Iceland ties for least corrupt country on earth
Every year, Forbes, a prominent American business magazine, publishes the results of a survey by Transparency International (TI) which examines the le...
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Kaupthing bank acquires Dutch merchant bank
The ninth largest Nordic bank, Kaupthing Bank, recently agreed to buy NIBC, a European merchant bank, for the sum of nearly three billion euros in cas...
Icelandair wins Icelandic Transport Award
The Icelandic government last week awarded Icelandair with the first ever Transport Award for its contribution to the field of aviation and its pionee...
New flights to Spain with Iceland Express
Iceland Express will begin flying to Barcelona twice a week during the winter starting on November 9th. Tickets for the new flights, which will contin...
Fascination with Iceland inspires American artist
American artist Roni Horn is reluctant to go to Australia where she has had two shows but she can’t seem to get enough of Iceland and its austere land...
Iceland funds chess in Namibia
Between August 31st and September 11th this year, the Namibia Chess Federation (NCF) will host the African Individual Chess Championships. The governm...
India to open embassy in Iceland
Officials from the government of India have announced that they will be opening embassies in four countries around the world as well as a new Consulat...
Start of arctic land grab
On August 2nd, representatives from Russia planted a Russian flag on the bottom of the ocean, two miles underneath the polar ice-cap, starting a rush ...