Icelandic Government keeps Majority in Parliamentary Elections
The coalition government in Iceland formed of the Independence Party (Sjalfstaedisflokkurinn) and the Progressive Party (Framsoknarflokkurinn) receiv...
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Direct Flights to Halifax from Keflavik, Iceland
Canada is only 4 hours away after Icelandair reinstated its direct Keflavik – Halifax route. Reykjavik / Halifax (ICENEWS) 9 May 2007 – Icelanda...
Search Marketing Expos Come to Europe
Search Marketing Expo (SMX) events will be held this year in Stockholm on Oct 31st – Nov 1s and in London on Nov 15th -16th. They are being orga...
Rite of Spring Music Festival in Reykjavik backed by Icelandic Music Export (IMX)
Icelandair package deals to Iceland’s newest and most cutting-edge music festival are being promoted by government-sponsored body, Icelandic Music Exp...
Grocery comparison site raises $6 million for UK expansion
mySupermarket has received a funding boost from Greylock Partners, the venture capital company that backed Facebook. Greylock, together with Pitango V...
South Iceland Hotel on course for New Luxury Spa
4 Star Hotel Selfoss is nearing completion of a new “Northern Light Spa” planned to open late Summer 2007. As Summer approaches, tourists and busines...
“Inspiration for the Whole World”: Foreign Media Rave About Icelandic Music Festival
British journalists from the Guardian, Times and Drowned in Sound have paid tribute to the annual ‘Aldrei for eg sudur‘ music festival which took plac...
Tourism is the Gold of the Faroes!
Atlantic Airways played host to the FlyFaroe 2007 tourism convention in Torshavn at the weekend in a bid to persuade the travel industry to increase t...