Two men have been convicted on terrorism charges in Norway for planning an attack against the Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. Read the full story
Posted on 01 February 2012.
Two men have been convicted on terrorism charges in Norway for planning an attack against the Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 January 2012.
It has been reported that Chinese interests want to finance the building of a health village in Flúðir, south Iceland to the tune of billions of krónur. Read the full story
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Posted on 28 December 2011.
Finnish officials say they have impounded a ship travelling from the Isle of Man to China with undeclared missiles on board. Read the full story
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Posted on 17 December 2011.
Two Icelandic MPs have put a proposal to the Alþingi parliament calling on the Icelandic government to offer Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo political asylum in the country. Read the full story
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Posted on 05 December 2011.
Iceland’s foreign minister this morning described Canadian fears that Huang Nubo’s hoped-for land purchase in Iceland is part of a wider Chinese plan to take the country over, as ‘ridiculous’. Read the full story
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Posted on 04 December 2011.
The owner of the largest plot of land at Grímsstaðir á Fjöllum in northeast Iceland, says that it could very well be possible to rent the land to Chinese investor Huang Nubo to build a luxury resort. The Icelandic government denied Mr. Huang permission to buy the land — a move he criticised vocally as Western bias against China. Read the full story
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Posted on 26 November 2011.
Ögmundur Jónasson, Iceland’s Minister of the Interior, has rejected Chinese billionaire Huang Nubo’s application to buy 30,639 hectares in northeast Iceland for the construction of a luxury resort. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 November 2011.
Greenland’s Premier Kuupik Kleist has said that he sees a future of co-operation with China, including possible membership to the Arctic Council. Read the full story
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Posted on 26 October 2011.
A spokesman for the Dalai Lama said he is disappointed that Denmark’s foreign minister did not call for more forceful intervention on Tibet during this week’s meeting with his Chinese counterpart. Read the full story
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Posted on 22 September 2011.
Iceland’s biggest road and maritime freight handling company has signed a contract for two brand new container ships — just three years after nearly collapsing under the weight of debt. Read the full story
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Iceland central bank holds rates, predicts ongoing economic growth
Continued Malmö violence embarrasses police
Currency exchange privacy case thrown out of Icelandic court
Sauli Niinistö wins Finland presidential race
Iceland historic French village restoration finance secured
Murder in Hafnarfjörður
Workplace drug tests increase tenfold
Mythical Icelandic monster captured on film?
Explore Vatnajökull and Jökulsárlón in Iceland with Glacier Lagoon tour
Ocean turbine designer: “Iceland could up its energy production twentyfold”
