Posted on 08 February 2012. Tags: economy, Iceland, inflation, interest, Sedlabanki
The Central Bank of Iceland has today decided to keep its benchmark interest unchanged this month and has predicted ongoing economic growth, despite international economic turmoil.
Continue Reading
Posted in Business, Iceland, International, MBL, Society
Posted on 08 February 2012. Tags: court, currency, data protection, Iceland, money, privacy
The case of Jón Magnússon, a Supreme Court of Iceland barrister and former member of parliament, against the Data Protection Authority of Iceland has been thrown out of the Reykjavík District Court. The given reason was that Jón could not prove that he had a legally significant personal interest in the case.
Continue Reading
Posted in Business, Iceland, International, MBL, Politics
Posted on 07 February 2012. Tags: culture, france, heritage, history, Iceland, renovation
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
Posted in Business, Culture, General, Iceland, International, Leisure, MBL, Travel
Posted on 07 February 2012. Tags: drugs, employment, Finland, jobs, testing
More Finnish employees are being tested for drug use than ever before, according to a new report.
Continue Reading
Posted in Business, Culture, Finland, Lifestyle, MBL, Society, Technology
Posted on 05 February 2012. Tags: britain, foods, Iceland, Landsbanki, mitt romney, UK
Offers on the British supermarket chain Iceland Foods are close to the value which the resolution committee of failed Icelandic bank Old Landsbanki had hoped for. The likely Republican presidential candidate in the USA is connected to one of the bidding investment funds.
Continue Reading
Posted in Business, Holland, Iceland, MBL, United Kingdom, United States
Posted on 05 February 2012. Tags: crime, gillz, Iceland, rape, stickers, telephony
The Icelandic phone book company has released stickers people can use to remove Egill Einarsson from the cover of the current book after the celebrity was accused of two rapes.
Continue Reading
Posted in Business, General, Iceland, MBL, Society
Posted on 05 February 2012. Tags: crime, disability, shoplifting, Sweden, theft
Police are hunting two phony disabled people who got out of their wheelchairs and legged it after being caught shoplifting in a Swedish supermarket.
Continue Reading
Posted in Business, General, MBL, Society, Sweden
Posted on 04 February 2012. Tags: EU, Europe, fishing, Iceland, Politics
Former Icelandic government minister Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (1987-95) says that the battle for Iceland's natural resources is not against the European Union and that is a purely domestic fight, he told a conference.
Continue Reading
Posted in Business, Energy, European Union, Iceland, MBL, Politics
Posted on 04 February 2012. Tags: accident, climate, collins, golbal warming, Greenland, ice, map, publishing
The world’s most authoritative atlas maker has updated its most recent edition following widespread criticism from scientists who said Greenland was looking far too green.
Continue Reading
Posted in Business, Environment, General, Greenland, International, MBL, Technology, United Kingdom
Posted on 03 February 2012. Tags: Hotel in Downtown Reykjavik, Hotel in Reykjavik, Reykjavik Art Festival, Reykjavik Hotel, Summer events in Reykjavik
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
Posted in Art, Business, Culture, General, Iceland, International, Leisure, Travel