Facebook bans Icelandic women’s right activist for death threat re-post
An Icelandic activist has been temporarily banned from Facebook after she reposted another user’s death threat. Hildur Lilliendahl Viggósdóttir, among...
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Icelandic government responds to mackerel debate
Both Iceland’s ambassador to the United Kingdom and the chief negotiator on mackerel fishing have issued statements today in regards to the ong...
Survey: majority of Icelanders want out of EU membership bid
A newly published poll has shown that most of Icelanders want to back out of the country’s bid to become part of the European Union.
Icelandic children learning to write computer code
A unique start-up programme is teaching complex technological tasks, including how to write code for computer programs, to Icelandic children.
Iceland: Foreign Minister calls for immediate halt to Israeli and Hamas attacks
Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, restates his fear of escalating military conflict in Gaza. He strongly condemns the con...
Nordic nations to share warplanes
The five major Nordic nations have signed an agreement to share warplanes. State officials from Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Finland and Denmark said on T...
Endangered Icelandic swans shot during migration
Poachers are shooting hundreds of endangered swans during their annual migration across the North Atlantic. The news comes via a new report from the W...
Iceland key partner in extensive development project on geothermal energy
Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, presented today the most extensive development project Iceland has participated in. It ...