Dramatic details of an overnight US raid in which two aid workers for the Danish Demining Group were freed from Somali pirates have begun to emerge. Read the full story

The Finnish founder of file-sharing site Megaupload has been arrested by US authorities in New Zealand for massive copyright infringement. Read the full story

Although all different types of tourist visit Iceland from all over the world, the country’s tourist board has this week published survey results which reveal the most “typical” tourists are an American couple, about 40 years-old, who travel to Iceland, without children, for about ten days. Read the full story

A woman has filed a lawsuit against Starwood Hotels and Resorts after employees at a Finnish property allegedly gave her room key to a drunken stranger. Read the full story

Contraband, the new Hollywood movie by Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, was this weekend’s highest grossing film in the USA, if initial figures are accurate. Read the full story

The Icelandic singer Björk this weekend announced that she will take her latest show, Biophilia, to New York. Read the full story

Finnish officials say they have impounded a ship travelling from the Isle of Man to China with undeclared missiles on board. Read the full story

The Reuters news agency has released a detailed report on the alleged role of Icelander Viggó Þórisson in an international embezzlement case. Read the full story

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

New Harbors New Hopes is a novel by Celia Lund and the follow-on to the enjoyable Square Sails and Dragons Read the full story