The Mayor of Copenhagen has been forced to apologise after allegedly licking and groping a number of his female colleagues at the office Christmas party. Read the full story
Posted on 18 January 2012.
The Mayor of Copenhagen has been forced to apologise after allegedly licking and groping a number of his female colleagues at the office Christmas party. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 January 2012.
Today is the thirteenth and final day of the Christmas festival in Iceland and what better way to celebrate than with more bonfires and fireworks? Read the full story
Posted on 30 December 2011.
Charities donating goods to poor Danish families this Christmas say they have rejected thousands of bogus applications from well-off households. Read the full story
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Posted on 30 December 2011.
Two Swedish men have been apprehended by Norwegian police after they were caught smuggling butter across the border in the hope of profiting from the ongoing Norwegian shortage. Read the full story
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Posted on 25 December 2011.
Christmas Day again? Blimey. Not that we’re complaining, mind. It is one of the cosiest, tastiest, laziest and not-being-frowned-upon-for-having-beer-before-lunch-iest days of the year for many people. Cheers! Read the full story
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Posted on 24 December 2011.
There is a house in Reykjanesbær, on a road they call Túngata. It’s been the joy of many lucky boys and girls; and Christmas knows, it’s festive. Read the full story
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Posted on 22 December 2011.
The Icelandic love of specially-made Christmas beers knows no bounds this year…that is until all of it has been sold. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 December 2011.
Icelanders who eat a smoked rack of pork on Christmas Eve are people of the centre – the mainstay of Icelandic society. They are the people who are sick and tired of Icesave. People who eat lamb are nationalistic and those who eat ptarmigan are snobs. So says Páll Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, a self-proclaimed ‘everything expert’. Read the full story
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Posted on 20 December 2011.
A whole street in the Faroe Islands capital has been sealed off in an attempt to recreate Christmas spirit, old style. Read the full story
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Posted on 19 December 2011.
Christmas is a time full of national cultural niches and ex-pats around the world diligently try to recreate elements of festivities from their homeland; however well-integrated they may be for the rest of the year. Icelanders and Iceland are no exception to this rule — and nor are foreigners living in Iceland. This weekend the Lithuanian Icelandic Community held its annual children’s Christmas party, and it was more fun than ever. Read the full story
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No Motörhead wine for Icelanders, branding too negative
Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival begins today
Multiple shooting in Greenland hamlet
IMF refutes claim it tried to shut Icelandic national theatre and museum
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
