Icenews News Feed

• Where to host Eurovision 2014? May 22, 2013
  With Eurovision 2013 done and dusted, the annual talent fest will now move across the Øresund after Denmark triumphed in Malmo. Speculation is already underway as to which city will be the next host. Emmelie de Forest’s unsurprising win with the folksy “Only Teardrops” gives Denmark the right to host Europe’s biggest TV event for […]
• Overseas creditors might have to accept losses May 22, 2013
  Foreign bondholders hoping to recoup their full investments in Iceland’s three collapsed banks will be eyeing the new government nervously. Anti-austerity election pledges have threatened to force accepted losses on them. Landsbanki Íslands, Glitnir and Kaupþing owe foreign investors billions after their collapse in 2008 with default on their $85 billion deb […]
• Denmark’s unemployed to get benefits extension May 21, 2013
  There’s relief for some 30,000 unemployed whose benefits were set to expire later this year. The government has decided to extend the benefits period to four years. With one of Northern Europe’s highest unemployment rates, above 8 per cent, Denmark is counting the cost of benefits at a time when growth in the economy is […]
• Icelandic music festival Reykjavik Music Mess to take place this weekend May 21, 2013
  The annual Icelandic music festival Reykjavik Music Mess is set to take place this weekend (May 24-26) at Volta and Kex Hostel in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland. The 3-day event – sponsored by Kex Hostel, City of Reykjavik, and more – will be hosting a number of local bands, as well as some international artists from […]
• Denmark wins Eurovision Song Contest 2013 May 21, 2013
  The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 which took place in Malmö, Sweden on Saturday night saw the victory of Denmark with the song “Only Teardrops” sung by twenty year old Emmelie de Forest. The annual international competition which  was hosted by Sweden following  Loreen’s win in the 2012 edition with the song “Euphoria” was held in […]