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

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

Today is Easter Monday; the day following Easter Day and a public holiday across the Nordic region. Read the full story

Today is Easter Sunday, the high point of the long Easter weekend. Read the full story

Today is Good Friday, and a public holiday in all of the Nordic countries. Read the full story

Today is Maundy Thursday, which is a public holiday in most of the Nordic countries. Read the full story

The rate of unemployment in Iceland now tops that of all the other Nordic countries. It is not believed that has happened before. Read the full story

The Icelandic musician Jon Thor Birgisson, otherwise known as Jonsi, has been awarded the inaugural Nordic Music Prize. Read the full story

Finns have been named and shamed as the worst drivers among their Nordic neighbours. Using a mobile phone behind the wheel, dozing on the job, and even drink-driving are some of the dangerous habits people from Finland have admitted to in a newly released study. Read the full story

Consumer ombudsmen in the Nordic region are looking into social networking sites such as Facebook to decide whether they are engaging in illegal marketing. The watchdogs are planning to investigate whether social media websites contravene advertising laws in Finland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Iceland, Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Read the full story