World’s first hydrogen station opens to public
The world’s first ever hydrogen filling station opened its doors to the general public yesterday. The filling station was originally opened for busine...
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Icelandic environmental policy finalised for UN conference
The Icelandic Minister of the Environment, Thorunn Sveinbjarnardottir, yesterday unveiled the government´s new environmental policy which will be pres...
Tax cuts delayed in Iceland
Prime Minister Geir Haarde recently announced that in order to reduce the risk of fueling escalating inflation, the government will likely delay the i...
FL Group, Jon Sigurdsson appointed Chief Executive Officer
FL Group, the international investment company, announced today that Hannes Smarason has stepped down from his role as Chief Executive Officer and Jon...
Iceland sees local cannabis production growing
According to observations from Iceland’s police and border officials, the country is growing more cannabis this year than ever before, a trend which m...
Canadian animator makes Icelandic music film
A well-known Canadian animator who was inspired by music from the Icelandic band Sigur Ros, recently took the step into live film making. The Ottawa r...
Glitnir wins Bank of the Year 2007
The Banker magazine named Glitnir as Icelandic ‘Bank of the Year’ at its annual awards ceremony last week in London. Nordic bank Glitnir w...
Iceland Express increase London to Reykjavik flights
Budget airline Iceland Express has announced plans to increase the number of flights to Iceland from London each week. From the February 26th next yea...