This weekend marked 70 years since residents of the Veturhús farm near Eskifjörður, east Iceland, saved the lives of over 40 British soldiers. Read the full story

Explosive experts have been commissioned to deal with a Nazi-era mine that has washed to shore in northern Sweden. Read the full story

Finnish officials say they have impounded a ship travelling from the Isle of Man to China with undeclared missiles on board. Read the full story

Iceland’s foreign minister this morning described Canadian fears that Huang Nubo’s hoped-for land purchase in Iceland is part of a wider Chinese plan to take the country over, as ‘ridiculous’. Read the full story

Swedish soldiers are to be taught how to shimmy up trees in the proper fashion in case they need to salvage unmanned drones caught in canopies. Read the full story

Top Norwegian military officials have apologised after a female soldier from Oslo was forced to bathe naked in a freezing lake with 30 other male personnel. Read the full story

Finland’s defence forces have admitted having a secret list of all the places around the country where there could still be munitions left over from the Second World War. Read the full story

A series of military exercises under the name North Viking 2011 began in Iceland today and will continue until next Friday. Read the full story

Three German naval ships with some 700 crew members have arrived in Reykjavik on a ceremonial visit; including the Berlin, which is Germany’s biggest naval vessel. Read the full story

The Seafarers’ Association of Iceland has released a press statement complaining that Icelandic waters will be next-to defenceless and un-patrolled this summer if both of the country’s biggest coastguard ships travel abroad. Read the full story