As is an unofficial Christmas tradition, a 13-metre straw goat has already succumbed to arsonists in an eastern Swedish town. Read the full story
Posted on 11 December 2011.
As is an unofficial Christmas tradition, a 13-metre straw goat has already succumbed to arsonists in an eastern Swedish town. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 December 2011.
A police officer who committed suicide at a work Christmas party was the husband of a former Finnish government minister, it has been revealed. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 December 2011.
Norway has made an emergency food appeal to Iceland…for butter, because a serious shortage is hampering Norwegians’ Christmas preparations. MS Iceland Dairies has refused the request for help. Read the full story
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Posted on 03 December 2011.
Arguably Iceland’s most Christmassy residential home just keeps on beating its own record year after year. This year the now-famous Reykjanesbær bungalow is adorned with 17,000 light bulbs… Read the full story
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Posted on 27 November 2011.
Mayor of Reykjavík Jón Gnarr presided over the launch of the “Christmas Creatures of Reykjavík” event which is already delighting children of all ages in Reykjavík city centre and nearby Laugardalur. Read the full story
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Posted on 25 November 2011.
Tree-folk in Iceland are racing against time, and each other, to get Christmas trees chopped down and into the shops. Read the full story
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Posted on 22 November 2011.
The Icelandic government has approved a request for job seekers in the country to be paid a Christmas bonus again this year. Read the full story
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Posted on 11 November 2011.
Not wanting to be seen as Scrooges, the Norwegian capital Oslo has decided against scrapping its annual Christmas tree gifts to Rotterdam, Reykjavik and London, despite the the cost to the Norwegian taxpayer. Read the full story
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Posted on 28 October 2011.
Iceland’s annual ptarmigan hunting season begins today; despite diminishing numbers of the grouse-like bird. Read the full story
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Posted on 13 September 2011.
Hunting of Iceland’s favourite Christmas table bird, the ptarmigan, could be banned outright following a warning from The Icelandic Institute of Natural History. Read the full story
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Iceland president: beating drugs is simple
Leftists ‘arson terrorists’ released from custody in Denmark
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Teenager arrested for Copenhagen park attack
Mangs’ mother noticed racism
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