Norwegian police discovered the makings of a bomb lab in an Oslo apartment when arresting a suspected al-Qaida cell last month, according to reports. An investigation by the Associated Press (AP) has revealed that authorities had been tracking the group for a long time after intercepting emails between them and an al-Qaida operative in Pakistan. 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

Arni Thor Sigurdsson, deputy chairman of the Left Green Movement group of MPs in the Icelandic parliament, has said he intends to start a debate about the separation of church and state when the Althingi parliament reconvenes for its autumn term. Continue Reading

Three weeks ago the joint enterprise fund of the Icelandic pension funds declined Magma Energy's offer to purchase a 25 percent stake in HS Orka - but now the Pension Fund of Commerce is considering buying into the company unilaterally. Continue Reading

Schoolgirls in Sweden are tearing their hair out over homework and exams more than boys, according to a new report. Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyran) revealed the results of a study this week that suggest female students get far more stressed than their male counterparts. Continue Reading

The Central Bank of Iceland yesterday lowered its interest rate to its lowest level in six years. The one percent drop to seven percent was bigger than any in recent months. Continue Reading

A man found murdered in his own home over the weekend was today announced by police as business man Hannes Thor Helgason. Continue Reading

The Reykjavik Jazz Festival 2010 went live last night. This is Iceland's biggest yearly jazz event and beside local jazz musicians there are artists coming to the country from the Nordic countries, France, Austria and the USA. Continue Reading

Jailbirds at a prison in northern Sweden are threatening to strike, after authorities moved a 78 year-old incontinent man onto their block. According to a report by news programme TV4 Nyheterna Umea, the inmates at Sorby Prison were less than impressed when the man, who walks with a frame and wears an adult nappy and a catheter, was introduced as their new neighbour. The say the frail pensioner requires specialist care and should not be housed at the facility. Continue Reading

Wikileaks founder and spokesman Julian Assange said that the site will be revealing some fifteen thousand more documents in addition to the documents they published about the war in Afghanistan last month. "We are about half way through reading them" said Assange in a CNN interview. Continue Reading