Second-year students at the Art University of Iceland have caused a stir in Reykjavík by putting advertisements in empty shop windows claiming that H&M and other famous brands will be opening up soon in Iceland. Read the full story
Posted on 29 January 2012.
Second-year students at the Art University of Iceland have caused a stir in Reykjavík by putting advertisements in empty shop windows claiming that H&M and other famous brands will be opening up soon in Iceland. Read the full story
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Posted on 07 December 2011.
It is predicted that over 5,000 Icelanders will visit Boston this season — the vast majority on Christmas shopping trips. The American city has seldom, if ever before, been so popular among Icelandic travellers. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 October 2011.
A Danish department store is to open a bar dedicated solely to nursing mothers after it caused controversy last week by banning breastfeeding altogether from one of its cafés. Read the full story
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Posted on 18 June 2011.
The prosecutor in the case against Finland’s former minister for foreign affairs, Iikka Kanerva, is calling for the MP to serve a jail term of at least two years for alleged aggravated bribe-taking and intentional or negligent dereliction of duty. Read the full story
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Posted on 24 October 2010.
Hundreds of people made their way to Reykjavik’s Skolavordustigur shopping street yesterday in celebration of Iceland’s official first day of winter. Tradition dictates that shopkeepers on the street provide entertainment and free meat soup on the first day of winter. Read the full story
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Posted on 04 August 2010.
The owners of the German DIY giant Bauhaus are standing by their decision to open a store in Iceland even though the company’s brand new superstore has been standing empty since its completion in 2008. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 May 2010.
Striking food workers in Finland have sent the purchasing public scurrying across the border to Sweden for supplies. Read the full story
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Posted on 28 April 2010.
Reginn ehf, a daughter company of New Landsbanki has instructed Landsbanki business advisers to co-ordinate the sale of all shares in its holding company, Smaralind ehf which owns and runs the Smaralind shopping centre in Kopavogur, near Reykjavik. In other words, Iceland’s biggest mall is now for sale. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 April 2010.
Retail strikes will take place across Finland on Friday, after a compromise was rejected by the Finnish Service United Union (PAM). Read the full story
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Posted on 21 February 2010.
If you have been wondering why the Red Cross shop on Reykjavik’s Laugavegur shopping street is looking a bit different, read on… Read the full story
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No Motörhead wine for Icelanders, branding too negative
Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival begins today
Multiple shooting in Greenland hamlet
IMF refutes claim it tried to shut Icelandic national theatre and museum
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
