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Sixty-five percent of Iceland’s Íslandsbanki to be sold
According to Iceland’s state holding company, ISFI, the country is set to sell its sixty-five percent stake in Íslandsbanki over the next two years. I...
Norway, Sweden and Finland to reduce wolf population
Scandinavian countries Norway, Sweden and Finland are joining forces this winter to reduce the population of wolves through culling. In turn, conserva...
Norwegian army recruits ordered to return underwear at end of service
The country’s military has ordered Norwegian army recruits to hand over their underwear, including socks and bras, at the end of their service i...
Iceland’s bus system suffers cyber attack
As reported by The Reykjavik Grapevine, Iceland’s public bus system, Strætó, has been the victim of a cyber attack at the hands of foreign-based hacke...
Swedish Prime Minister gets in trouble for hosting cleaner with deportation order
Magdalena Andersson, the Prime Minister of Sweden, has got herself into trouble after a cleaner at her home was detained after being previously awarde...
Drone saves man in Sweden from heart attack
According to Everdrone, a 71-year-old man in Sweden was saved from a heart attack after a drone flew in a defibrillator while being resuscitated by a ...
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Terrorism in Finland: five arrested over far-right plot
Finnish police have arrested five men suspected of far-right terrorism and were planning a motivated bomb and gun attack. According to police, the fiv...
Magdalena Andersson: Swedish Prime Minister resigns just hours after appointment
Sweden’s first female Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, has resigned just hours after her appointment due to Andersson’s budget failing...
The Arctic Circle Assembly 2021 – Almost Business As Usual!
“Preparing for this year’s Arctic Circle Assembly has been a gratifying and at times a stressful and tense process,” says Ásdís Ólaf...
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Pioneering Icelandic tattoo artist has passed away
Influential tattoo artist Fjölnir Geir Bragason, known as Fjölnir Tattoo, has recently passed away at the age of 56. Bragason was integral in shaping ...
Auction in Denmark sells recording of unreleased song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
An auction held in Denmark’s capital Copenhagen recently sold a rare unreleased song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, selling for $58,300 (50.270 EU...
Music festival in Iceland: Iceland Airwaves postponed until 2022
Popular music festival in Iceland, Iceland Airwaves has been postponed until 2022 due to the country’s social restrictions in place due to the C...