Matti Vanhanen, the Finnish Prime Minister, has declared that he will personally boycott the chain of grocery stores operated by the S chain as an objection to their decision to phase out from some of their stores milk produced by the country’s largest dairy organisation, Valio.
The S chain of stores has instead begun the sale [...]
Finnish PM wades into Milk War IceNews - Daily News
Matti Vanhanen, the Finnish Prime Minister, has declared that he will personally boycott the chain of grocery stores operated by the S chain as an objection to their decision to phase out from some of their stores milk produced by the country’s largest dairy organisation, Valio.
The S chain of stores has instead begun the sale [...]
Icelandic energy pays price for aluminium profits IceNews - Daily News
Nordural (Century Aluminium) pays a quarter less for its electricity in Iceland than the global average. This was revealed in a confidential leaked document to RUV.
It is the energy companies who carry the most risk when global aluminium prices fall.
The document is from Hatch consultants and is compiled on behalf of foreign banks and Nordural. [...]
North Iceland Best in the World for Whale Watching Iceland Review
The village of Húsavík in northeast Iceland is among the world’s ten best whale watching locations, according to Victoria Harwood, a journalist at the Daily Telegraph. The newspaper published the list in its travel supplement on Monday.
Darling: We Have Tried to Be Fair Towards Iceland Iceland News
From London. Photo by PA ll StefA nsson. According to visir.is , Darling explained it will take many years before the Icesave debt has been fully repaid.
The “F” word The Iceland Weather Report
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Iceland’s Sportacus Gives Apple to Michelle Obama Iceland Review
Sportacus, the protagonist of the acclaimed Icelandic children’s series LazyTown who is portrayed by its creator Magnús Scheving, gave an apple to US First Lady Michelle Obama in Washington DC on Friday and played soccer with her.
European Enlargement Commissioner: Give Iceland a Break Iceland Review
European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule, who recently replaced Olli Rehn, encouraged British and Dutch authorities not to stand in the way of Iceland’s EU membership talks at a meeting with the EU’s Foreign Affairs Committee in Strasbourg yesterday.
Increased Seismic Activity Near South Iceland Volcano Iceland Review
After decreasing seismic trends in the past days, earthquakes are growing in strength and number in the area around Eyjafjallajökull glacier, which covers an active volcano, in south Iceland.
The View from Here, No. 1 IceNews - Daily News
The first in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: Gudny Halldorsdottir’s Honour of the House
Every semester in my Introduction to Film class and recently in an Introduction to Iceland class I show Gudny Halldordottir’s film Honour of the House based on the novella written by her father Halldor Laxness. Each year I give [...]
Iceland’s PM: Icesave Not a Vote of No Confidence Iceland Review
Prime Minister of Iceland Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir said in parliament yesterday that it is absurd to interpret the results of the national referendum on Saturday, where Icelanders rejected the Icesave legislation, as a vote of no confidence for the government.
First Human Trafficking Conviction in Iceland Iceland Review
Five men were sentenced to five years in prison each in Reykjanes District Court yesterday for attempting to force a 19-year-old woman into prostitution. This is the first human trafficking conviction in Iceland.
How to cook whale and other pressing concerns The Iceland Weather Report
Finnish parents fined for circumcision IceNews - Daily News
A Helsinki couple has been fined by the District Court for allowing their baby son to be circumcised. The procedure was undertaken by a British Rabbi at the base of the Helsinki Jewish Congregation in 2008 where the one-week-old child received the traditional bris without any anaesthetic. Both parents were present at the ceremony, as [...]
Berlingske: Lack Of Humility And Sense of Reality Economic Disaster Area
It is self explanatory that there is not much sympathy worldwide for a country which first behaved irresponsibly and then tried to export its problems to other countries.
Like other countries which have run their economies into the ground – including Greece as a good example - Iceland must take responsibility for itself. So even if [...]
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