Icelandic Civil Protection Scientific Advisory Board discuss Bárðarbunga volcano
Scientists from the Icelandic Meteorological Office and the Institute of Earth Sciences, together with representatives of the Civil Protection in Icel...
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Norway and Egypt to co-host conference on reconstruction of Gaza
Norway and Egypt are to co-host a conference in Cairo on the reconstruction of Gaza, states Børge Brende, Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Earthquakes persist in Iceland’s largest volcano
The Civil Protection and Emergency Management of Iceland has elevated the Aviation colour codes of the Bárðarbunga area from Yellow to Orange which re...
Intense seismic activity in Iceland’s Bárdarbunga volcano
Seismic activity in Bárðarbunga, a large sub-glacial volcano in Iceland, has increased. A seismic swarm has been ongoing since 3AM this morning, and n...
Iceland not on EU sanction list confirms Russia
According to the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, Rúv, Iceland was not on Russia’s sanction list, confirms The Embassy of Russia in Icel...
Valitor and PRESEND loyalty card shortlisted for Best Global Prepaid Gift Programme
Valitor, the Iceland-based international card payment services provider, and PRESEND have been shortlisted at the 2014 Emerging Payment Awards, to be ...
Iceland sends humanitarian relief to Gaza
Icelandic Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson has announced that the North Atlantic nation is to donate around 12 million kroner in relief funds t...
Icelandic Fisheries Minister: Quotas ‘based on science’
Icelandic Fisheries Minister Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson has said that he has drawn up the total catch quotas for most species of fish for the upcoming f...