For the first time today members of the Nordic Council offered to meet the public before their official meeting; but only four applications were received. Continue Reading

Siku, a polar bear infant being raised at a zoo in Kolind, Denmark, is winning the hearts of people around the world. Continue Reading

At the dawn of 2012 IceNews would like to wish you a happy and healthy year ahead and to thank you for reading and commenting over the last year. Continue Reading

Iceland’s leading Information Technology (IT) company, Skýrr, recently added to its enterprise with the purchasing of Thor Data Center Continue Reading

New Harbors New Hopes is a novel by Celia Lund and the follow-on to the enjoyable Square Sails and Dragons Continue Reading

The Nordic Council has released its Nordic Statistics Handbook 2011, which contains all sorts of interesting facts about life in the Nordic region over the last year. Continue Reading

The combined Nordic  consumer agencies are investigating whether advertising laws have been broken on the social networking website, Facebook. Continue Reading

An Icelandic proposal that the Nordic countries should organise a joint project to search for an effective remedy/cure for spinal cord injuries has been approved by the Nordic Council, meeting this week in Copenhagen. Continue Reading

A proposal submitted by the spinal cord injury awareness initiative, Institute of Spinal Cord Injury Iceland (ISCI), has now been passed through for final consideration by the Nordic Council. Continue Reading

The 2011 Nordic Fashion Biennale, a six-week-long exhibition celebrating design, fashion and innovation, will kick-off on September 30 with the two-day NFB 2011 Fashion Summit in Seattle, featuring top international designers and artists. Continue Reading