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Bonus founder removed from Icelandic supermarket board

Posted on 31 August 2010. Tags: bónus, Faroe Islands, hagar, Iceland, johannes jonsson

The co-founder of Iceland's Bonus supermarkets, Johannes Jonsson, has been removed from the board of Hagar following a decision by Arion Bank that both parties' best interests are no longer served by working together. Continue Reading

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EU sanctions against Iceland and Faroes over mackerel dispute?

Posted on 24 August 2010. Tags: EU, European Union, Faroe Islands, fishing, Iceland, mackerel, quota, sustainable fisheries

The deputy chairman of the European Union fisheries committee wants the fisheries ministers of Iceland and the Faroe Islands to be called urgently to Brussels in order to negotiate a solution to the escalating mackerel fishing dispute. Continue Reading

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Icelandic and Faroese mackerel fishing draws criticism

Posted on 13 August 2010. Tags: EU, faroes, fishing, Iceland, mackerel

The European Union and Norway are publicly speaking out against Iceland's decision to fish 130,000 tonnes of mackerel within its 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone this year. Continue Reading

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Large electromagnetic storm hits Nordic region

Posted on 06 August 2010. Tags: electric, electromagnetism, Northern Lights, science, space, storm, sun

The electromagnetic storm which hit the upper atmosphere over Iceland, Scandinavia, Greenland and North America this week was the biggest since December 2006. Continue Reading

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Iceland FM on Faroe Islands visit

Posted on 01 July 2010. Tags: Faroe Islands, Iceland, torshavn, össur skarphéðinsson

Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ossur Skarphedinsson, is on an official visit to Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. Continue Reading

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Irritable bowel syndrome relieved by choir singing

Posted on 01 June 2010. Tags: choir, hormones, iritable bowel syndrome, nordic, relaxation, research

Nordic countries have long had a fondness for singing, but new research suggests that it should not just be confined to drunken social gatherings. Continue Reading

Posted in Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, General, Greenland, Iceland, International, Lifestyle, MBL, Norway, Saami, Scandinavia, Sweden, Technology1 Comment

Faroe Islanders dying from rare genetic disease

Posted on 24 May 2010. Tags: disease, Faroe Islands, medical, research

Residents of the Faroe Islands are suffering in far greater numbers from rare genetic illnesses than the rest of the world, according to new research. Continue Reading

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