Iceland to lift capital controls
Iceland looks set to end its capital controls following a parliament vote in favour of tightening financial regulations. The Icelandic government has ...
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Bjork releases 360-degree music video
Icelandic musician Bjork has released a 360-degree music video for her latest track Stonemilker. Having already released an interactive album and a 3D...
Iceland sends 1,700 tonnes of whale meat to Japan
A vessel transporting 1,700 tonnes of whale meat departed Iceland on route to Japan on Thursday, announced an activist group that is protesting the sh...
Danish Bieber lookalike amassing missions of social media followers
A 16-year-old Danish teenager boasts five million Facebook followers and a further one million on Instagram all because he looks like pop sensation Ju...
Lonely Planet to reprint after Stockholm error
The travel guidebook publisher Lonely Planet is reprinting its most recent issue after a picture of Uppsala featured on the front cover and not, as st...
Games of Small States kicks off in Iceland
The Laugardal Sports Hall in Reykjavik was the venue for the opening of the 2015 Games of Small States of Europe. The centre was a surprise setting fo...
Icelandic fishermen to visit Morgère to see Exocet trawl door in action
A delegation of nine Icelandic fishermen will visit Morgère in St. Malo next week (9 to 11 June) to see at first hand the new Exocet trawl door and th...
Czech planes to guard Iceland airspace
The Czech Republic is deploying five multirole fighter jets to protect Iceland’s airspace for six weeks while Canada partakes in US-led operations aga...