The Icelandic government will hold a cabinet meeting today in Isafjordur. It will be the first time an Icelandic cabinet has ever met in the Westfjords region and one of very few meetings to have taken place outside Reykjavik. Read the full story

The Westfjords of Iceland may be considered one of the world’s top-ten places to visit (Lonely Planet); but they are also often regarded one of the least desirable places to live, if ones asks the average man-on-the street in Reykjavik. Now the government has stepped in promising to help protect communities in the unique and beautiful region. Read the full story

Prime Minister of Iceland, Johanna Sigurdardottir, was pictured literally scratching her head at yesterday’s party meeting following the decision by President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson to send the so-called Icesave bill to a referendum. Read the full story

“The crossroads we are standing at concern the fact that we now need to change stability into investment, growth and employment. Most indications are that growth began again in the last part of last year. It was, on the other hand, not particularly vigorous and investment remains at a historic low,” Central Bank of Iceland governor, Mar Gudmundsson said in a speech today in Akureyri. Read the full story

An Icelandic cabinet meeting at the official presidential mansion of Bessastadir has ended and the reshuffle of the government is now official. One departing minister made his last official act to approve a Dutch application to bring old Russian fighter jets to Iceland for international war games. Read the full story

The Icelandic government is set for a shake-up in the next few days; probably today or when parliament returns for the first day of the autumn term tomorrow. There will be two fewer ministers than at present. Read the full story

Council employees in Denmark have demanded that a picture of two toy figures simulating gay sex be removed from their offices. According to news website lokalavisen.dk, workers at Roskilde Town Hall are in uproar over the cheeky artwork which shows two ‘Duplo’ men getting friendly in a public park. Read the full story

Embattled Gylfi Magnusson, Iceland’s trade minister, has been invited to a meeting with both government coalition parties this morning. The subject of the meeting will be foreign currency indexed loans. Read the full story

Iceland’s Ministry of Finance has today publicly released its treasury accounts for 2009, with a statement saying the figures are better than had been predicted. Read the full story

No aspect of public spending in Iceland will be left untouched by cuts next year, according to Gudbjartur Hannesson, the chairman of the parliamentary budgetary committee. Read the full story