Hurricane Sandy causes disruptions in flights to Iceland
Due to hurricane Sandy, some Icelandair flights are disrupted. Icelandair recommends that passengers check their flight status for the latest informat...
Iceland’s Keflavík International Airport crowned ‘Best Airport in Europe’
Iceland’s Keflavík International Airport has been crowned as the ‘Best Airport in Europe 2011’ as part of the ASQ (Airports Service Quality) Awards....
Russell Crowe and Patti Smith perform together at the Reykjavik Culture Night
Great video caught last night of the actor/musician Russell Crowe, musician Alan Doyle and the singer Patti Smith singing performing “Because the nigh...
The Icelandic handball team at the Olympics to start against Argentina
The Beijing Olympics silver medalists Iceland begin the men’s Olympic tournament on Sunday morning against debutants Argentina while holders and...
The presidential election in Iceland – Final numbers
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson will be staying as the president of Iceland for the next four years. Mr. Grímsson got 52.78% of the overall votes and his main ...
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson reelected as president of Iceland
Even though only 21% of votes have been counted it looks like Mr. Grímsson will be reelected as the president of Iceland. He will be the longest sitti...
Helsinki hockey prediction octopus ‘misunderstood’
Finland’s sports soothsaying octopus was “misunderstood” when he predicted that his home nation would win this year’s Ice Hockey World Championships, ...
Economists: Iceland should adopt Canadian dollar
Iceland should replace the krona with the Canadian dollar if it wants to stabilise its shaky economy, two financial experts have suggested.