The Finnish founder of file-sharing site Megaupload has been arrested by US authorities in New Zealand for massive copyright infringement. Read the full story

Barack Obama has been caught out using a recycled sound-bite to praise Denmark. The US President rolled out his favourite boxing pun – used to flatter small nations on three previous occasions – when Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen visited the White House last week. Read the full story

An American federal judge in the state of Virginia will this week decide whether the US Department of Justice can legally force the website Twitter to hand over private information on Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir, and others connected to Wikileaks. Read the full story

Johanna Sigurdardottir, Icelandic Prime Minister, has sent a formal invitation to her American counterpart, Barack Obama, to visit Iceland on an official state visit. Read the full story

Luis E. Arreaga, the new Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Iceland, presented his credentials to Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson yesterday. Read the full story

The American daughter company of Iceland’s Prentsmidjan Oddi hf., Oddi Printing, has opened an office in New York in addition to its existing premises in Pennsylvania. Read the full story

The new Danish Justice Minister has criticised the drawn-out case of suspected drug-smuggler Camilla Broe, labelling the ongoing indictment as “grotesque”. Read the full story

The British ambassador to Iceland told an American colleague over a month ago that the British government was considering taking action to stop Iceland’s Icesave referendum. Read the full story

One of the most popular Icelandic sitcoms to date, Naeturvaktin (The Night Shift) is set to be remade for American audiences.

The programme follows the story of three graveyard shift employees at a petrol station and centres on their boredom tackling antics and the succession of weird and wonderful customers who frequent such late night shopping emporia. Read the full story

The Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce will hold a conference this Tuesday in New York entitled ‘The Icelandic Economy and Outlook’.

This year’s keynote speaker will be Gylfi Magnusson, Icelandic Minister for Business Affairs. He will be joined in the same session by Mark Flanagan, the head of the IMF mission to Iceland. Read the full story