This year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas is set to promote Scandinavian music, with around fifty different Scandinavian artists and musicians showcasing in front of countless music lovers and journalists. Continue Reading

David Moses Jassy, the Swedish hip-hop and rap artist known as Monopoly, has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in jail by a Los Angeles court for his role in the 2008 murder of a Hollywood jazz pianist. Continue Reading

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. Continue Reading

The new Danish Justice Minister has criticised the drawn-out case of suspected drug-smuggler Camilla Broe, labelling the ongoing indictment as “grotesque”. Continue Reading

Budget restraints at the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) have resulted in job cuts of up to 50 percent among alcohol researchers. Continue Reading

Ossur Skarphedinsson, Icelandic Foreign Minister, has formally requested a meeting with his American counterpart, Hillary Clinton. Continue Reading

The British ambassador to Iceland told an American colleague over a month ago that the British government was considering taking action to stop Iceland’s Icesave referendum. Continue Reading

Icelandair have announced it’s reopening of flights to Minneapolis St. Paul airport in time for the Iceland summer. These transatlantic flights provided by Iceland’s leading airline will be open from May 11th through to October 9th this year. Continue Reading

Icelandic Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson met with his British counterpart, David Milliband this morning in London. Continue Reading

A Swedish government-requisitioned investigation into Dutch car manufacturer Spyker and its Russian investors temporarily halted the takeover of the failed Swedish auto maker after the FBI intervened. Continue Reading