H&M Iceland store opening signs a hoax
Second-year students at the Art University of Iceland have caused a stir in Reykjavík by putting advertisements in empty shop windows claiming that H&...
Never more graduating students in Iceland
Never have more Master’s level students graduated in Iceland than last year, 2010.
Supreme court judge to district court
LIN, the Icelandic student loans fund, has summoned Supreme Court of Iceland judge Vidar Mar Matthiasson to the Reykjavik District Court in a case ove...
Summer courses in Icelandic language in full swing
Every summer hundreds of foreign students visit Iceland in order to learn the Icelandic language. This year, over a hundred of them are studying in th...
Grad baby pic placard reported as child porn
A sign featuring a naked baby picture of a graduating Swedish student has been reported to police as child pornography by an offended bystander.
Student ‘slave party’ reported to police
A ‘jungle party’ which featured the sale of ‘slaves’ with blacked-up faced and ropes around their necks has led to two student associations at a Swedi...
Norway faces Taiwanese pressure over Chinese classification
The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has hit out at Norway’s failure to recognise the island nation as a country.
Emigration damaging Greenland’s hopes for independence
The Greenlandic finance minister Palle Christiansen has declared the steady exodus of manpower from the country as the biggest hurdle facing Greenland...