Kaupthing wins ‘best bank’ award
Every year Euromoney recognises the leaders? in global banking through its presentation of its Awards for Excellence. This year, Kaupthing Bank was ho...
Two burns victims taken by helicopter to hospital
Two men were taken by a Coast Guard helicopter to Neskaupstadur hospital in the Eastfjords last week. Although both men were in their early twenties a...
Iceland could learn from Australia
When the 2007 Rural Clusters Conference convened in Akureyri from June 11 to 13, little did the local participants know that they would be taking note...
Saving Iceland’s summer events
Environmental group Saving Iceland held a fund-raising concert at the Nasa nightclub in Reykjavik on 2nd July. The funds went towards increased enviro...
Arctic Open draws midnight golfers
Between June 20 and June 24 Iceland’s second city Akureyri played host to the 21st Arctic Open on the world’s most northerly 18-hole golf course...
Iceland ´best performing country´ in Scottish report
Iceland is the best performing country in the OECD, according to a report commissioned by Scottish business leaders.The Federation of Small Businesses...
Icelandair Celebrates 70th Birthday
Icelandair, the national carrier of Iceland, marked 70 years in the aviation industry on Sunday 3rd June. Icelandair started its airline business as F...
Icelandair gives US Children Free Flights and Holidays
Icelandair has offered ten US children the holiday of a lifetime to any of its seventeen European destinations. Following a review of applications for...