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The first major international conference exploring the #MeToo movement is taking place in Reykjavik on Tuesday, hosted by the Icelandic prime minister, who ...

Altogether, 7856 shotguns were newly registered in Iceland from 2010 through July 2019.

Iceland is effectively putting far too many of its eggs in one basket, a new survey from the OECD details. They recommend Iceland diversify its economy and cut ...

Total airline seat capacity in Iceland this year is set to plummet by more than a quarter versus 2018. This marks a sharp reversal of the strong double digit growth ...

Iceland had a unique population of walruses that disappeared after people first settled there – probably because the Vikings hunted them to extinction.

The estate of Dynjandi by Arnarfjörður to the Icelandic state, by RARIK- Iceland State Electricity. The donation was made on the occasion of the Republic of ...

Whenever a person goes missing, it's naturally a scary situation. And everyone knows that it's in the initial hours that you have the highest chance of finding the ...

Two years back I finally took my driver's license, and as a treat when it'd be altogether done, I would move to Iceland. This month, I've been living on.

When Iceland's budget carrier WOW Air went bankrupt in March this year, few expected the carrier to be back in the skies within the year.

Plastic manufacturers are putting 'huge pressure' on UK supermarkets to abandon their efforts to eliminate plastic from their stores, Iceland CEO Richard Walker ...

This article is brought to you in association with OECD. Sound macroeconomic policies and favourable external conditions have enabled Iceland's economy to ...

Iceland is to unveil a dedicated plastic-free Christmas range for the golden quarter as it seeks to drive forward the retail industry's sustainability agenda.

The first major international MeToo conference opens this afternoon at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík.

The average number of annual hours worked was lower in Iceland than in most OECD countries in 2018.

By Sonia ElksLONDON, Sept 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women are losing control of their own bodies as “aggressive nationalism” sweeps the world, ...

A pod of pilot whales decided to swim close to, and galavant about, a group of kayakers near Akureyri last Friday, Fréttablaðið reports. Sigríður Ýr Unnarsdóttir ...

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday thanked the Iceland government for understanding India's core concerns as he held talks with the country's president on ...

Baritone Johann Kristinsson has won the Stella Maris singing competition with a prize of 15,000 Euros. Iceland's starting to look like the new Finland. Johann is ...

The smoking harpoon behind the mysterious disappearance of the Icelandic walrus is the timing, archaeologists say: The unique pinniped vanished shortly after ...

An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 was detected at 6:06 this morning, about 3 km (1.9 miles) northeast of Grindavík, Southwest Iceland.

The board of Iceland Seafood International has today the 17th September 2019, granted 14.780.000 share options to members of key management within the ...

Last night, Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir won an Emmy award for her score to the HBO series Chernobyl at the 2019 Creative Arts Emmys.

The internet is in hysterics over the story of a tourist who joined a search party to find a missing member of a tour group — without realising she was the missing ...

A slowdown in the Icelandic economy should spur the country on to diversify its economy, the OECD has said.

A small glacial flood in Skaftá river, South Iceland, has been reported by the Icelandic Met Office.

There is tension within the Icelandic police force these days. National Police Commissioner Haraldur Johannessen has been criticized by many police officers ...

Down in the icy tunnel, the glacier is sweating. A dozen tourists slip around in the dark, taking selfies and scooping water into bottles from slushy.

RUV, the Icelandic national broadcaster, has set the date for its forthcoming Eurovision 2020 national selection, Songvapkennin, and opened the submission ...

Iceland's president also pictured wearing rainbow bracelet to meet US vice-president.

Helga Ögmundardóttir has been feeling a bit guilty this summer. The Icelandic academic lives on the coast in Reykjavik and isn't used to sitting on her balcony ...

Interest in Greenland—which has been called the new Iceland—has been skyrocketing, thanks to Donald Trump and more. Here, icebergs float in a fjord with ...

Iceland's central bank is prepared to cut interest rates again as an economic downturn is nearing a bottom amid a collapse in its tourism industry. Central bank ...

Vice President Pence and his extensive security detail raised eyebrows on Wednesday as they traveled through the capital city of Iceland, a famously peaceful ...

