The owner of Hotel Laki in Iceland, in one of the areas worst affected by volcanic ash, says he thinks this summer’s tourist season will be good, despite the current “setback”. He also offered locals bored of the ash to come and stay at the hotel for a change of scenery. Read the full story

A 30 year-old man has been arrested in the UK in connection to December’s suicide bombing in Stockholm. Read the full story

A lonely snowy owl, who flies all the way from Greenland to Scotland every breeding season, is still to find a Valentine after nine years. Read the full story

A harbour master from the UK is claiming that local seals are being butchered by a Greenland shark. Donald Low, who lives in Fife, Scotland, believes he has solved the mystery of why dozens of savaged seals have been washing up on the Fife shoreline. Read the full story

Cairn Energy has confirmed that it has found gas off the western coast of Greenland. The Edinburgh-based oil and gas exploration company made the discovery in the Baffin Bay Basin, 175km from the island of Disko. Read the full story

Sally Magnusson, a newsreader for BBC Scotland, has been reprimanded by her bosses for breaking BBC rules on impartiality due to Icesave. Read the full story

Norway and Scotland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work jointly on developing their aquaculture industries. It is hoped that the trade disputes in the past between the two nations will be put aside to help boost each other’s prosperity. Read the full story

The recovery of the dwindling cod stocks in the North Sea is a major conservation issue for many nations involved in the regional fishing trade. The EU recently confirmed its proposal for sustainable fishing in the North Sea for 2009. The bloc is meeting with Norway this week to come to a mutual agreement, as Norway and the EU jointly police fishing in the North Sea. Read the full story

Discussions between the Icelandic and British authorities on the current banking crisis are being described as “positive”, ITV News reported last night.

Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy is in Reykjavik and became the first UK cabinet minister to speak face-to-face with the Icelandic Prime Minister since the banking crisis broke early in October.

Mr Murphy said: “This has been a positive visit. Mr Haarde and his government have been hospitable and helpful and we are all agreed that it is important to find a constructive and co-operative way forward that allows the technical experts to work on the detail of recovering UK savers’ money.” Read the full story

Icelandic officials urged Labour ministers to stop using Iceland’s financial problems to “undermine the case for Scottish independence”, TimesOnline.co.uk reports.

Even top level politicians have got involved in the bitter slanging match. Read the full story