UN criticises Icelandic fishing quotas
Iceland has been accused by the United Nations Human Rights Committee of disregarding the rights of two fishermen in Iceland by refusing to allocate t...
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Icelandic mid-winter feast preparations underway
Winter holidaymakers are making their way to Iceland where residents will soon be celebrating the ancient Viking mid-winter feast known as Thorrablot....
Promising results for new deCODE heart drug
The biopharmaceutical company deCODE Genetics Inc has described a recent trial for a drug to prevent heart attacks as having positive results, accordi...
Bobby Fischer dies aged 64
Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer died yesterday in Iceland after a long battle with illness, according to Visir.is Fischer was born 9th March...
Iceland wary of Euroisation
Kaupthing, Iceland’s biggest company with total assets valued at €56bn, has been denied permission by the Central Bank of Iceland to adopt the euro as...
New equity rights market opens in Iceland
The Nordic Exchange Iceland opened a new specialty submarket for equity rights earlier this month, reports newsdesk.se. The OMX ICE Equity Rights subm...
Iceland Express release special offer winter flights
Low fares airline Iceland Express is currently offering discount flights to Reykjavik, Iceland from three major European cities. Passengers who book b...
Colombian refugees make Iceland their new home
Iceland recently welcomed eight Colombian women with their children to seek refuge from the country’s struggle between government and rebel groups, ac...