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Sweden = retail, wilderness and blondes to foreigners
Snow, shopping and blondes are the most common elements associated with Sweden, according to a survey by the country’s national travel agency. The poll of 6,400 potential foreign visitors from a whole...
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Nordic fashion festival coming up in Seattle, USA
The 2011 Nordic Fashion Biennale, a six-week-long exhibition celebrating design, fashion and innovation, will kick-off on September 30 with the two-day NFB 2011 Fashion Summit in Seattle, featuring top...
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Nordic consumer agencies investigating Facebook
The combined Nordic consumer agencies are investigating whether advertising laws have been broken on the social networking website, Facebook. There are, apparently, examples of people ‘recommending’...
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Nordic statistics book reveals much about life in the north
The Nordic Council has released its Nordic Statistics Handbook 2011, which contains all sorts of interesting facts about life in the Nordic region over the last year. The book is available to buy, but...
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First female junior chess champ in Iceland
chess pieces Nansý Davíðsdóttir this weekend became the first girl to be crowned Icelandic children’s chess champion. The Icelandic Children’s Chess Championship has been running since 1994. Nansý...
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Luftwaffe takes over protection of Icelandic airspace
A three week Icelandic air space patrol mission by the German Luftwaffe begins today while discussion continues about a possible Nordic takeover. Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur...
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Iceland treasury and central bank pay back ISK 116 billion on IMF loan
The Icelandic state treasury and the Central Bank of Iceland have repaid ISK 116 billion on loans from the IMF and the Nordic countries this month. The money constitutes a prepayment amounting to ISK...
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Icelander to receive Nordic Literature Prize
Einar Már Guðmundsson has been awarded the Nordic Literature Prize from the Swedish Academy this year for his contribution to the region’s literature and becomes the third Icelander to receive the...
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Nordic investment for climate projects in developing countries
The countries of the Nordic group are set to invest over EUR 14 million for climate projects in developing countries. The investment, which is part of a pool of over EUR 1 billion in total, will be...
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Why Europe’s wealthy are not moving to Scandinavia
The Scandinavian/Nordic countries can invariably be found atop prosperity indices, with Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark all perennial leaders in quality-of-life surveys. Finland topped the...
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Welcome to the new IceNews
IceNews has had a facelift and is now ready to provide a better Nordic news service than ever before! Not only is the site more attractive now (we think so anyway), but it also has some great new...
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Nordic economic outlook: the litmus test
An economic analysis written by Nordea, the Baltic and Scandinavian financial services group: At the threshold of the new decade it is clear that the world economy has finally moved out of recession....
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Denmark criticised for deporting vulnerable Nordics
The Nordic council has slammed the Danish immigration policy, claiming that fellow Nordic citizens are being unacceptably ousted. According to the convention agreed upon by the five Nordic countries,...
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The prison of expression?
An opinion article to commemorate World Press Freedom Day by Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe and Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee. The fate of imprisoned...
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Irritable bowel syndrome relieved by choir singing
Nordic countries have long had a fondness for singing, but new research suggests that it should not just be confined to drunken social gatherings. Singing may also have positive effects on an...
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