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

The communications website Twitter is now legally bound to hand over data on Icelandic politician Birgitta Jonsdottir and two former Wikileaks staff members to American authorities, a US court has ruled. Read the full story

An inquiry into so-called ‘CIA rendition flights’ in Greenlandic airspace will go ahead, but will not be the formal investigation that the country hoped for. Read the full story

Jens Stoltenberg finally got to meet US President Barack Obama this week, putting an end to rumours that the Norwegian Prime Minister had been blacklisted by the White House. Read the full story

Alcoa has confirmed that it is no longer interested in building a new aluminium smelter near the northern Icelandic town of Husavik. Read the full story

Danish political parties, which called for an investigation into alleged double-dealing over CIA rendition flights in Denmark and Greenland when in opposition, have been criticised for backtracking now they are in power. Read the full story

“I hoped the case would be thrown out, but that didn’t happen. He now has to go in front of a jury on 2nd November. This means the uncertainty continues,” Says Hjordis Vilhjalmsdottir, the mother of 25 year-old Viktor Eyjolfsson, who was arrested on 9th September in St. Lous, Missouri, USA. Read the full story