Witnesses to crimes and accidents in Finland are frequently alerting the media before the police, according to reports. Read the full story
Posted on 06 February 2012.
Witnesses to crimes and accidents in Finland are frequently alerting the media before the police, according to reports. Read the full story
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Posted on 27 January 2012.
The freedom of journalists in Iceland went down a little last year compared to the year before, according to the new World Press Freedom Index, which is published annually about press freedom in 180 countries around the world. Read the full story
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Posted on 29 September 2011.
Bjorgvin Bjorgvinsson, head of the Icelandic police sexual crimes division, said yesterday that there is no doubt that the newspaper Frettabladid has been advertising prostitution in its classified ads section. The paper says it has done nothing wrong. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 April 2011.
A new media control law has been accepted by the Icelandic parliament. Read the full story
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Posted on 31 March 2011.
A row has erupted within the English-language media in Iceland about celebrity, about free speech and about being nasty about people in print. Is it okay for an Icelander writing in English to be cruel about celebrities? One celebrity says absolutely not. Read the full story
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Posted on 13 February 2011.
As the panic over Iceland’s phantom volcano slowly dies down, we take a closer look at what happened. Read the full story
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Posted on 04 February 2011.
A Danish journalist has been criticised after repeatedly referring to a transsexual woman as a man and using the phrase “freak show” in a programme about sex change operations. Read the full story
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Posted on 19 January 2011.
The website of KNR — the national broadcaster of Greenland — appears to be under cyber attack. Read the full story
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Posted on 23 June 2010.
Global exposure of the Swedish royal wedding was seriously affected by a row over rights, according to Sveriges Television (SVT). The Swedish broadcasting company is said to be sending a strongly-worded letter to Reuters, AFP and AP news agencies who boycotted the regal event. Read the full story
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Posted on 12 May 2010.
Oskar Hrafn Thorvaldsson, the News Director at Stod 2 TV, Bylgjan Radio and the Visir.is news website has resigned over a news story released last July. Read the full story
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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
Workplace drug tests increase tenfold
Mythical Icelandic monster captured on film?
Explore Vatnajökull and Jökulsárlón in Iceland with Glacier Lagoon tour
Ocean turbine designer: “Iceland could up its energy production twentyfold”
