Norway’s state-owned Statoil firm has signed a deal with Russian oil giant Rosneft to explore the sea around the Arctic. Continue Reading

A Chechen couple featured in the award-winning Finnish documentary The 3 Rooms of Melancholia has been granted asylum in Finland. Continue Reading

New research looking into the speed at which Greenland’s glaciers are slipping into the ocean suggests that previously predicted rises in sea-levels are unlikely. Continue Reading

The sentence of the man who attacked cartoonist Kurt Westergaard with an axe has been confirmed at 10 years after the case finally ended in Denmark’s highest court. Continue Reading

Iceland tour provider Bustravel is offering glacier tours to the incredible Vatnajökull glacier and the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon as part of its summer schedule. Continue Reading

Finnish politicians have finally rejected plans to build a new Guggenheim museum in Helsinki. The decision was made by only a narrow vote, with eight to seven of the Helsinki city board going against the EUR 140 million project. Continue Reading

An Iceland sailing tour with a difference is now being offered by North Sailing, where by adventure seekers will get to set sail on a Schooner sailing boat to the northeast part of Iceland and spend two days away from modern times. Continue Reading

Icelandic hit band Sigur Rós are to return after a four-year break with a new album entirely in Icelandic. The four-piece group, which became famous worldwide for their songs in Vonlenska, a made up musical language, said they are moving in a new direction Continue Reading

The Swedish government is to come to the rescue of those plagued by mosquitoes in the summer by bombing the blood thirsty bugs from the air with pesticide. Dalälven in central Sweden is one of the places that will receive the air-bound aid after residents complained that the growing problem is making their summers unbearable. Continue Reading

Edvard Munch’s The Scream fetched $119.9 million at auction last week, making it the most expensive piece of art to ever go under the hammer. Continue Reading