Sam Sethi, who formerly edited TechCrunch UK and later Vecosys, announced yesterday that he’s launching blognation, a blog network that will report on European web start-ups.

Sam is well connected into what’s happening in the UK web2.0 start-up scene and Vecosys (as TechCrunch UK was before it) is a must-read for those who are enthusiastic about European web culture.

According to the announcement, Sam has secured editors from various European countries, including Iceland. Being an Icelandic expatriate, I found this very interesting and I’m looking forward to seeing who the Icelandic editor is.

Iceland has a strong and vibrant economy and has everything it takes to foster interesting web start-ups. Strangely enough, one of the most innovative companies on the Icelandic web is Árvakur, a newspaper publisher founded in 1919.

Their blogging platform is the country’s biggest thanks largely to how they integrate their newspaper’s website and the blogs. They even publish excerpts from the blogs in the paper itself - a powerful incentive for those who want their voices to be heard.

It will be interesting to see how blognation will fare in the coming months. Good luck to Sam and his fellow editors.

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