The British and Dutch authorities are ready to continue negotiation of a payment solution with Iceland to the Icesave issue which still rumbles on. Continue Reading

A Danish man has local authorities near the town of Kokkedal bemused and somewhat amused after reports that an apparent fetishist has been approaching a number of females in the area and asking them if they wouldn’t mind breaking wind on him. Continue Reading

The Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) elected last week its new Bureau. Continue Reading

Short trading by the banks against the Icelandic krona amounted to around ISK 1,000 billion (USD 7.93 billion at today’s rate) right before the banking collapse in 2008, according to economist Bjarni Kristjansson. Continue Reading

The long-awaited report by the Icelandic parliament’s financial investigation committee is currently being printed. Continue Reading

The attendance record at Reykjavik Art Museum was broken last year when the number of museum visitors for the first time exceeded two hundred thousand, with the overall number of visitors in 2009 reaching a total of two hundred and twenty thousand. Continue Reading

SL, the Stockholm local transport authority, has been asked by the Swedish discrimination ombudsman (DO) to provide adequate compensation to a gay man after he was instructed to leave a bus by a local driver. Continue Reading

The Danish Prime Minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, has declared that his country will embark on a range of ambitious projects aimed at increasing the national GDP over the next decade. Continue Reading

NASDAQ OMX Iceland hf. has confirmed that Audur Capital will be Certified Adviser for First North Iceland. Continue Reading

Jonas Gahr Store, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, looks set to break ranks with the other Nordic countries by recommending that Norway grant loans to Iceland before the Icesave issue is finally resolved with the Netherlands and the UK. Continue Reading