Some thirty percent more new cars were sold in Iceland during the first six months of this year that in the same period last year. Read the full story

Fewer cars are driving the Reykjavik streets and the number of bus passengers is going up. Car traffic in the Icelandic capital has been decreasing slowly but constantly since the banking crash, after massive expansion in previous years. Read the full story

A teenager in Keflavik, Iceland who crashed his car early on Saturday morning killing two of his passengers and leaving the other in intensive care, has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. Read the full story

The Icelandic government will today discuss draft proposals on contracts with car leasing companies to help those struggling to pay off car loans denominated in foreign currencies which have increased proportionately with the depreciation of the Icelandic krona. Read the full story

The City of Helsinki Board has voted 8-6 in favour of introducing congestion charges for the Finnish capital. The decision was made after the proposal had earlier been rejected twice, with a heated – if short – debate preceding the announcement. Read the full story

An idea to start charging road tolls in southern Iceland has caused significant debate in recent days. Read the full story

Danish Transport Minister Lars Barfoed has rejected a proposal from the Technical University of Denmark to build an additional link to Sweden, meaning travellers choosing the northern border crossing will continue to do so via ferry. Read the full story

So far this year, 3,737 new cars have been registered in Iceland, compared with 15,343 after the same number of days last year. That represents a 75.68 percent drop in new car sales between years, mbl.is reports. Read the full story

Copenhagen’s City Hall Council looks set to approve a measure that will ban vehicular traffic from the congested inner city centre on weekend nights. The new ban would be in effect from 22.00 until 04.00 on Friday and Saturday evenings, according to the Berlingske Tidende newspaper. Read the full story

The debate has been raging in Norway for nearly four decades over the vanity-centred issue of whether to allow personalised number plates on Norwegian vehicles. But the newspaper Aftenposten reports that this Nordic nation has finally chosen for the side of freedom of expression.

There are definitely two distinct camps in the issue of personalised license plates: those who think they’re simply fun self-expressions, and those who Read the full story