Virðing hf. has, in partnership with other investors, completed a contract for the renovation of historic buildings in Fáskrúðsfjörður; the east Iceland village with strong ties to France. Continue Reading

More Finnish employees are being tested for drug use than ever before, according to a new report. Continue Reading

A video was recorded this weekend of what may or may not be the legendary Lagarfljóts Worm -- Iceland's answer to the Loch Ness Monster. Continue Reading

Witnesses to crimes and accidents in Finland are frequently alerting the media before the police, according to reports. Continue Reading

Hotel Odinsve, a popular hotel in downtown Reykjavik, is preparing to accommodate a vast amount of visitors in Iceland for this year’s cultural summer events, including the Reykjavik Art Festival, and the National Day of Iceland. Continue Reading

A Copenhagen theatre company has courted controversy after penning a play based on the convictions of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik. Continue Reading

Icelandic sign language is now, for the first time, available to everybody online. Iceland's education and culture minister opened the new internet language learning portal today, which already contains over 1,200 signs. Continue Reading

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the President of Iceland, and First Lady Dorrit Moussaieff, are currently sailing to Antarctica, according to the President's office near Reykjavík. Al Gore, Nobel laureate and former US Vice President invited them to visit the southernmost continent on the planet. Continue Reading

Residents of a wealthy Stockholm suburb have complained to the police about a tour agency’s plan to run ‘high-society safaris’ in their neighbourhood. Continue Reading

Viking exploration of Hudson Bay will continue in 2013 when descendants of the first Viking voyagers to reach North America 1,000 years ago sail into the Arctic from Churchill, Manitoba. Continue Reading