An Icelandic cabinet meeting at the official presidential mansion of Bessastadir has ended and the reshuffle of the government is now official. One departing minister made his last official act to approve a Dutch application to bring old Russian fighter jets to Iceland for international war games. Continue Reading

The new Dreamliner, also known as the Boeing 787, is currently stationed at Iceland's Keflavik International Airport for testing in side winds. This is only the second time the brand new aircraft has left the USA. Continue Reading

Yesterday's clinching of a deal to sign Icelandic international Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen is being hailed as something of a coup for Stoke City FC in England's Premiership. But he doesn't come cheap. Continue Reading

International maritime laws have prevented authorities from prosecuting a group of Somali pirates captured by a Danish warship in the Aden Gulf this weekend. Denmark’s defence minister said a lack of witnesses forced a decision to free the rogue sailors. Continue Reading

Cairn Energy has confirmed that it has found gas off the western coast of Greenland. The Edinburgh-based oil and gas exploration company made the discovery in the Baffin Bay Basin, 175km from the island of Disko. Continue Reading

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

The Eyjafjallajokull and Aviation conference, organised by the Keilir Aviation Academy in cooperation with ICAO, IATA and others, will take place between September 15th and 16th 2010. Aviation leaders, experts and policy-makers from all over the world will gather at Keflavik Airport in Iceland to discuss what lessons have been learnt from the Eyjafjallajokull eruption. Continue Reading

The Danish Nurses’ Organisation has had an online advertisement yanked, after the images of randy medics using unconventional methods to revive patients were deemed too racy. The nurses’ union pulled the commercial from the YouTube website, calling the ad a “slip-up” and saying it “went over the line”. Continue Reading

Two Israeli firms have been excluded from Norway’s USD 450 billion sovereign wealth fund for building Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. Both the Africa Israel Investments holding firm and its construction subsidiary Danya Cebus have been blacklisted by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance. Continue Reading

The debts of Reykjavik Energy went down by ISK 12 billion (USD 99.5 million) between the first and second quarters of this year due to the strengthening krona. Despite that, the company is to increase its prices to consumers by 28.5 percent. Continue Reading