The Bishop of Iceland Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir has met with the five women who accused rev. Ólafur Jóhannsson of sexual harassment and reported him to the ...

The men, both from the UK, were on board the Marella Explorer vessel as it sailed from Iceland to Ireland on Sunday.

President of India Ram Nath Kovind and First Lady Savita Kovind arrived in Iceland on a state visit this morning, along with their entourage.

As US military interest in Iceland grows, an MP seeks to grant Parliament more power over whether and how the NATO base in Keflavík is developed.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — In retrospect, it was probably not a fantastic idea to leave Iceland's economic fortunes tethered to an airline called WOW. Before it ...

When two 19-year-old Japanese friends with a limited budget visited Iceland in 2004, they were delighted to discover a food stand selling pylsur – Icelandic ...

Iceland sees more than 2 million visitors a year. We've put together our best tips on what to see, what to pack and how to do it right.

By Lowana Veal. It was widely believed that the U.S. military left Iceland in 2006 when they abandoned the base adjoining Iceland's international airport at ...

With poetry, moments of silence and political speeches about the urgent need to fight climate change, Icelandic officials, activists and others bade goodbye to ...

Customers were queuing to get in the new store this morning.

ICELAND is opening its first-ever café where customers can try and buy frozen food from the supermarket. The new eatery will be based in a new The Range ...

Although Facebook and its negative impacts have been under a great deal of discussion in Iceland of late, just under 50% of Icelanders still feel positively about ...

Ólafur Rowell never felt Scandinavian, despite having an Icelandic mother and a Swedish father. He was interviewed by Morgunblaðið journalist Guðrún ...

Kvika banki hf. has concluded an offering of 6-month bills in the new series KVB 20 0319. Total offers for bills in the auction amounted to ISK 2,300 million and ...

(REYKJAVIK, Iceland) — Iceland's leader has announced that she will skip U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's visit to her Nordic nation, opting instead to keep ...

Icelandic officials and activists bade goodbye to what once was a glacier, with poetry, moments of silence and political speeches about the need to fight climate ...

Sound macroeconomic policies and favourable external conditions have enabled Iceland's economy to emerge stronger from a decade of post-crisis ...

Or, How I found myself at the top of a cliff in a strange country holding a bird in my hands. Puffins are true sea birds – the first thing young puffins do when they ...

We've heard of pictures to die for. But one tourist in Iceland seems to take that term literally.

(Reuters) - Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir will meet with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday, her government said, despite earlier ...

The Icelandic women's national soccer team beat Hungary 4:1 at Laugardalsvöllur arena in Reykjavík last night.

Around 300 people rallied to tell Mike Pence that hate is not welcome.

Ísey brand skyr is cheaper in grocery stores in Finland and Britain than it is in Iceland, Vísir reports. But although some Icelandic consumers are crying foul, the ...

Slimming World now has an exclusive autumn range at Iceland.

The supermarket on Scotch Street in Dungannon is let to Iceland until July 2027 on a rent of £55,500 per annum. The purpose-built food store measures around ...

Tesla is now officially launching in Iceland with its first (and likely only) location opening in the country and orders for Model S, Model X, and Model 3 can now be ...

Everbridge, Inc., has announced that its deployment of Iceland's national alerting system has gone live and is operational. Everbridge Public Warning leverages ...

A FROZEN food giant has been given permission to sell drink later in the evening, play music and hold taster events in its Irvine branch.

A kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) has been spotted by Mógilsá river in Esja mountain, Southwest Iceland, in recent weeks, Morgunblaðið reports. It is the first bird of its ...

DNA evidence has proven that the Icelandic walrus became extinct at the arrival of the Norse settlers in Iceland.

As his son gets older and more independent, a father seizes the chance to keep their relationship relevant.

In response to yesterday's public showing of the Nordic Resistance Movement, hundreds of Icelanders will demonstrate against racism tomorrow.

The highly contentious law, which allows the termination of a pregancy until the end of the 22nd week, has gone into effect as of September 1, RÚV reports.

Police arrested three men from Romania on Friday, suspected of credit card theft in Iceland last year, mbl.is reports. The men are believed to have systematically ...

Iceland has apologised to customers who have been unable to use money on their Bonus Cards to shop online - if your money is stuck on your card here's how ...

