Hydrogen ship soon to set sail
In a few weeks time, the Icelandic whale watching ship Elding will become the world’s first hydrogen-powered commercial ship, transporting Iceland one...
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Bolton Wanderers sign Icelandic defender Steinsson
Earlier this month, the British Premier League football (soccer) club, the Bolton Wanderers signed a three and a half year contract with Icelandic def...
Icelandic Secretary of State visits Beijing
Gretar Mar Sigurdsson, Iceland’s Permanent Secretary of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, recently visited Beijing in orde...
Iceland Music Export celebrates first year at Midem
Iceland Music Export (IMX) will host its first stand at the world-famous Midem music event which is running in Cannes until 30th January. Over 10,000 ...
The complicated legacy of Bobby Fischer
Chess legend Bobby Fischer, who died on January 17th, was recently buried at a country church in Iceland during a Catholic funeral service. Though the...
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...
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...