Promising results for new deCODE heart drug
The biopharmaceutical company deCODE Genetics Inc has described a recent trial for a drug to prevent heart attacks as having positive results, accordi...
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Sweden pushes 16 environmental objectives
Sweden manages to maintain its status as a global leader in the fight against climate change by persistently tackling sustainability projects. The Swe...
Steinsson looks forward to Bolton transfer
The Icelandic football defender Gretar Steinsson from AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands is anticipating his upcoming transfer to Bolton Wanderers, reports...
Danish flexicurity model comes under fire
Although the Danish flexible labour market system is praised by the rest of Europe as an example for reform, experts say the system needs to be remode...
Fujitsu speeds up UK rail telesales
Rail passengers in the UK will soon experience quicker times for ticketing and information enquiries on several First Group rail services with the ins...
Bobby Fischer dies aged 64
Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer died yesterday in Iceland after a long battle with illness, according to Visir.is Fischer was born 9th March...
Ice hockey player linked to Finnish drug ring
The former NHL (National Hockey League) player Jere Karalahti is scheduled to go on trial 29 January for alleged involvement in smuggling and distribu...
Iceland wary of Euroisation
Kaupthing, Iceland’s biggest company with total assets valued at €56bn, has been denied permission by the Central Bank of Iceland to adopt the euro as...