Risk in removing Iceland’s capital controls
Capital controls introduced in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis are becoming increasingly difficult remove due to the swelling amount of money he...
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Golf under Iceland’s midnight sun: Blog
Being a keen golfer, I had heard about Iceland having some of the most incredible 18-hole golf courses in the world, but I never knew to what the full...
Advania’s Thor Data Center in Iceland signs with Opera Software
Advania, a leading Information Technology (IT) company operating in the Nordics, recently signed an agreement with Opera Software for the expansion of...
Iceland’s Eurovision hopeful sings in Icelandic
For the first time in 15 years, Iceland’s entry to the Eurovision song contest will be sung in the national language. Eyþór Ingi Valgeir Magnusson has...
Hosts in hockey hiccup – Sweden stumbles
At the IIHF World Ice Hockey Champions, Sweden was left red-faced, going down 3-2 to an unfancied Switzerland in the opening games last weekend. It wa...
Cheap flights to Iceland offered by WOW air
WOW air, Iceland’s only budget airline, is offering cheap flights to Iceland, which has recently been announced as the friendliest country in the worl...
Whale hunting to resume in Iceland’s waters
Bucking the conservation trend, an Icelandic company intends to restart commercial fin whale hunting this season, raising the spectre of sanctions imp...
Iceland’s chilliest spring in decades
Temperatures across Iceland during the past month have been some of the coldest experienced in 30 years. Throughout Iceland record temperatures have b...