French president visits shrinking Icelandic glacier
French president Francois Hollande visited Iceland this past Friday to see the damage that global warming is having on the country’s glaciers. V...
Icelandic coach driver takes refugees on free tour
Although he has just one coach, Hans Guðmundsson of iBus recently displayed Icelandic hospitality and took a group of 30 refugees on a free trip to se...
Iceland officially welcomes displaced Cuban writer
Cuban writer and asylum seeker Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo has been ensured a place to live and financial security by the city of Reykjavík. In 1994, Lazo...
North Iceland to get new luxury resort
Deplar Farm in Skagafjörður is currently being transformed from a working sheep farm into a new luxury resort set to open in April 2016, according to ...
Moon rock returned to the Icelandic Institute of Natural History
This week, the Icelandic Institute of Natural History has taken back a piece of moon rock that was on loan to The Exploration Museum in Húsavík, in no...
Icelandic film “Þrestir” wins at San Sebastián Film Festival
Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson took home the Golden Shell Award for best picture at the San Sebastián International Film Festival this past week. ...
Iceland does its part for the refugee crisis
Up to 100 refugees from Syria and other conflict zones may find a home in Iceland this year, as the government announces plans and budget to accommoda...
Iceland leading the way in sustainable fishing
Cod stocks in the North Atlantic are at their healthiest in 50 years. That was a key point made recently at a workshop on responsible fishing, hosted ...