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Nansý Davíðsdóttir this weekend became the first girl to be crowned Icelandic children’s chess champion. The Icelandic Children’s Chess Championship has been running since 1994. Read the full story
Posted on 10 January 2012.
chess pieces
Nansý Davíðsdóttir this weekend became the first girl to be crowned Icelandic children’s chess champion. The Icelandic Children’s Chess Championship has been running since 1994. Read the full story
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Posted on 18 November 2011.
The Nordic Council has released its Nordic Statistics Handbook 2011, which contains all sorts of interesting facts about life in the Nordic region over the last year. Read the full story
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Posted on 07 November 2011.
The combined Nordic consumer agencies are investigating whether advertising laws have been broken on the social networking website, Facebook. Read the full story
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Posted on 27 August 2011.
The 2011 Nordic Fashion Biennale, a six-week-long exhibition celebrating design, fashion and innovation, will kick-off on September 30 with the two-day NFB 2011 Fashion Summit in Seattle, featuring top international designers and artists. Read the full story
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Posted on 02 August 2011.
Snow, shopping and blondes are the most common elements associated with Sweden, according to a survey by the country’s national travel agency. Read the full story
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Posted on 27 July 2011.
Sweden has pledged “Nordic solidarity” with neighbouring Norway after the country was hit by a devastating twin terror attack on Friday that left almost 80 people dead. Read the full story
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Posted on 20 June 2011.
A new environmental loan programme totalling EUR 30 million has been signed by the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Poland’s Bank Ochrony Srodowiska (BOS). Read the full story
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Posted on 22 May 2011.
Rikke Pedersen, director of the Nordic Volcanological Centre Institute of Sciences, does not expect that the current volcanic eruption in southeast Iceland will last long. Read the full story
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Posted on 03 May 2011.
It is good to be a mother in Iceland and even better in Norway, according to a newly published annual report on worldwide motherhood. Read the full story
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Posted on 25 April 2011.
Today is Easter Monday; the day following Easter Day and a public holiday across the Nordic region. 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”
