Icelanders traveling more and more
Icelanders are making travel plans like never before. This year, during the autumn and winter months, travel agencies in Iceland have sold more tours ...
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Well managed fisheries key to sustainability
According to National Geographic, Iceland is one of only three well-managed fisheries in the world and practices there can serve as a model for fishin...
Hearts midfielder makes Icelandic team
Last season the Hearts midfielder Eggert Jonsson was the subject of several negative articles in a Glasgow-based tabloid, but this season Jonsson is s...
Glitnir bank rating unaffected by S&P outlook
Standard & Poor cut its outlook for Iceland to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’ yesterday, citing the increased risk of a hard landing for the economy. Ic...
Icelandic twins plan Glasgow hotel
Two former Icelandic international footballers are building a new four-star hotel in Glasgow in the UK. Contributing to an already booming hospitality...
Satellite car monitoring for Iceland?
A company which specialises in developing systems for vehicle tracking, New Development (ND), has teamed up with the 112 Emergency Service and the Min...
Rising food prices push up UK inflation
Higher food prices in the UK have pushed up inflation to 2.1% in October from a previous 1.8% in September. The new rate exceeds the government’...
Iceland scores highly in gender equality
Statistics from the 2007 Gender Gap Index have placed Iceland as one of the world’s most gender equal countries. The index, which was recently publish...