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...
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Landsbanki moves into Asian market
The co-chief executive of Landsbanki recently announced that the Icelandic bank has an organic growth plan for the Asian market. The bank is attemptin...
Icelandic drilling project sheds light on ‘black smokers’
Researchers from Stanford University, the University of Oregon, UC David and UC Riverside are hoping that research into hydrothermal land vents in the...
Express badminton in Iceland
Last Saturday saw the opening day of the 2007 Iceland Express International badminton competition. Three Icelandic women and four Icelandic men made i...
Bird flu outbreak in UK
Up to 30,000 turkeys on five farms have been culled as a precaution, after the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu was found in turkeys on a Suffolk farm...
Youth drain from rural Iceland
Rural areas in Iceland are seeing a large decrease in population, particularly among younger people, according to Gunnlaugur A. Juliusson, Director fo...
Icelandic energy to be used for data centres
Landsvirkjun, the Icelandic national power company, has decided that future energy sales negotiations will focus on server farms and solar silicon pro...
Iceland heading for housing crisis
A housing crisis has been predicted for Iceland by the Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASÍ). Gylfi Arnbjörnsson, Managing Director, said increasing...