A 300 kilogramme bronze statue by the Icelandic sculptor Steinunn Thorarinsdottir has been stolen in Hull, UK. Read the full story

Yesterday’s clinching of a deal to sign Icelandic international Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen is being hailed as something of a coup for Stoke City FC in England’s Premiership. But he doesn’t come cheap. Read the full story

Between 14th and 16th June next year, the English Premier League football club Arsenal will hold a training course at the KA sports ground in Akureyri, northern Iceland. Read the full story

Stefan Persson, the billionaire owner of Sweden’s clothing retail chain H&M, is set to sign the papers to purchase an entire village in the southern English countryside. The cost of becoming Lord of a village apparently runs about SEK 300 million these days. Read the full story

In a lighter bit of news, a balloon released from a special children’s centre on England’s eastern shore over a year ago floated more than 1,500 kilometres across the sea and landed in the wilds of Lapland. Read the full story