Among the items under discussion in yesterday’s meeting between Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir and Faroese premier Kaj Leo Johannesen was the Faroe Islands’ recent first hand experience with severe financial crisis and emigration in the 1990s. Read the full story

“We will swap information with the British and I hope we can get an investigator from the UK to come over here,” Eva Joly, advisor to Iceland’s Special Prosecutor, said. Joly confirmed to Morgunbladid yesterday that her team will begin formal co-operation with the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Read the full story

Norway’s biggest aluminium manufacturer, Hydro, has unveiled its new Wicona Test Centre in central Germany which it claims will set the standards for energy-efficient buildings of the future. The new centre was designed to be a showcase for Hydro’s advanced aluminium building systems. Read the full story

All five Nordic prime ministers are meeting in Egilsstadir, East Iceland today and yesterday to discuss a variety of issues concerning Nordic life and politics. Read the full story

Swedish Match, the company that produces the popular ‘snus’ smokeless tobacco product, as well as matches, lighters and snuff, has teamed up with tobacco magnate Philip Morris International (PMI) to market its smokeless tobacco products across the globe. Read the full story

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Norway and China concerning the two countries’ co-operation in the oil production sector. This MoU adds to the existing Framework Agreement on Cooperation and Dialogue on Climate Change. Read the full story