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 08 October 2011.
Never have more Master’s level students graduated in Iceland than last year, 2010. Read the full story
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Posted on 29 August 2011.
LIN, the Icelandic student loans fund, has summoned Supreme Court of Iceland judge Vidar Mar Matthiasson to the Reykjavik District Court in a case over responsibility for a student loan he vouched for in 1985. The case came before the court this morning. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 August 2011.
Every summer hundreds of foreign students visit Iceland in order to learn the Icelandic language. This year, over a hundred of them are studying in the remote and wild Westfjords region. Read the full story
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Posted on 26 June 2011.
A sign featuring a naked baby picture of a graduating Swedish student has been reported to police as child pornography by an offended bystander. Read the full story
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Posted on 01 May 2011.
A ‘jungle party’ which featured the sale of ‘slaves’ with blacked-up faced and ropes around their necks has led to two student associations at a Swedish university being reported for hate crimes. Read the full story
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Posted on 27 May 2010.
The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has hit out at Norway’s failure to recognise the island nation as a country. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 February 2010.
The Greenlandic finance minister Palle Christiansen has declared the steady exodus of manpower from the country as the biggest hurdle facing Greenland’s ongoing quest for independence. Read the full story
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Posted on 15 September 2009.
Icelandic university students have claimed around 300 million kronur in unemployment benefits. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 July 2009.
It was a very exciting day when archaeology students from the University of Aarhus unexpectedly uncovered a cache of bones from some 200 bodies dating back to the Iron Age. The standard 3-week research exercise for the students turned into a unique excavation project thanks to the sensational find. 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
