A woman has filed a lawsuit against Starwood Hotels and Resorts after employees at a Finnish property allegedly gave her room key to a drunken stranger. Read the full story

The Icelandic singer Björk this weekend announced that she will take her latest show, Biophilia, to New York. Read the full story

One of three suspected terrorists has been released by the Supreme Court in Norway after an attempt by the police to keep him in custody was rejected. David Jakobsen, a 32-year-old Uzbek national, was released by the court on Friday 15 October after it was decided that he does not put the ongoing investigation in jeopardy and is not a flight risk. Read the full story

Norwegian police discovered the makings of a bomb lab in an Oslo apartment when arresting a suspected al-Qaida cell last month, according to reports. An investigation by the Associated Press (AP) has revealed that authorities had been tracking the group for a long time after intercepting emails between them and an al-Qaida operative in Pakistan. Read the full story

A New York court has granted the Glitnir Bank resolution committee an extension until the 10th September to provide evidence against the motion for dismissal of their case put forward by defendants. Read the full story

The American daughter company of Iceland’s Prentsmidjan Oddi hf., Oddi Printing, has opened an office in New York in addition to its existing premises in Pennsylvania. Read the full story

Icelandic businessman Jon Asgeir Johannesson paid off his USD 10 million mortgage a few weeks ago. The mortgage on his luxury New York apartment was paid by bank transfer from his personal Royal Bank of Canada account. Read the full story

“First we were supposed to take off at 20.30 but there was some sort of a delay and we took off an hour later. Soon afterwards it came to light there was some sort of problem with the plane’s door.” Read the full story

The deadline for former Baugur boss, Jon Asgeir Johannesson to submit a comprehensive list of all his assets to the Glitnir Bank resolution committee has been extended to tomorrow. Read the full story

After some confusion over the weekend, Icelandic authorities have now confirmed that only one man in the country has swine flu.

Five other members of the man’s family displayed flu-like symptoms, as reported over the weekend, but were found to not be suffering from H1N1. Read the full story