The Icelandic Tourist Board leads a workgroup that has the task of preparing facilities for those who want to view the volcanic eruption in Sundhnúkagígar crater row, where one crater is erupting.
People who speak Swedish with an English accent are thought to be ambitious, friendly and well-educated — even if their accent is quite strong. That's according to a soon-to-be-published study from Uppsala University, where participants...
Norway’s 87-year-old King Harald V will be back at work on Monday, reports the Royal Palace staff in Oslo. He’s been off on sick leave after an ill-fated birthday holiday trip to Malaysia in February. Most would have retired...
The value of Norway’s historically weak krone sank again heading into the weekend, but Norwegians have at least been assured of legally being able to spend their kroner in cash form. Despite the government’s constant push...
Birna Rún Arnarsdóttir, a resident of Grindavík, was one of many residents of Grindavík who turned out at Austurvöllur yesterday to protest the work methods of the real estate company Þórkatla, which is handling the government buyouts of...
"The key conclusion is that an increase in the general value added tax rate would further exacerbate the gap between high and low income levels," a chief actuary at Statistics Finland notes.
Finland's equality ombudsman says it suspects some labour agreements violate legislation concerning pay discrimination, since men's paid parental leave is shorter than women's.
Icelandic nature was the most influential factor in foreign tourists’ decision to visit Iceland in 2022. 97% of respondents in the Icelandic Tourist Board survey said nature had a major or partial influence on their decision to travel to...
The Norwegian government plans to extend the current collective protection for refugees from Ukraine from three to five years. The plan will allow more time for both Norwegian authorities and Ukrainian refugees themselves to decide on...
Örn Viðar Skúlason, CEO of real estate company Þórkatla, says it is understandable that the residents of Grindavík are getting impatient and that they had hoped for a faster processing of their applications in the state property buy-outs.
Ahead of collective wage bargaining talks with employers, Sweden's industrial unions say they won't settle for the around two percent pay increases seen on average over the past decade. In last year's collective bargaining agreement for...
Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billström describes reports of an Israeli missile attack on Iran as ”deeply worrying,” as the government called for a de-escalation in rising tensions between the two countries in the Middle East. ”It is...
A new DNA forensic profiling method may make it easier for the Migration Agency to trace family ties, and assist the identification of unknown human remains. This could help police clear-up unsolved murders and other crimes, Swedish...
A new overview of foreign aid contributions from countries attached to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) places Norway at the top. It confirms how Norway still aims to share its wealth, especially when...
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway should have avoided noisy demonstrations by angry farmers like those seen around Europe this spring, since one of the country’s most farmer-friendly parties shares government power. Sloppy politics and endless...
The nuclear-powered submarine USS New Hampshire is currently seen by some living in Suðurnes on the Reykjanes peninsula from their living room window. This is the fourth service-based visit of an American submarine to the country.