A Copenhagen theatre company has courted controversy after penning a play based on the convictions of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik. Read the full story
Posted on 03 February 2012.
A Copenhagen theatre company has courted controversy after penning a play based on the convictions of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik. Read the full story
Posted on 02 February 2012.
The Norwegian captain of the ill-fated ‘Beserk’ expedition is being hunted by New Zealand authorities as he allegedly makes his second attempt to reach Antarctica. Read the full story
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Posted on 02 February 2012.
UPDATED 2nd February: The Icelandic sailor rescued late in January off Norway survived because of his floatation suit. His three crew mates from the sunken trawler were not so lucky and the Norwegian coastguard has called off its search. An interview has now been released. Read the full story
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Posted on 01 February 2012.
Icelandic sign language is now, for the first time, available to everybody online. Iceland’s education and culture minister opened the new internet language learning portal today, which already contains over 1,200 signs. Read the full story
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Posted on 01 February 2012.
Two men have been convicted on terrorism charges in Norway for planning an attack against the Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. Read the full story
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Posted on 28 January 2012.
Cairn Energy is to team up with Norwegian group Statoil in their quest to look for oil off the coast of Greenland. 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 27 January 2012.
The Indian embassy is attempting to secure the return of two toddlers, who their parents say were taken away from them in Norway due to “cultural differences”. Read the full story
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Posted on 27 January 2012.
A 21 year-old Norwegian has been arrested for inciting terrorism and making threats against the authorities after admitting publishing a video on YouTube that called for the deaths of the country’s crown prince, prime minister and foreign minister. Read the full story
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Posted on 26 January 2012.
An Icelandic fishing trawler has sunk in bad weather off the coast of Norway. At the time of writing only one of the four crew members had been located and rescued. 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”
