Police in Helsinki are investigating whether a building manager and service company can be charged with involuntary manslaughter after a pensioner was killed when ice fell on him from a roof. Read the full story

The first golden plover of the year has been seen in Iceland — raising hopes that spring may be just around the corner. Read the full story

The most popular video about Iceland on YouTube has nothing to do with Eyjafjallajokull, Bjork, rotten shark or (heaven forbid) Icesave — instead it is about the cold hard reality of life out on the ocean wave aboard a fishing trawler. Read the full story

Hundreds of people made their way to Reykjavik’s Skolavordustigur shopping street yesterday in celebration of Iceland’s official first day of winter. Tradition dictates that shopkeepers on the street provide entertainment and free meat soup on the first day of winter. Read the full story

The summit of South Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull glacier is now covered in snow again following the recent volcanic eruption. The mountain has been grey with thick ash since the eruption this spring in the top crater between 14th April and 7th June. Read the full story

Those who wish it could be Christmas every day will feel at home in Denmark this month, as the annual World Santa Claus Congress opens in Copenhagen. Despite the mild weather, residents are being reminded by Santas of all shapes, sizes and nationalities that it is always the season to be jolly. Read the full story

The Mad Bomber hat company in the USA has decided it would like to offer everyone in Iceland one of its warm hats this coming winter at roughly cost price, or USD 10. Why? To apologise for the American ‘Wild West Banking” which helped a small number of Icelanders bring their country’s economy to its knees. Read the full story

Beach strolling bird watchers on the south-eastern Swedish island of Oland were confounded recently when they stumbled upon giant ice balls the size of footballs on the shore. Read the full story

In the encroaching darkness of autumn and early winter, some Nordic people suffer increasing depressive symptoms. In Finland, November is known as ‘the death month’ as it is the time of year that impacts most on the physical and emotional state, and the subconscious knows it is only going to get darker. Read the full story

Yesterday was Iceland’s first winter day, according to the traditional calendar. It is a day which rarely causes much celebration; but the meat soup surely helped. Read the full story