Glaciers in have retreated and thinned steadily since 1995 – Icelandic glaciers weighed from space
Downwasting of Icelandic glaciers causes perturbations in the Earth’s gravity field near Iceland according to a report by the Icelandic Meteorol...
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Air Canada flying to Iceland in Summer 2017
Air Canada has announced it will launch daily summer seasonal service from Canada to Reykjavik, Iceland. Flights will operate four times and three tim...
Icelandic government releases a statement condemning US president Trump’s executive order on immigration
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gudlaugur Thor Thordarsson declares in a recently issued statement that closing borders for people fleeing wa...
Syrian families visit the presidential residency in Bessastadir
President Guðni Th. Johannesson and his family welcomed the newest group of Syrian refugees accepted by the Icelandic Government to settle in Iceland ...
A man perished in a fatal avalanche near Reykjavik
An avalanche fell in the slopes of the mountain Esja around 4pm on Saturday, sweeping with it three men that were hiking on the mountain. Two of the m...
Unrest in Katla volcano prompts caution – Authorities worry about tourists in the area
The National Commissioner of Police and the District Commissioner of Police in South Iceland are keeping a close watch on the recent seismic unrest in...
The memory of Birna Brjansdottir “I am Birna, all my friends are Birna”
Yesterday thousands’ of people gathered together and walked the route of the young woman murdered in Iceland in Januray. A missing person turned murde...
Furs for the homeless in Iceland, PETA donation of fur spray-painted pink to avoid reselling
PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) recently donated two hundred 2nd hand fur coats to a charity known as The Family Aid of Iceland to be d...