruise ship which has 318 passengers on board drifted into an iceberg in Antarctica overnight Saturday but there were no injuries. According to th...
New Year’s eve weather in Iceland
The weather has picked up and it looks like the annual shooting fest of the Icelanders may be severely dampened this year. But it might still calm dow...
Baugur Group supports the Sun Fund
For 2007 Baugur Group has decided that instead of producing the annual New Year’s TV greeting, the company will support The Sun Fund. The fund was est...