Icelandic energy companies merge
Reykjavik Energy Invest announced this week that it would merge with Geysir Green Energy to form a major company in geothermal energy development. Aft...
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Agreement signed between Iceland and the Faroe Islands
Prime Minister Jóannes Eidesgaard of the Faroe Islands and Icelandic Foreign Minister Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir recently signed an agreement which ...
Reykjavik Cathedral appoints first female priest
Reverend Anna Sigridur Palsdottir steps into her new position today as the first woman of Reykjavik Cathedral. The cathedral committee made the decisi...
Björk’s recording man makes records of his own
One of the men behind the remarkable success of the Icelandic musical legend, Björk, is stepping out from behind the shadows of the recording studio t...
Big incentives lure film-makers to Iceland
With it´s natural stunning beauty, diversity of landscapes and a 14% reimbursement on production costs, Iceland is fast becoming a major filming desti...
Large load of amphetamines seized in Iceland
In one of the most extensive police operations in the history of Iceland, officials from the Icelandic police and Europol seized 56 kilos of amphetami...
Missing yacht located near Orkneys
Over the weekend, a Polish yacht that left Iceland for Aberdeen, Scotland, got lost on the way. The missing vessel, which was carrying seven crew memb...
Alcoa joins geothermal project
Three energy companies in Iceland have joined forces to investigate the possibility of increasing the amount of energy harnessed from geothermal sourc...