Icelandic archaeological digs featured on Discovery Channel
A documentary on world archaeologists and their work produced by the Discovery Channel will feature footage from Iceland and explore the excavations o...
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Relocation of Reykjavik fish processor planned
One of Iceland’s largest fishing companies, HB Grandi, recently announced the relocation of one of it’s most important fish processing plants from its...
Venezuelan woman sues her smuggler
The Icelandic Directorate of Immigration is currently reviewing one of the most unusual cases in their history. The case involves the immigration stat...
Market forces bring Icelandic whaling to a halt
A lack of demand for whaling products has stopped commerical whaling in Iceland. Einar K. Gudfinnsson, the Minister of Fisheries, said that there was ...
Programme announced for 2007 Reykjavik Jazz Festival
The annual Reykjavik Jazz Festival, supported by IMX (Icelandic Music Export), will be held this week in Iceland from August 29th and September 1st. T...
US meeting with Icelandic President focuses on energy
Environmental issues were on the agenda at a meeting between Barbara Boxer, an American senator and Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the President of Iceland. ...
Fifteen foreigners hurt as bus drives off road
A bus drove off the road in eastern Iceland yesterday, injuring almost half of the passengers on board. Fifteen foreign workers on the bus were hurt, ...
Iceland a model for public sector expansion in Canada
Iceland has only twice as many inhabitants as Canada’s smallest province, Prince Edward Island, yet the Nordic country is being held up as a model for...