Landsmót horse show labeled as a favourite amongst family activities in Iceland
The biennial Icelandic horse show, Landsmót, has been labeled as a favourite amongst upcoming family activities taking place in Iceland during the sum...
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Nordic fund agrees new film and TV budget
Producers in the Nordic countries will have access to €52m of funding over the coming five years after Nordisk Film & TV Fund agreed a new deal wi...
Iceland sets mackerel quota
Iceland has set its total allowable mackerel catch quota for this year at 147,547 metric tonnes.
Iceland unhappy with Norway over Christmas tree snub
Iceland has reacted angrily to a proposal by the mayor of Oslo to stop sending a Christmas tree to Reykjavik, a tradition that has been ongoing for mo...
UK concerned about threat of Icelandic volcanoes
A UK government report has claimed that if one of Iceland’s “super volcanoes” erupted, it could pose just as big a threat to security as nuclear terro...
Iceland sends 2,000 tonnes of fin whale meat to Japan
An Icelandic fishing company has sent a record 2,000 tonnes of fin whale meat to Japan, according to members of environmental groups.
Paralympian rescued from Iceland glacier
British paralympian Sean Rose’s attempt to cross Europe’s largest glacier – Vatnajökull in Iceland – has ended in failure after he encountered problem...
Iceland and US on course for collision over whaling
The dispute over whaling between the US and Iceland about the latter’s refusal to scrap its commercial whale hunt appears to be escalating further aft...