Norwegian army conducts exercises in Iceland
Military units from the Norwegian Special Forces and some of Norway’s F-16 fighter jets will be conducting military exercise in Iceland this week in o...
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New high-speed communications cable to link Iceland with the world
A new fibre-optic cable system will soon be built under the sea, connecting Iceland to Hibernia Atlantic’s northern Atlantic submarine cable system. H...
Plane crash-lands in lava field
On the evening of August 9th, a Cessna-152 plane with two people on board crashed into a lava field near Reykjavik. The two passengers were airlifted ...
Huge turnout for Gay Pride
Over 50,000 people attended the this year’s Reykjavik Gay Pride festival which took place over the weekend. Every year during the second weekend...
Tourists are willing to pay for the Icelandic experience
A recent study indicates that most tourists, both foreign and local, are willing to pay to see the main attractions Iceland has to offer as long as th...
Costly radar system questioned
The responsibility for the Iceland Air Defense System (IADS) will shift from America to the government of Iceland on August 15th and so too will the c...
Students to live in converted Keflavik airbase
New student residences at the former US Airbase at Keflavik are helping mature students get a university education, despite not having formal educatio...
Airport improvements in Akureyri
Improvements to Akureyri Airport in northern Iceland will proceed at a faster pace now that the Minister of Transport, Kristján Möller, and the rest o...