Edvard Munch’s famous masterpiece The Scream is set to go under the hammer at New York auction house Sotheby’s, with an estimated selling price of EUR 59 million.
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Scream sale set for jaw-dropping price
Posted on 01 March 2012.
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Hotel sued for giving room key to ‘pervert’
Posted on 17 January 2012.
A woman has filed a lawsuit against Starwood Hotels and Resorts after employees at a Finnish property allegedly gave her room key to a drunken stranger.
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Björk announces ten New York concerts
Posted on 08 January 2012.
The Icelandic singer Björk this weekend announced that she will take her latest show, Biophilia, to New York.
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Norwegian terror suspect released
Posted on 20 October 2010.
One of three suspected terrorists has been released by the Supreme Court in Norway after an attempt by the police to keep him in custody was rejected. David Jakobsen, a 32-year-old Uzbek national, was released by the court on Friday 15 October after it was decided that he does not put the ongoing investigation in [...]
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Details of alleged Norwegian bomb plot revealed
Posted on 02 September 2010.
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.
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Glitnir given extra time in New York lawsuit against former owners
Posted on 06 August 2010.
A New York court has granted the Glitnir Bank resolution committee an extension until the 10th September to provide evidence against the motion for dismissal of their case put forward by defendants.
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Icelandic printer in USA green expansion
Posted on 26 July 2010.
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.
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Jon Asgeir pays off New York mortgage in ready cash
Posted on 06 July 2010.
Icelandic businessman Jon Asgeir Johannesson paid off his USD 10 million mortgage a few weeks ago. The mortgage on his luxury New York apartment was paid by bank transfer from his personal Royal Bank of Canada account.
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