Iceland's TM Software ehf. has been selling its high tech products over the internet to some of the biggest financial institutions in the world. The company's profile has grown bigger and faster than anybody expected. Continue Reading

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia has promised to place greater scrutiny on the origin of its raw materials, after accusations that their phones help fund the war in Congo. According to online financial publication Taloussanomat, experts in Finland and the US suspect Nokia of using tin from mines which support Congolese rebel groups in the African country’s ongoing civil war. Continue Reading

Emergency services at Iceland's Keflavik International Airport were put on highest alert yesterday evening as a US Air Force Hercules aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing. Continue Reading

The parents of an Icelandic child suffering from leukaemia are investigating their legal rights in preparation for a lawsuit against a power company which they blame for their five year-old daughter's illness. Continue Reading

Some 200 people are currently at work laying fibre optic cables to 8,000 homes in the Reykjavik capital area of Iceland. It is hoped 40,000 homes will be connected with high speed fibre optic communications by the end of the year and 65,000 by the end of 2014. Continue Reading

The American daughter company of Iceland's Prentsmidjan Oddi hf., Oddi Printing, has opened an office in New York in addition to its existing premises in Pennsylvania. Continue Reading

No one would deny that most doctors have a lot of heart, but surgeons at one Danish hospital are leaving no room for debate. The 200-kilo heart of a giant finback whale has been delivered to Skejby Hospital in Arhus, after the creature became trapped and died in Vejle Fjord a month ago. Continue Reading

A huge chunk of ice measuring seven-square kilometres has broken off a glacier in Greenland, prompting fears that the block will drift into Canadian waters and disrupt shipping. The Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier moved a mile inland in just one day, with all the action caught on monitored satellites by NASA-funded researchers. Continue Reading

Actavis Group, the international generic pharmaceuticals company headquartered in Iceland, yesterday announced it has successfully agreed a debt refinancing in collaboration with its lenders. Continue Reading

Danish researchers are about to rewrite the history of the earth, as they uncover traces of multi-cellular life from 2.1 billion years ago. Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark (among others) say they have found signs of multi-celled organisms that are far older than any discovered before. Continue Reading