A US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, made a two-hour stop at Keflavík Airport in Iceland on Wednesday.

Today, September 17th 2019, Skeljungur signed an agreement to purchase all outstanding shares in Basko ehf. The transaction is subject to certain conditions, ...

AN ad by Iceland has been banned after Tesco complained that the price comparisons were "misleading" for shoppers. In March, Iceland told people that buying ...

Iceland makes the top of the list, when it comes to online news consumption, a study conducted by the OECD revealed. About 93% of the population retrieves ...

Registration is underway for the RVK Brewing Co. Beer Run, set for September 21 in Nauthólsvík, Reykjavík.

An international collaboration of scientists has for the first time used ancient DNA analyses and C14-dating to demonstrate the past existence of a unique ...

Despite the seriousness of the attack, company representatives say it has not and will not disturb regular daily operations.

Iceland was one of a handful of countries to vote against a shark hunting ban, despite none of the protected sharks being native to Icelandic waters.

Yesterday, in Quezon City, President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte strongly criticised Iceland's policy regarding pregnancy termination. Switching to English ...

The majority of parliamentarians voted in favour of adopting the Third Energy Package, thus ending one of the most controversial issues of the year.

Swimming group Marglytturnar (Jellyfish) finished their relay swim across the English channel just before 9 pm yesterday. The last swimmer, Halldóra Gyða ...

For many, visiting Iceland means a trip around the Ring Road. But for those looking for an experience off the beaten path, the new Arctic Coast Way is.

Representatives from the US Secret *Service* have arrived in Iceland in preparation for the September 4 arrival of US Vice President Mike Pence.

A protest titled “Iceland Against Nazis” will be held tomorrow in Reykjavík in response to the appearance of a neo-Nazi group that waved flags and handed out ...

The second schedule of Vi Anand's Ravi Teja, Nabha Natesh and Payal Rajput starrer 'Disco Raja' is all set to begin shoot tomorrow in Iceland. The film's social ...

The oldest bookstore in Iceland recently celebrated its 10,000th customer. Aptly named The Old Bookstore is in Flateyri and has been a pillar of the community ...

An American aviation firm said on Friday it had taken over Iceland's bankrupt airline WOW Air together with local investors and said flights would resume in ...

Orkla ASA has announced it has signed an agreement to purchase 20% of Icelandic company Nói-Siríus HF ('Nói Siríus'), Iceland's leading chocolate and ...

The export value of Icelandic horses amounted to ISK 10 billion (USD 79 million; EUR 72 million) during the past decade and ISK 10.9 billion 2007-2019, ...

Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir won't be home when US Vice President Mike Pence visits Iceland on September 4.

Wow Air folded in March, but investors have plans to get it flying again next month. Experts warn that could be a heavy lift as the company works to start selling ...

At least five US military transport aircraft landed at Keflavík International Airport yesterday, along with three military aircraft of the type Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey.

Health care products that are specifically for people with uteruses have been taken down a tax bracket, effectively eliminating the "pink tax".

Researchers tested rover and drone prototypes in Iceland to simulate the Mars 2020 mission.

Iceland Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir will skip an upcoming visit from Vice President Mike Pence due to prior commitments out of the country.

Six rainbow flags were hoisted up in the parking lot of the company Advania in Reykjavík—directly across the street from where Mike Pence will visit.

Icelandic pension funds are in possession of considerable pension premiums they can't refund or pay out because they can't locate foreign workers who've left ...

I don't have ambitions to be a glacier undertaker,” says Andri Snær Magnason, who authored the text for the memorial plaque at Ok glacier.

Hot springs with hot models! That's how Instagram's most interesting man spends his vacations. advertisement. Dan Bilzerian shared his journey to some hot ...

Veiga Grétarsdóttir completed her kayak journey around Iceland yesterday. It began in late May in Ísafjörður, the West Fjords, from where she paddled south, ...

Expansion costs at the Irish arm of food retailer Iceland last year contributed to pre-tax losses more than tripling to €2.48m.

Bern [Switzerland], Sept 12 (ANI): After concluding his "fruitful visit" to Iceland, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday reached Bern for his second leg of the ...