The European Union ‘embassy’ in Iceland has opened a new information and news website in connection to Iceland’s EU accession application. Read the full story

One of the world’s most popular travel booking websites is actually based in Iceland. Dohop.com has released new financial results which show its Q1 revenue doubling between years — despite removing advertising from the site. Read the full story

An online hate website calling for the murder of immigrants and leading national politicians is under scrutiny from the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, with early intelligence revealing that the Finnish-language site is administered by a notorious American neo-Nazi. Read the full story

IceNews has had a facelift and is now ready to provide a better Nordic news service than ever before! Read the full story

The Norwegian American Foundation (NAF) has purchased the Norway.com website, with the site headquarters to be based in Seattle, Washington. Read the full story

The Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs has opened a new website about Iceland’s European Union membership application. The site allows visitors to follow the application process closely, see the detailed list of questions the Icelandic government has been asked to answer in a long questionnaire and to see details of negotiations. Read the full story

For years one of Iceland’s most visited websites, Ja.is has recently been redesigned and is now as comprehensive and easy to use in English as in Icelandic.

Icelanders have long looked to ja.is to give them information about individuals and companies all over Iceland. But the new, improved version of the website offers services in English for the first time – as well as a tranche of other extra features and tools. Read the full story

The Greenlandic newspaper Atuagagdliutit – Grønlandsposten has gone live with its new website, AG.gl, which has been in development over recent months in co-operation with Nordic eMarketing. The website is set up using the DaCoda content management system, and is specially designed for Greenlandic conditions; for example the fact that all items on the site must appear in both Greenlandic and Danish. Read the full story

Over 20.000 Icelanders have signed their name on a special web page thanking the Faroe Islands for their support in the form of a 6 billion ISK loan.

On the web page it says that it is a venue for Icelanders to thank the Faroese for their generosity and willingness to help Iceland in these difficult times. Read the full story

A new website that offers members the chance to find personality ‘twins’ from all over the world will be launched this summer.

TellMeTwin uses personality tests, self psychoanalysis and detailed comparisons of users’ likes and dislikes to put people in touch with members who think most like them and have similar interests and hobbies.

The website uses advanced algorithms to gather large amounts of user-generated material which is then linked to profiles to those of similar users, or ‘Twins’.

The more adventurous will be able to use the TellMeTwin personality test and twinning tools to find the best romantic matches, or even ‘evil twins’ – users who are the complete opposite.

The creators say that twins can provide information and advice on everything from book recommendations to new stamps, and give advice on major life decisions, or just what to cook for dinner.

The website is the idea of Icelandic business entrepreneur Einar Sigvaldason. “I founded TellMeTwin because I wanted movie and song recommendations from someone who I can trust to think like me”, said Sigvaldason. “I’ve also always loved self-psychoanalysis. I felt there was a need for an online application; not just personality tests but also a way to rate my likes, dislikes and life experience in order to map myself more deeply than before.”

For more information on TellMeTwin personality tests or to sign up to the Beta testing phase, go to www.TellMeTwin.com.